1978–79 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1978–79 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 62nd season of the Toronto NHL franchise, 52nd as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs placed third in the Adams Division to make the playoffs where the Leafs won their first round series against the Atlanta Flames, only to lose in the second series to the Montreal Canadiens.

Offseason

NHL Draft

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
2	21	Joel Quenneville	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)

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Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	80	43	23	14	316	270	100
Buffalo Sabres	80	36	28	16	280	263	88
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	34	33	13	267	252	81
Minnesota North Stars	80	28	40	12	257	289	68

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1978	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	1–0–0
2	W	October 14, 1978	10–7	New York Islanders (1978–79)	2–0–0
3	L	October 15, 1978	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)	2–1–0
4	W	October 18, 1978	2–0	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	3–1–0
5	L	October 19, 1978	0–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	3–2–0
6	W	October 21, 1978	2–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	4–2–0
7	L	October 22, 1978	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1978–79)	4–3–0
8	T	October 25, 1978	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	4–3–1
9	L	October 26, 1978	0–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	4–4–1
10	L	October 28, 1978	3–5	Boston Bruins (1978–79)	4–5–1
11	W	November 1, 1978	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	5–5–1
12	W	November 3, 1978	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	6–5–1
13	T	November 4, 1978	4–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	6–5–2
14	W	November 7, 1978	5–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	7–5–2
15	L	November 8, 1978	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	7–6–2
16	L	November 11, 1978	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	7–7–2
17	T	November 15, 1978	2–2	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	7–7–3
18	W	November 16, 1978	6–4	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)	8–7–3
19	W	November 18, 1978	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	9–7–3
20	W	November 21, 1978	4–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	10–7–3
21	T	November 22, 1978	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1978–79)	10–7–4
22	L	November 25, 1978	3–6	Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	10–8–4
23	W	November 26, 1978	8–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	11–8–4
24	W	November 29, 1978	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	12–8–4
25	W	December 2, 1978	5–2	New York Rangers (1978–79)	13–8–4
26	L	December 3, 1978	2–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	13–9–4
27	L	December 5, 1978	1–5	Boston Bruins (1978–79)	13–10–4
28	L	December 6, 1978	4–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	13–11–4
29	L	December 9, 1978	2–3	New York Islanders (1978–79)	13–12–4
30	L	December 10, 1978	3–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	13–13–4
31	W	December 13, 1978	5–1	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	14–13–4
32	W	December 16, 1978	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	15–13–4
33	L	December 17, 1978	6–7	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)	15–14–4
34	W	December 20, 1978	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	16–14–4
35	L	December 22, 1978	1–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	16–15–4
36	W	December 23, 1978	6–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	17–15–4
37	L	December 26, 1978	1–5	@ New York Islanders (1978–79)	17–16–4
38	T	December 27, 1978	1–1	Boston Bruins (1978–79)	17–16–5
39	T	December 30, 1978	5–5	Washington Capitals (1978–79)	17–16–6
40	L	January 3, 1979	1–4	Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	17–17–6
41	L	January 6, 1979	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	17–18–6
42	L	January 8, 1979	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	17–19–6
43	T	January 10, 1979	2–2	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	17–19–7
44	W	January 13, 1979	4–2	Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	18–19–7
45	W	January 16, 1979	3–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	19–19–7
46	T	January 19, 1979	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	19–19–8
47	W	January 20, 1979	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	20–19–8
48	T	January 24, 1979	2–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	20–19–9
49	L	January 26, 1979	2–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	20–20–9
50	T	January 28, 1979	2–2	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)	20–20–10
51	W	January 31, 1979	5–1	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	21–20–10
52	L	February 3, 1979	3–6	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	21–21–10
53	L	February 4, 1979	4–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	21–22–10
54	W	February 12, 1979	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	22–22–10
55	T	February 14, 1979	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	22–22–11
56	W	February 17, 1979	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	23–22–11
57	W	February 19, 1979	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	24–22–11
58	L	February 21, 1979	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	24–23–11
59	L	February 24, 1979	2–4	New York Rangers (1978–79)	24–24–11
60	L	February 26, 1979	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	24–25–11
61	L	February 28, 1979	4–6	Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	24–26–11
62	L	March 1, 1979	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	24–27–11
63	W	March 3, 1979	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	25–27–11
64	W	March 4, 1979	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1978–79)	26–27–11
65	W	March 7, 1979	2–0	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	27–27–11
66	W	March 10, 1979	9–4	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	28–27–11
67	W	March 11, 1979	4–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	29–27–11
68	L	March 14, 1979	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	29–28–11
69	L	March 15, 1979	2–6	@ New York Islanders (1978–79)	29–29–11
70	W	March 17, 1979	6–4	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	30–29–11
71	L	March 19, 1979	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)	30–30–11
72	L	March 21, 1979	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	30–31–11
73	T	March 24, 1979	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	30–31–12
74	L	March 25, 1979	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	30–32–12
75	W	March 28, 1979	6–2	Washington Capitals (1978–79)	31–32–12
76	W	March 31, 1979	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	32–32–12
77	W	April 1, 1979	6–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	33–32–12
78	T	April 4, 1979	3–3	Boston Bruins (1978–79)	33–32–13
79	W	April 7, 1979	6–2	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	34–32–13
80	L	April 8, 1979	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)	34–33–13

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	70	36	51	87	69	9	12	0	4
McDonald, LannyLanny McDonald	RW	79	43	42	85	32	12	16	0	2
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	78	17	56	73	76	36	4	0	2
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	D	80	12	51	63	80	-7	4	0	0
McKechnie, WaltWalt McKechnie	C	79	25	36	61	18	21	7	1	6
Maloney, DanDan Maloney	LW	77	17	36	53	157	19	0	0	5
Williams, TigerTiger Williams	LW	77	19	20	39	298	-7	6	0	4
Boutette, PatPat Boutette	C/RW	80	14	19	33	136	3	0	0	2
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	RW	63	16	12	28	10	7	4	0	1
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	RW	71	15	11	26	10	2	0	0	2
Hutchison, DaveDave Hutchison	D	79	4	15	19	235	36	0	0	0
Jones, JimmyJimmy Jones	RW	69	9	9	18	45	2	0	0	0
Wilson, RonRon Wilson	D	46	5	12	17	4	-10	4	0	0
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	RW	76	8	7	15	52	-2	0	2	2
Burrows, DaveDave Burrows	D	65	2	11	13	28	-10	0	0	0
Monahan, GarryGarry Monahan	LW	62	4	7	11	25	4	0	2	0
Quenneville, JoelJoel Quenneville	D	61	2	9	11	60	7	0	0	1
Gardner, PaulPaul Gardner	C	11	7	2	9	0	0	2	0	1
Saganiuk, RockyRocky Saganiuk	RW/C	16	3	5	8	9	1	1	0	1
Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau	C	26	4	3	7	2	-3	0	0	0
Stamler, LorneLorne Stamler	LW	45	4	3	7	2	-6	0	0	1
Johansen, TrevorTrevor Johansen	D	40	1	4	5	48	1	0	0	0
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	G	58	0	5	5	24	0	0	0	0
Ashby, DonDon Ashby	C	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Hamel, PierrePierre Hamel	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harrison, PaulPaul Harrison	G	25	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	3396	58	26	21	10	167	2.95	4
Harrison, PaulPaul Harrison	1403	25	8	12	3	82	3.51	1
Hamel, PierrePierre Hamel	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Team:	4800	80	34	33	13	249	3.11	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	6	5	4	9	17	2	0	0
McKechnie, WaltWalt McKechnie	C	6	4	3	7	7	0	1	1
Maloney, DanDan Maloney	LW	6	3	3	6	2	1	0	1
McDonald, LannyLanny McDonald	RW	6	3	2	5	0	0	0	0
Boutette, PatPat Boutette	C/RW	6	2	2	4	22	0	0	0
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	D	6	0	4	4	27	0	0	0
Hutchison, DaveDave Hutchison	D	6	0	3	3	23	0	0	0
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	RW	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	RW	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Saganiuk, RockyRocky Saganiuk	RW/C	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Burrows, DaveDave Burrows	D	6	0	1	1	7	0	0	0
Gardner, PaulPaul Gardner	C	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Quenneville, JoelJoel Quenneville	D	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	6	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Wilson, RonRon Wilson	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	RW	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Harrison, PaulPaul Harrison	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jones, JimmyJimmy Jones	RW	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	G	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Williams, TigerTiger Williams	LW	6	0	0	0	48	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	298	5	2	3	17	3.42
Harrison, PaulPaul Harrison	91	2	0	1	7	4.62
Team:	389	6	2	4	24	3.70

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

Preliminary round

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Atlanta Flames

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 10	Toronto	2	Atlanta	1
April 12	Atlanta	4	Toronto	7

Toronto wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0.

Quarter-finals

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 16	Toronto	2	Montreal	5
April 18	Toronto	1	Montreal	5
April 21	Montreal	4	Toronto	3	(OT)
April 22	Montreal	5	Toronto	4	(OT)

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0.

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1978-79 season.

Trades

September 13, 1978	To Vancouver Canucks Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Garry Monahan
October 5, 1978	To Minnesota North Stars 3rd round pick in 1980 - Randy Velischek	To Toronto Maple Leafs Walt McKechnie
October 19, 1978	To Colorado Rockies Jack Valiquette	To Toronto Maple Leafs 2nd round pick in 1981 - Gary Yaremchuk
March 13, 1979	To Colorado Rockies Don Ashby Trevor Johansen	To Toronto Maple Leafs Paul Gardner

Waivers

July 4, 1979	To Edmonton Oilers Stan Weir

Expansion Draft

June 13, 1979	To Hartford Whalers Jordy Douglas
June 13, 1979	To Winnipeg Jets Pierre Hamel
June 13, 1979	To Hartford Whalers Kevin Kemp
June 13, 1979	To Hartford Whalers Rick Ley

Awards and records

Borje Salming, Second Team NHL All-Star, Defense

Roster

1978-79 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

6 – Ron Ellis
7 – Lanny McDonald
8 – Rocky Saganiuk
9 – Dan Maloney
10 – John Anderson
12 – Lorne Stamler
15 – Pat Boutette
17 – Jerry Butler
20 – Garry Monahan
22 – Tiger Williams

Centres

8 – Don Ashby
11 – Walt McKechnie
16 – Jimmy Jones
18 – Paul Gardner
19 – Bruce Boudreau
27 – Darryl Sittler - C
GM: Jim Gregory
Coach: Roger Neilson

References

Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

↑ "1978 NHL Amateur Draft". HockeydB.com. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 163, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
↑ "1978–79 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
↑ "1978-79 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

1978–79 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia

Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Toronto

Norris	Detroit Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh Washington

Smythe	Chicago Colorado St. Louis Vancouver

See also	Amateur Draft Dispersal Draft The Game Challenge Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

Toronto Maple Leafs

Founded in 1917 Based in Toronto, Ontario

Franchise	Franchise GMs Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six All-time roster Records Award winners Broadcasters

Personnel	Owners The Arena Gardens of Toronto, Limited Charles Querrie 1919-1927 Conn Smythe 1927-1961 Harold Ballard (with Stafford Smythe and John Bassett until 1970-1971) 1961-1990 Steve Stavro 1991-1996 Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (Larry Tanenbaum, chairman) 1996-present President Brendan Shanahan General manager Lou Lamoriello Head coach Mike Babcock Team captain Vacant Current roster

Arenas	Arena Gardens Maple Leaf Gardens MasterCard Centre (practice) Air Canada Centre

Rivalries	Ottawa Senators Montreal Canadiens

Affiliates	AHL Toronto Marlies ECHL Orlando Solar Bears

General managers	Querrie C. Smythe S. Smythe Imlach Gregory Imlach McNamara Stellick Smith Fletcher Dryden Quinn Ferguson Fletcher Burke Nonis Lamoriello

Head coaches	Romeril Smythe Duncan Irvin Day Primeau Clancy Meeker Reay Imlach McLellan Kelly Neilson Smith Duff Crozier Nykoluk Maloney Brophy Armstrong Carpenter Watt Burns Beverley Murphy Quinn Maurice Wilson Carlyle Horachek Babcock

Media	TV Leafs TV Sportsnet Ontario TSN4 Radio Sportsnet 590 The Fan TSN Radio 1050

Championships	1918 1922 1932 1942 1945 1947 1948 1949 1951 1962 1963 1964 1967

Culture/Lore	Toronto Blueshirts Toronto Arenas Toronto St. Patricks Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. 2014 NHL Winter Classic NHL Centennial Classic Fifty Mission Cap J. P. Bickell Memorial Award Carlton the Bear The Kid Line The Love Guru

Toronto Maple Leafs seasons

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1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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