1978–79 Washington Capitals | |
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Division | 4th Norris |
Conference | Campbell |
1978–79 record | 24–41–15 |
Goals for | 273 |
Goals against | 338 |
Team information | |
General manager | Max McNab |
Coach | Danny Belisle |
Captain | Guy Charron |
Alternate captains | None |
The 1978–79 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals fifth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Offseason
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Final standings
[edit]GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Montreal Canadiens | 80 | 52 | 17 | 11 | 337 | 204 | 115 |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 281 | 279 | 85 |
Los Angeles Kings | 80 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 292 | 286 | 80 |
Washington Capitals | 80 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 273 | 338 | 63 |
Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 23 | 41 | 16 | 252 | 295 | 62 |
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Norris Division record vs. opponents
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Schedule and results
[edit]No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | W | October 11, 1978 | 4–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) | 1–0–0 |
2 | T | October 13, 1978 | 3–3 | @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) | 1–0–1 |
3 | L | October 14, 1978 | 3–6 | Atlanta Flames (1978–79) | 1–1–1 |
4 | L | October 18, 1978 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) | 1–2–1 |
5 | L | October 20, 1978 | 4–6 | Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) | 1–3–1 |
6 | L | October 21, 1978 | 1–5 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) | 1–4–1 |
7 | T | October 25, 1978 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) | 1–4–2 |
8 | L | October 28, 1978 | 1–5 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) | 1–5–2 |
9 | W | November 1, 1978 | 6–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) | 2–5–2 |
10 | L | November 2, 1978 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) | 2–6–2 |
11 | L | November 4, 1978 | 1–4 | @ New York Islanders (1978–79) | 2–7–2 |
12 | T | November 5, 1978 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) | 2–7–3 |
13 | L | November 8, 1978 | 0–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) | 2–8–3 |
14 | L | November 9, 1978 | 2–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) | 2–9–3 |
15 | L | November 11, 1978 | 0–2 | Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) | 2–10–3 |
16 | W | November 14, 1978 | 8–7 | Atlanta Flames (1978–79) | 3–10–3 |
17 | W | November 15, 1978 | 3–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) | 4–10–3 |
18 | L | November 17, 1978 | 2–4 | New York Islanders (1978–79) | 4–11–3 |
19 | W | November 21, 1978 | 4–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) | 5–11–3 |
20 | L | November 22, 1978 | 1–3 | St. Louis Blues (1978–79) | 5–12–3 |
21 | T | November 25, 1978 | 5–5 | Boston Bruins (1978–79) | 5–12–4 |
22 | L | November 26, 1978 | 4–9 | @ New York Rangers (1978–79) | 5–13–4 |
23 | L | November 29, 1978 | 3–5 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) | 5–14–4 |
24 | L | December 1, 1978 | 4–7 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) | 5–15–4 |
25 | L | December 2, 1978 | 2–5 | @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) | 5–16–4 |
26 | L | December 4, 1978 | 2–10 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) | 5–17–4 |
27 | W | December 5, 1978 | 4–1 | @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) | 6–17–4 |
28 | W | December 9, 1978 | 7–5 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) | 7–17–4 |
29 | L | December 12, 1978 | 3–4 | Colorado Rockies (1978–79) | 7–18–4 |
30 | L | December 14, 1978 | 2–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) | 7–19–4 |
31 | L | December 15, 1978 | 1–6 | Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) | 7–20–4 |
32 | W | December 17, 1978 | 7–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) | 8–20–4 |
33 | T | December 19, 1978 | 4–4 | Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) | 8–20–5 |
34 | L | December 21, 1978 | 2–5 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) | 8–21–5 |
35 | T | December 23, 1978 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) | 8–21–6 |
36 | L | December 27, 1978 | 1–6 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) | 8–22–6 |
37 | T | December 30, 1978 | 5–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) | 8–22–7 |
38 | W | January 3, 1979 | 8–3 | Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) | 9–22–7 |
39 | W | January 6, 1979 | 4–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) | 10–22–7 |
40 | L | January 7, 1979 | 3–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) | 10–23–7 |
41 | L | January 9, 1979 | 2–5 | Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) | 10–24–7 |
42 | L | January 11, 1979 | 2–6 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) | 10–25–7 |
43 | W | January 12, 1979 | 8–1 | Colorado Rockies (1978–79) | 11–25–7 |
44 | W | January 14, 1979 | 5–3 | Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) | 12–25–7 |
45 | L | January 16, 1979 | 2–6 | @ New York Islanders (1978–79) | 12–26–7 |
46 | W | January 19, 1979 | 5–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) | 13–26–7 |
47 | W | January 20, 1979 | 5–2 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) | 14–26–7 |
48 | W | January 24, 1979 | 5–1 | New York Rangers (1978–79) | 15–26–7 |
49 | W | January 27, 1979 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) | 16–26–7 |
50 | T | January 28, 1979 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) | 16–26–8 |
51 | L | January 30, 1979 | 4–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) | 16–27–8 |
52 | W | January 31, 1979 | 5–3 | Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) | 17–27–8 |
53 | L | February 3, 1979 | 1–5 | Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) | 17–28–8 |
54 | L | February 4, 1979 | 4–8 | Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) | 17–29–8 |
55 | W | February 15, 1979 | 9–3 | @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) | 18–29–8 |
56 | L | February 17, 1979 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) | 18–30–8 |
57 | T | February 18, 1979 | 6–6 | @ New York Rangers (1978–79) | 18–30–9 |
58 | L | February 20, 1979 | 3–5 | @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) | 18–31–9 |
59 | L | February 21, 1979 | 3–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) | 18–32–9 |
60 | L | February 24, 1979 | 4–6 | Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) | 18–33–9 |
61 | L | February 25, 1979 | 5–8 | Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) | 18–34–9 |
62 | T | February 28, 1979 | 3–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) | 18–34–10 |
63 | W | March 2, 1979 | 6–2 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) | 19–34–10 |
64 | W | March 4, 1979 | 5–4 | Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) | 20–34–10 |
65 | T | March 5, 1979 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) | 20–34–11 |
66 | W | March 10, 1979 | 7–5 | St. Louis Blues (1978–79) | 21–34–11 |
67 | T | March 11, 1979 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) | 21–34–12 |
68 | L | March 14, 1979 | 1–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) | 21–35–12 |
69 | L | March 17, 1979 | 2–5 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) | 21–36–12 |
70 | T | March 18, 1979 | 3–3 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) | 21–36–13 |
71 | T | March 20, 1979 | 2–2 | New York Rangers (1978–79) | 21–36–14 |
72 | T | March 21, 1979 | 2–2 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) | 21–36–15 |
73 | L | March 24, 1979 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) | 21–37–15 |
74 | L | March 25, 1979 | 4–7 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) | 21–38–15 |
75 | L | March 28, 1979 | 2–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) | 21–39–15 |
76 | L | March 31, 1979 | 1–4 | Boston Bruins (1978–79) | 21–40–15 |
77 | W | April 1, 1979 | 6–4 | New York Islanders (1978–79) | 22–40–15 |
78 | W | April 3, 1979 | 6–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) | 23–40–15 |
79 | L | April 7, 1979 | 3–10 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) | 23–41–15 |
80 | W | April 8, 1979 | 5–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) | 24–41–15 |
Playoffs
[edit]The Capitals once again failed to make the playoffs.
Player statistics
[edit]Regular season
[edit]- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Dennis Maruk | C | 76 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 71 | -14 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
Guy Charron | C | 80 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 24 | -14 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
Robert Picard | D | 77 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 85 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
Tom Rowe | RW | 69 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 137 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Ryan Walter | C/LW | 69 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 70 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Sirois | RW | 73 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 6 | -6 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
Rolf Edberg | C | 76 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Rick Green | D | 71 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 62 | -45 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Leif Svensson | D | 74 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 28 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Girard | LW | 79 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 36 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Lofthouse | RW/C | 52 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 10 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Blair Stewart | C | 45 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Polis | LW | 19 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Gord Lane | D | 64 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 147 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yvon Labre | D | 51 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michel Bergeron | RW | 30 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Paul Mulvey | LW | 55 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 81 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Greg Carroll | C | 24 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dennis Hextall | LW | 26 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 43 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Scamurra | D | 30 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jack Lynch | D | 30 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Rissling | LW | 26 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 127 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Gerry Meehan | C | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Riley | RW | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 64 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Lalonde | C | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Eddy Godin | RW | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Craig Patrick | RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Arnason | RW | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Inness | G | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Patey | RW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Forbes | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gord Smith | D | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bryan Watson | D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Bedard | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pierre Bouchard | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rollie Boutin | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Bragnalo | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nelson Burton | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Marson | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brent Tremblay | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bernie Wolfe | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Gary Inness | 2107 | 37 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 130 | 3.70 | 0 |
Jim Bedard | 1740 | 30 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 126 | 4.34 | 0 |
Bernie Wolfe | 863 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 68 | 4.73 | 0 |
Rollie Boutin | 90 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6.67 | 0 |
Team: | 4800 | 80 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 334 | 4.17 | 0 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts;
Awards and records
[edit]Transactions
[edit]Draft picks
[edit]Washington's draft picks at the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 2 | Ryan Walter | ![]() |
Seattle Breakers (WCHL) |
1 | 18 | Tim Coulis | ![]() |
Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL) |
2 | 20 | Paul Mulvey | ![]() |
Portland Winterhawks (WCHL) |
2 | 23 | Paul MacKinnon | ![]() |
Peterborough Petes (OMJHL) |
3 | 38 | Glen Currie | ![]() |
Laval National (QMJHL) |
3 | 45 | Jay Johnston | ![]() |
Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL) |
4 | 55 | Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | ![]() |
Färjestad BK Karlstad (SEL) |
5 | 71 | Lou Franceschetti | ![]() |
Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL) |
6 | 88 | Vince Magnan | ![]() |
University of Denver (WCHA) |
7 | 105 | Mats Hallin | ![]() |
Södertälje SK (Sweden) |
8 | 122 | Rich Sirois | ![]() |
Milwaukee Admirals (IHL) |
9 | 139 | Denis Pomerleau | ![]() |
Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL) |
10 | 156 | Barry Heard | ![]() |
London Knights (OMJHL) |
11 | 172 | Mark Toffolo | ![]() |
Port Huron Flags (IHL) |
12 | 187 | Paul Hogan | ![]() |
Regina Pats (WCHL) |
12 | 189 | Steve Barger | ![]() |
Boston College (ECAC) |
13 | 202 | Rod Pacholzuk | ![]() |
University of Michigan (WCHA) |
14 | 213 | Wes Jarvis | ![]() |
Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL) |
14 | 215 | Ray Irwin | ![]() |
Oshawa Generals (OMJHL) |
Farm teams
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 163, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1978-79 Washington Capitals Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
External links
[edit]- "1978–79 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.