1978-79 Washington Capitals Statistics
Team Record: 24-41-15 - 63 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Norris Division
Coach: Danny Belisle (24-41-15)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1978-79 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 24 wins and 41 losses and 15 ties for 63 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Norris Division.
The Capitals scored 273 goals and conceded 338. Tom Rowe and Dennis Maruk netted 31 goals for Washington each, and Dennis Maruk contributed 59 assists. Gary Inness topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 3.70 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Danny Belisle coached the team.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Maruk | C | 76 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 71 | -14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 189 | 16.4 |
Guy Charron | C | 80 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 24 | -14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 225 | 12.4 |
Robert Picard | D | 77 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 85 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 8.6 |
Tom Rowe | R | 69 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 137 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 205 | 15.1 |
Ryan Walter | C | 69 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 70 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 156 | 17.9 |
Bob Sirois | R | 73 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 6 | -6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 207 | 14.0 |
Rolf Edberg | C | 76 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 133 | 10.5 |
Rick Green | D | 71 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 62 | -45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 6.0 |
Leif Svensson | D | 74 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 28 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 2.8 |
Bob Girard | L | 79 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 36 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 15.3 |
Mark Lofthouse | R | 52 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 10 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 17.3 |
Blair Stewart | L | 45 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12.5 |
Greg Polis | L | 19 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 26.1 |
Gord Lane | D | 64 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 147 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 4.3 |
Yvon Labre | D | 51 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2.8 |
Michel Bergeron | R | 30 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 13.2 |
Paul Mulvey | L | 55 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 81 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 11.7 |
Greg Carroll | C | 24 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 17.2 |
Dennis Hextall | C | 26 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 43 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
Peter Scamurra | D | 30 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11.5 |
Jack Lynch | D | 30 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5.4 |
Gary Rissling | L | 26 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 127 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 |
Gerry Meehan | C | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
Bill Riley | R | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 64 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
Ron Lalonde | C | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
Eddy Godin | R | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
Craig Patrick | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
Gary Inness | G | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chuck Arnason | R | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
Doug Patey | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
Bryan Watson | D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
Dave Forbes | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Gord Smith | D | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
Pierre Bouchard | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rollie Boutin | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Bragnalo | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brent Tremblay | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Nelson Burton | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bernie Wolfe | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Marson | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Jim Bedard | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1446 | 273 | 447 | 720 | 1292 | -207 | 57 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 2278 | 12.0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Inness | 37 | 2107 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 3.70 | 0 | ||
Jim Bedard | 30 | 1740 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 4.34 | 0 | ||
Bernie Wolfe | 18 | 863 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 4.73 | 0 | ||
Rollie Boutin | 2 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6.67 | 0 | ||
Totals | 87 | 4800 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 334 | 4.18 | 0 |