Player Name | Games Played | Goals | Assits | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
Guy Lafleur | 80 | 56 | 80 | 136 |
Steve Shutt | 80 | 60 | 45 | 105 |
Larry Robinson | 77 | 19 | 66 | 85 |
Over the course of the season the 1976-77 Montreal Canadians never lost back to back games. Finishing with an incredible record of 60 wins 8 losses and 12 ties, they accumulated 132 points, a league record. (Stubbs, nhl.com) They made quick work of the playoffs going 12-2 to win the Stanley cup with both losses coming against the New York Islanders, one of them being in overtime. The team contained 9 players that wpu;d be inducted in the hall of fame as well as the coach Scotty Bowman and general manager Sam Puollock, for a total of 11 members. They only lost once on home ice to the Boston Bruins on October 30th “ "the night before Halloween," Bowman said with a chuckle.” (Stubbs, nhl.com) , Their 132-point season is a league record that still holds to this day. They finished the regular season with a goal differential of +216 only allowing 171 while scoring 387 this can be accredited to one of 11 future hall of famers Ken Dryden. This team was one of the most overall well-buil in history, when you have almost 2 full lines of future hall of famers, it’s hard to go wrong.