1978-79 Washington Capitals Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 24-41-15 - 63 points
in the NHL's Norris Division
Coach: Tom McVie (24-41-15)
Coach: Danny Belisle (24-41-15)
1978-79 Washington Capitals RosterTeam Record: 24-41-15 - 63 points
in the NHL's Norris Division
Coach: Tom McVie (24-41-15)
Coach: Danny Belisle (24-41-15)
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 in the NHL's Norris Division.
The team scored 273 goals and conceded 338. Tom Rowe and Dennis Maruk netted 31 goals for the team each, and Dennis Maruk contributed 59 assists. Gary Inness topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 3.7 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Tom McVie and Danny Belisle coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Maruk | C | 76 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 71 | -14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 189 | 16.4 |
| Guy Charron | C | 80 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 24 | -14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 225 | 12.4 |
| Robert Picard | D | 77 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 85 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 8.6 |
| Tom Rowe | R | 69 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 137 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 205 | 15.1 |
| Ryan Walter | C | 69 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 70 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 156 | 17.9 |
| Bob Sirois | R | 73 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 6 | -6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 207 | 14.0 |
| Rolf Edberg | C | 76 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 133 | 10.5 |
| Rick Green | D | 71 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 62 | -45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 6.0 |
| Leif Svensson | D | 74 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 28 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 2.8 |
| Bob Girard | L | 79 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 36 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 15.3 |
| Mark Lofthouse | R | 52 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 10 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 17.3 |
| Blair Stewart | L | 45 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12.5 |
| Greg Polis | L | 19 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 26.1 |
| Gord Lane | D | 64 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 147 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 4.3 |
| Yvon Labre | D | 51 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2.8 |
| Michel Bergeron | R | 30 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 13.2 |
| Paul Mulvey | L | 55 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 81 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 11.7 |
| Greg Carroll | C | 24 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 17.2 |
| Dennis Hextall | C | 26 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 43 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Peter Scamurra | D | 30 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11.5 |
| Jack Lynch | D | 30 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5.4 |
| Gary Rissling | L | 26 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 127 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 |
| Gerry Meehan | C | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Bill Riley | R | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 64 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Ron Lalonde | C | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Eddy Godin | R | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Craig Patrick | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Gary Inness | G | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Arnason | R | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Doug Patey | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Gord Smith | D | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Bryan Watson | D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Dave Forbes | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Brent Tremblay | D | 1 | 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 | |
| Rollie Boutin | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Bedard | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Bragnalo | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bernie Wolfe | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pierre Bouchard | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Marson | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1446 | 273 | 447 | 720 | 1292 | -207 | 57 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 2278 | 12.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bedard | 30 | 1740 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 4.34 | 6 | ||
| Bernie Wolfe | 18 | 863 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 4.73 | 1 | ||
| Gary Inness | 37 | 2107 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 3.70 | 8 | ||
| Rollie Boutin | 2 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6.67 | |||
| Totals | 87 | 4800 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 334 | 4.18 | 349 | 15 | .043 |
