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 statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 70 | 36 | 51 | 87 | 69 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| RW | 79 | 43 | 42 | 85 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 78 | 17 | 56 | 73 | 76 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 80 | 12 | 51 | 63 | 80 | -7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 79 | 25 | 36 | 61 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| LW | 77 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 157 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| LW | 77 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 298 | -7 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| C/RW | 80 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 136 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| RW | 63 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 71 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 79 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 235 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 69 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 46 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | -10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 76 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 52 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| D | 65 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 28 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 62 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D | 61 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 11 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| RW/C | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 26 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 45 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 40 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 58 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 3396 | 58 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 167 | 2.95 | 4 |
| 1403 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 82 | 3.51 | 1 |
| 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 |
| C | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| LW | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C/RW | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW/C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 298 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 3.42 | 0 |
| 91 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4.62 | 0 |
| Team: | 389 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 3.70 | 0 |
Playoffs
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 | |
| April 22 | Montreal | 5 | Toronto | 4 | |
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
Waivers
