1979-80 Washington Capitals Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 27-40-13 - 67 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Patrick Division
Coach: Danny Belisle (4-10-2)
Coach: Gary Green (23-30-11)
Location: Landover, Maryland

1979-80 Washington Capitals Roster
1979-80 Washington Capitals Results

The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 27 wins and 40 losses and 13 ties for 67 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Patrick Division.

The Capitals scored 261 goals and surrendered 293. Mike Gartner netted 36 goals for Washington, while Robert Picard contributed 43 assists. Wayne Stephenson topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 3.57 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.

Danny Belisle and Gary Green coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Mike Gartner	R	77	36	32	68	66	15	4	0	3	2	228	15.8
Ryan Walter	C	80	24	42	66	106	-1	12	1	1	0	157	15.3
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	R	80	22	38	60	17	-17	6	1	3	1	185	11.9
Robert Picard	D	78	11	43	54	122	-21	5	0	1	0	212	5.2
Rolf Edberg	C	63	23	23	46	12	-5	4	1	7	0	136	16.9
Paul Mulvey	L	77	15	19	34	240	-8	2	0	3	1	140	10.7
Mark Lofthouse	R	68	15	18	33	20	-9	1	0	1	0	138	10.9
Bob Sirois	R	49	15	17	32	18	-5	4	1	2	1	110	13.6
Guy Charron	C	33	11	20	31	6	-2	5	0	1	0	80	13.8
Tom Rowe	R	41	10	17	27	76	-9	4	0	2	0	107	9.3
Dennis Maruk	C	27	10	17	27	8	0	1	1	0	1	58	17.2
Wes Jarvis	C	63	11	15	26	8	-3	0	0	0	0	43	25.6
Rick Green	D	71	4	20	24	52	-10	0	0	1	1	105	3.8
Antero Lehtonen	L	65	9	12	21	14	-4	2	0	1	0	101	8.9
Al Hangsleben	D	37	10	7	17	45	1	2	0	1	0	67	14.9
Mike Kaszycki	C	28	7	10	17	10	-5	1	0	0	1	34	20.6
Leif Svensson	D	47	4	11	15	21	-10	0	0	0	1	41	9.8
Pierre Bouchard	D	54	5	9	14	16	-7	0	0	0	1	59	8.5
Paul MacKinnon	D	63	1	11	12	22	-1	0	0	0	0	68	1.5
Errol Rausse	L	24	6	2	8	0	4	0	0	0	1	24	25.0
Peter Scamurra	D	23	3	5	8	6	-1	1	0	0	0	16	18.8
Gord Lane	D	19	2	4	6	53	1	0	0	0	1	16	12.5
Pat Ribble	D	19	1	5	6	30	2	0	0	0	0	15	6.7
Greg Polis	L	28	1	5	6	19	-6	0	0	0	1	30	3.3
Yvon Labre	D	18	0	5	5	38	3	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Tim Coulis	F	19	1	2	3	27	-6	0	0	0	0	12	8.3
Glen Currie	C	32	2	0	2	2	-2	0	0	0	0	25	8.0
Dennis Hextall	C	15	1	1	2	49	-5	0	0	0	0	17	5.9
Tony Cassolato	R	9	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Wayne Stephenson	G	56	0	2	2	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Tremblay	D	9	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
Gary Rissling	L	11	0	1	1	49	-6	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Rollie Boutin	G	18	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Theberge	D	12	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0	0	21	0.0
Bob Girard	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Noel	C	7	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Gary Inness	G	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Clippingdale	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Harvie Pocza	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Totals		1439	261	417	678	1186	-120	54	5	27	13	2275	11.5

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Wayne Stephenson	56	3146	18	24	10	5	187	3.57	0
Rollie Boutin	18	927	7	7	1	0	54	3.50	0
Gary Inness	14	727	2	9	2	3	44	3.63	0
Totals	88	4800	27	40	13	8	285	3.56		0

1979-80 Washington Capitals Statistics

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