| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Traded Picks | Quick Facts | |||||
| Round 5 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 85. | Colorado | Gary Dillon | C | Toronto | OMJHL | Canada |
| 86. | St. Louis | Mark Reeds | RW | Peterborough | OMJHL | Canada |
| 87. | Detroit | Joe Paterson | LW | London | OMJHL | Canada |
| 88. | Washington | Tim Tookey | C | Portland | WHL | Canada |
| 89. | Vancouver | Dirk Graham | RW | Regina | WHL | Canada |
| 90. | Minnesota | Jim Dobson | RW | Portland | WHL | Canada |
| 91. | Chicago | Lowell Loveday | D | Kingston | OMJHL | Canada |
| 92. | Los Angeles | Jim Brown | D | Notre Dame | WCHA | USA |
| 93. | Toronto | Frank Nigro | C | London | OMJHL | Canada |
| 94. | Pittsburgh | Nick Ricci | G | Niagara Falls | OMJHL | Canada |
| 95. | Buffalo | Alan Haworth | C | Sherbrooke | QMJHL | Canada |
| 96. | Atlanta | Brad Kempthorne | C | Brandon | WCHL | Canada |
| 97. | N.Y. Rangers | Dan Makuch | RW | Clarkson | ECAC | Canada |
| 98. | Philadelphia | Thomas Eriksson | D | Stockholm | Elitserien | Sweden |
| 99. | Boston | Marco Baron | G | Montreal | QMJHL | Canada |
| 100. | Montreal | Yvan Joly | RW | Ottawa | OMJHL | Canada |
| 101. | N.Y. Islanders | Glen Duncan | LW | Toronto | OMJHL | Canada |
| 102. | Hartford | Mark Renaud | D | Niagara Falls | OMJHL | Canada |
| 103. | Winnipeg | Thomas Steen | C | Leksand | Elitserien | Sweden |
| 104. | Quebec | Pierre Lacroix | D | Trois-Rivieres | QMJHL | Canada |
| 105. | Edmonton | Mike Toal | C | Portland | WHL | 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 |