1978–79 NHL season

The 1978–79 NHL season had 17 teams. The Montréal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup Final. The New York Islanders finished with the best regular-season record. Bryan Trottier led the league with 134 points and Mike Bossy led in goals with 69.

Stanley Cup Final winner: MTL Montréal Canadiens

Clarence Campbell Conference

Patrick

Team	GP	W	L	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
NYI New York Islanders	80	51	15	116	.725	51	51	358	214	+144	31-3-0	20-12-0	W4
PHI Philadelphia Flyers	80	40	25	95	.594	40	40	281	248	+33	26-10-0	14-15-0	W1
NYR New York Rangers	80	40	29	91	.569	40	40	316	292	+24	19-13-0	21-16-0	L2
AFM Atlanta Flames	80	41	31	90	.563	41	41	327	280	+47	25-11-0	16-20-0	L1

Smythe

Team	GP	W	L	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	80	29	36	73	.456	29	29	244	277	-33	18-12-0	11-24-0	W1
VAN Vancouver Canucks	80	25	42	63	.394	25	25	217	291	-74	15-18-0	10-24-0	T1
STL St. Louis Blues	80	18	50	48	.300	18	18	249	348	-99	14-20-0	4-30-0	L1
CLR Colorado Rockies	80	15	53	42	.263	15	15	210	331	-121	8-24-0	7-29-0	T2

Wild card

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
AFM Atlanta Flames	80	41	31	0	90	.563	41	41	327	280	+47	25-11-0	16-20-0	L1
CLR Colorado Rockies	80	15	53	0	42	.263	15	15	210	331	-121	8-24-0	7-29-0	T2

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams

Team	GP	W	L	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
BOS Boston Bruins	80	43	23	100	.625	43	43	316	270	+46	25-10-0	18-13-0	W1
BUF Buffalo Sabres	80	36	28	88	.550	36	36	280	263	+17	19-13-0	17-15-0	T1
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	80	34	33	81	.506	34	34	267	252	+15	20-12-0	14-21-0	L1
MNS Minnesota North Stars	80	28	40	68	.425	28	28	257	289	-32	19-15-0	9-25-0	L1

Norris

Team	GP	W	L	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
MTL Montréal Canadiens	80	52	17	115	.719	52	52	337	204	+133	29-6-0	23-11-0	L1
PIT Pittsburgh Penguins	80	36	31	85	.531	36	36	281	279	+2	23-12-0	13-19-0	L1
LAK Los Angeles Kings	80	34	34	80	.500	34	34	292	286	+6	20-13-0	14-21-0	W1
WSH Washington Capitals	80	24	41	63	.394	24	24	273	338	-65	15-19-0	9-22-0	W1
DET Detroit Red Wings	80	23	41	62	.388	23	23	252	295	-43	15-17-0	8-24-0	W1

Wild card

Team	GP	W	L	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
MNS Minnesota North Stars	80	28	40	68	.425	28	28	257	289	-32	19-15-0	9-25-0	L1
WSH Washington Capitals	80	24	41	63	.394	24	24	273	338	-65	15-19-0	9-22-0	W1
DET Detroit Red Wings	80	23	41	62	.388	23	23	252	295	-43	15-17-0	8-24-0	W1

Leaders

Points

1	Bryan Trottier	134
2	Guy Lafleur	129
3	Marcel Dionne	128
4	Mike Bossy	126
5	Bob MacMillan	106

Goals

1	Mike Bossy	69
2	Marcel Dionne	59
3	Guy Lafleur	52
4	Guy Chouinard	49
5	Bryan Trottier	47

Assists

1	Bryan Trottier	87
2	Guy Lafleur	77
3	Denis Potvin	70
4	Bob MacMillan	70
5	Marcel Dionne	69

Plus/minus

1	Bryan Trottier	+76
2	Denis Potvin	+71
3	Mike Bossy	+63
4	Guy Lafleur	+57
5	Clark Gillies	+57

Power-play goals

1	Mike Bossy	27
2	Marcel Dionne	19
3	Lanny Mcdonald	16
4	Paul Gardner	16
5	Bryan Trottier	15

Shots on goal

1	Marcel Dionne	355
2	Guy Lafleur	341
3	Lanny Mcdonald	312
4	Darryl Sittler	284
5	Mike Bossy	279

Hits

1	Dave Taylor	0
2	Bryan Trottier	0
3	Randy Carlyle	0
4	Rod Langway	0
5	Brad Marsh	0

Blocked shots

1	Dave Taylor	0
2	Bryan Trottier	0
3	Randy Carlyle	0
4	Rod Langway	0
5	Brad Marsh	0

Goalie wins

1	Dan Bouchard	32
2	Ken Dryden	29
3	Glenn Resch	26
4	Don Edwards	26
5	Billy Smith	25

Save %

1	Glenn Resch	.914
2	Ken Dryden	.909
3	Mike Palmateer	.908
4	Tony Esposito	.902
5	Billy Smith	.899

Goals-against avg

1	Ken Dryden	2.31
2	Glenn Resch	2.50
3	Bernie Parent	2.71
4	Michel Larocque	2.84
5	Billy Smith	2.87

Shutouts

1	Ken Dryden	5
2	Tony Esposito	4
3	Mario Lessard	4
4	Mike Palmateer	4
5	Bernie Parent	4

Rate stats need 24+ games (skaters) or 20+ (goalies).

Team stats

Team	GP	GF	GA	GF/GP	GA/GP	SOG/GP	SA/GP
AFM Atlanta Flames	79	323	276	4.09	3.49	28.23	29.42
BOS Boston Bruins	80	316	270	3.95	3.38	28.06	24.77
BUF Buffalo Sabres	80	280	263	3.50	3.29	30.01	29.95
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	79	240	273	3.04	3.46	28.05	34.20
CLR Colorado Rockies	79	208	323	2.63	4.09	27.23	30.95
DET Detroit Red Wings	79	248	290	3.14	3.67	28.22	28.51
LAK Los Angeles Kings	79	290	282	3.67	3.57	30.24	29.44
MNS Minnesota North Stars	79	255	284	3.23	3.59	30.72	28.52
MTL Montréal Canadiens	79	332	202	4.20	2.56	32.16	25.43
NYI New York Islanders	80	358	214	4.47	2.67	28.76	28.86
NYR New York Rangers	80	316	292	3.95	3.65	30.89	27.75
PHI Philadelphia Flyers	80	281	248	3.51	3.10	31.74	25.57
PIT Pittsburgh Penguins	79	279	276	3.53	3.49	32.22	30.92
STL St. Louis Blues	79	244	344	3.09	4.35	26.80	31.49
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	79	264	250	3.34	3.16	30.58	31.37
VAN Vancouver Canucks	79	209	289	2.65	3.66	27.04	30.75
WSH Washington Capitals	79	269	336	3.41	4.25	28.47	31.66