The Los Angeles Kings were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens, 5 to 2, on December 16, 1978.

Final

Canadiens

21-6-4

5

Kings

13-12-4

2

Team

MTL

LAK

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

LAK

Yvon Lambert (EV) assisted by Larry Robinson and Mario Tremblay

Doug Risebrough (EV) assisted by Pierre Mondou and Guy Lafleur

Yvon Lambert (SH) unassisted

2nd period

MTL

LAK

Murray Wilson (EV) assisted by Rick Hampton and Dave Taylor

3rd period

MTL

LAK

Steve Shutt (EV) assisted by Pierre Mondou and Guy Lafleur

Glenn Goldup (EV) assisted by Butch Goring and Rob Palmer

Guy Lapointe (EV) assisted by Serge Savard

Canadiens

Kings

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Kings

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Dryden (W) K. Dryden	1	0	0	28	26	.929	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	GWG	S	S%
Rick Chartraw R. Chartraw	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Brian Engblom B. Engblom	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Bob Gainey B. Gainey	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pat Hughes P. Hughes	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Yvon Lambert Y. Lambert	2	0	2	+1	0	1	1	3	66.7
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	1	0	1	+3	0	0	0	1	100.0
Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Gilles Lupien G. Lupien	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Pierre Mondou P. Mondou	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Risebrough D. Risebrough	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Shutt S. Shutt	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	3	33.3
Mario Tremblay M. Tremblay	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mario Lessard (L) M. Lessard	0	1	0	25	20	.800	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Syl Apps Jr. S. Apps Jr.	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Darryl Edestrand D. Edestrand	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Brian Glennie B. Glennie	0	0	0	0	4	0
Glenn Goldup G. Goldup	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Butch Goring B. Goring	0	1	1	0	0	3	0.0
Danny Grant D. Grant	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Rick Hampton R. Hampton	0	1	1	-1	2	0
Mark Heaslip M. Heaslip	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Steve Jensen S. Jensen	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Bob Murdoch B. Murdoch	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Mike Murphy M. Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rob Palmer R. Palmer	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0.0
Dave Taylor D. Taylor	0	1	1	0	0	5	0.0
Bert Wilson B. Wilson	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Murray Wilson M. Wilson	1	0	1	0	0	6	16.7