The Montreal Canadiens emerged victorious over the Boston Bruins, 4 to 2, in Game 1 of the 1979 playoff series on April 26, 1979.

Final

Bruins

0-1-0

2

Canadiens

1-0-0

4

Team

BOS

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

MTL

Jacques Lemaire (EV) assisted by Guy Lafleur and Bob Gainey

2nd period

BOS

MTL

Jean Ratelle (PP) assisted by Rick Middleton and Brad Park

Don Marcotte (EV) assisted by Terry O'Reilly

3rd period

BOS

MTL

Guy Lafleur (EV) assisted by Doug Risebrough

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

Doug Jarvis (EV-EN) assisted by Larry Robinson and Bob Gainey

Bruins

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gerry Cheevers (L) G. Cheevers	0	1	0	20	17	.850	3	3.03	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Wayne Cashman W. Cashman	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	3	0.0
Dwight Foster D. Foster	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Stan Jonathan S. Jonathan	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Don Marcotte D. Marcotte	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	50.0
Peter McNab P. McNab	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rick Middleton R. Middleton	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0
Mike Milbury M. Milbury	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Bob Miller B. Miller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Terry O'Reilly T. O'Reilly	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	0.0
Brad Park B. Park	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	3	0.0
Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	2	50.0
Dick Redmond D. Redmond	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Schmautz B. Schmautz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Al Sims A. Sims	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Rick Smith R. Smith	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Dryden (W) K. Dryden	1	0	0	21	19	.905	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Rick Chartraw R. Chartraw	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0.0
Brian Engblom B. Engblom	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Gainey B. Gainey	0	2	2	+2	2	0	2	0.0
Pat Hughes P. Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	1	0	1	+1	0	0	3	33.3
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1	2	3	+3	0	0	4	25.0
Yvon Lambert Y. Lambert	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0
Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	1	0	1	+2	0	1	2	50.0
Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	1	0	1	+1	0	0	4	25.0
Gilles Lupien G. Lupien	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Pierre Mondou P. Mondou	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Doug Risebrough D. Risebrough	0	2	2	+1	4	0	0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Mario Tremblay M. Tremblay	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0