Listed are basic and advanced regular-season National Hockey League career totals for all goaltenders drafted in 1979.
| ROUND | PICK | TEAM | GOALTENDER | GP | W | L | T | OL | GAA | SVPCT | ShO | GD | GAR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 33 | Pat Riggin | 350 | 153 | 120 | 52 | 3.43 | 0.879 | 11 | 34.8 | 176.0 | |||
| 2 | 35 | Pelle Lindbergh | 197 | 110 | 63 | 18 | 3.23 | 0.888 | 10 | 73.2 | 155.8 | |||
| 3 | 47 | Ken Ellacott | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4.43 | 0.867 | 0 | -2.6 | 2.0 | |||
| 3 | 55 | Jacques Cloutier | 255 | 82 | 102 | 24 | 3.64 | 0.874 | 3 | -45.4 | 47.2 | |||
| 3 | 58 | Rick Wamsley | 407 | 204 | 131 | 46 | 3.34 | 0.881 | 12 | 37.4 | 199.9 | |||
| 3 | 59 | Rollie Melanson | 291 | 129 | 106 | 33 | 3.63 | 0.883 | 6 | 60.4 | 188.5 | |||
| 4 | 72 | Vincent Tremblay | 58 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 4.80 | 0.865 | 1 | -15.6 | 9.2 | |||
| 5 | 94 | Nick Ricci | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 4.36 | 0.857 | 0 | -10.9 | -2.6 | |||
| 5 | 99 | Marco Baron | 86 | 34 | 38 | 9 | 3.63 | 0.864 | 1 | -20.4 | 11.9 | |||
| 6 | 116 | Rick Knickle | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3.74 | 0.879 | 0 | -3.0 | 2.5 | |||
| 6 | 121 | Greg Moffett |