| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Traded Picks | Quick Facts | |||||
| Round 3 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 43. | Montreal | Craig Levie | D | Edmonton | WHL | Canada |
| 44. | Montreal | Guy Carbonneau | C | Chicoutimi | QMJHL | Canada |
| 45. | Detroit | Jody Gage | RW | Kitchener | OMJHL | Canada |
| 46. | Detroit | Boris Fistric | D | New Westminster | WHL | Canada |
| 47. | Vancouver | Ken Ellacott | G | Peterborough | OMJHL | Canada |
| 48. | Edmonton | Mark Messier | LW | Cincinnati | WHA | Canada |
| 49. | Chicago | Bill Gardner | C | Peterborough | OMJHL | Canada |
| 50. | Los Angeles | John Paul Kelly | LW | New Westminster | WHL | Canada |
| 51. | Toronto | Norm Aubin | C | Verdun | QMJHL | Canada |
| 52. | Pittsburgh | Bennett Wolf | D | Kitchener | OMJHL | Canada |
| 53. | Buffalo | Mark Robinson | D | Victoria | WHL | Canada |
| 54. | Atlanta | Tim Hunter | D | Seattle | WHL | Canada |
| 55. | Buffalo | Jacques Cloutier | G | Trois-Rivieres | QMJHL | Canada |
| 56. | Philadelphia | Lindsay Carson | LW | Billings | WHL | Canada |
| 57. | Boston | Keith Crowder | RW | Peterborough | OMJHL | Canada |
| 58. | Montreal | Rick Wamsley | G | Brantford | OMJHL | Canada |
| 59. | N.Y. Islanders | Roland Melanson | G | Windsor | OMJHL | Canada |
| 60. | Hartford | Don Nachbaur | C | Billings | WHL | Canada |
| 61. | Winnipeg | Bill Whelton | D | Boston University | ECAC | USA |
| 62. | Quebec | Lee Norwood | D | Oshawa | OMJHL | USA |
| 63. | Minnesota | Kevin Maxwell | C | North Dakota | WCHA | Canada |
| SNAPSHOT '79 | |
| Total Selected: | 126 |
| Forwards: | 74 |
| Defense: | 41 |
| Goaltenders: | 11 |
| Major Junior: | 97 |
| College Players: | 15 |
| Canadian: | 110 |
| American: | 10 |
| U.S.-Born: | 10 |
| European: | 6 |
| Reached NHL: | 103 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 23 |
| Hall of Fame: | 5 |
| All-Star Game: | 23 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 10 |
| Olympians: | 15 |
| Picks Traded: | 17 |