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1977-78 Washington Capitals

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17-49-14 (48 points), Finished 5th in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 195 goals, Allowed 321 goals, SRS: -1.45 (18th of 18)
Coached by Tom McVie (17-49-14)

1977-78 Statistics ▪ Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 14, 1977 Pittsburgh Penguins W 2 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 15, 1977 @ Cleveland Barons L 2 4 1 1 0 L 1
3 Wed, Oct 19, 1977 Montreal Canadiens L 3 5 1 2 0 L 2
4 Mon, Oct 24, 1977 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 5 1 3 0 L 3
5 Wed, Oct 26, 1977 @ Atlanta Flames W 6 2 2 3 0 W 1
6 Fri, Oct 28, 1977 @ Colorado Rockies L 1 8 2 4 0 L 1
7 Sat, Oct 29, 1977 @ Minnesota North Stars L 4 7 2 5 0 L 2
8 Wed, Nov 2, 1977 Chicago Black Hawks T 2 2 2 5 1 T 1
9 Thu, Nov 3, 1977 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 1 4 2 6 1 L 1
10 Sat, Nov 5, 1977 Philadelphia Flyers L 1 3 2 7 1 L 2
11 Tue, Nov 8, 1977 Los Angeles Kings L 1 5 2 8 1 L 3
12 Wed, Nov 9, 1977 @ Detroit Red Wings T 1 1 2 8 2 T 1
13 Fri, Nov 11, 1977 Toronto Maple Leafs L 1 3 2 9 2 L 1
14 Sun, Nov 13, 1977 New York Islanders L 0 6 2 10 2 L 2
15 Tue, Nov 15, 1977 @ St. Louis Blues T 2 2 2 10 3 T 1
16 Wed, Nov 16, 1977 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 5 2 11 3 L 1
17 Sat, Nov 19, 1977 Buffalo Sabres L 6 7 2 12 3 L 2
18 Sun, Nov 20, 1977 @ Buffalo Sabres L 2 5 2 13 3 L 3
19 Wed, Nov 23, 1977 Atlanta Flames T 2 2 2 13 4 T 1
20 Thu, Nov 24, 1977 @ Boston Bruins L 0 6 2 14 4 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 26, 1977 @ Toronto Maple Leafs T 4 4 2 14 5 T 1
22 Tue, Nov 29, 1977 @ Los Angeles Kings L 2 4 2 15 5 L 1
23 Fri, Dec 2, 1977 Cleveland Barons L 2 3 2 16 5 L 2
24 Sun, Dec 4, 1977 Pittsburgh Penguins L 2 4 2 17 5 L 3
25 Tue, Dec 6, 1977 Vancouver Canucks L 2 5 2 18 5 L 4
26 Wed, Dec 7, 1977 @ Cleveland Barons W 5 3 3 18 5 W 1
27 Sat, Dec 10, 1977 @ Atlanta Flames L 1 5 3 19 5 L 1
28 Sun, Dec 11, 1977 St. Louis Blues W 2 1 4 19 5 W 1
29 Tue, Dec 13, 1977 @ Vancouver Canucks L 1 3 4 20 5 L 1
30 Sat, Dec 17, 1977 @ Los Angeles Kings W 2 1 5 20 5 W 1
31 Wed, Dec 21, 1977 @ New York Rangers T 5 5 5 20 6 T 1
32 Fri, Dec 23, 1977 Detroit Red Wings W 3 2 6 20 6 W 1
33 Tue, Dec 27, 1977 Boston Bruins L 3 6 6 21 6 L 1
34 Wed, Dec 28, 1977 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T 2 2 6 21 7 T 1
35 Fri, Dec 30, 1977 New York Rangers T 3 3 6 21 8 T 2
36 Mon, Jan 2, 1978 Pittsburgh Penguins W 3 2 7 21 8 W 1
37 Wed, Jan 4, 1978 Los Angeles Kings W 4 0 8 21 8 W 2
38 Sat, Jan 7, 1978 Buffalo Sabres T 4 4 8 21 9 T 1
39 Sun, Jan 8, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 1 3 8 22 9 L 1
40 Wed, Jan 11, 1978 Detroit Red Wings L 3 6 8 23 9 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 13, 1978 @ Minnesota North Stars T 2 2 8 23 10 T 1
42 Sat, Jan 14, 1978 New York Islanders L 0 4 8 24 10 L 1
43 Wed, Jan 18, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 2 5 8 25 10 L 2
44 Thu, Jan 19, 1978 @ Boston Bruins L 1 4 8 26 10 L 3
45 Sat, Jan 21, 1978 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 2 9 26 10 W 1
46 Sun, Jan 22, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings L 3 6 9 27 10 L 1
47 Wed, Jan 25, 1978 Colorado Rockies T 3 3 9 27 11 T 1
48 Fri, Jan 27, 1978 Boston Bruins L 2 5 9 28 11 L 1
49 Sun, Jan 29, 1978 Minnesota North Stars L 0 4 9 29 11 L 2
50 Tue, Jan 31, 1978 @ Vancouver Canucks L 2 4 9 30 11 L 3
51 Wed, Feb 1, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings L 3 8 9 31 11 L 4
52 Sat, Feb 4, 1978 @ New York Islanders L 1 6 9 32 11 L 5
53 Sun, Feb 5, 1978 @ Buffalo Sabres L 1 4 9 33 11 L 6
54 Fri, Feb 10, 1978 @ Cleveland Barons W 4 1 10 33 11 W 1
55 Sun, Feb 12, 1978 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 1 4 10 34 11 L 1
56 Tue, Feb 14, 1978 Vancouver Canucks L 2 4 10 35 11 L 2
57 Fri, Feb 17, 1978 Montreal Canadiens L 2 8 10 36 11 L 3
58 Sun, Feb 19, 1978 Minnesota North Stars W 2 1 11 36 11 W 1
59 Tue, Feb 21, 1978 Los Angeles Kings L 1 4 11 37 11 L 1
60 Thu, Feb 23, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings L 1 4 11 38 11 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sat, Feb 25, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 0 4 11 39 11 L 3
62 Sun, Feb 26, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers L 1 6 11 40 11 L 4
63 Tue, Feb 28, 1978 Colorado Rockies W 7 4 12 40 11 W 1
64 Sat, Mar 4, 1978 @ St. Louis Blues T 3 3 12 40 12 T 1
65 Wed, Mar 8, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 4 12 41 12 L 1
66 Sun, Mar 12, 1978 @ New York Rangers L 2 8 12 42 12 L 2
67 Wed, Mar 15, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 5 12 43 12 L 3
68 Sat, Mar 18, 1978 Cleveland Barons W 8 3 13 43 12 W 1
69 Sun, Mar 19, 1978 St. Louis Blues L 2 3 13 44 12 L 1
70 Wed, Mar 22, 1978 Chicago Black Hawks L 2 6 13 45 12 L 2
71 Fri, Mar 24, 1978 New York Rangers L 4 11 13 46 12 L 3
72 Sat, Mar 25, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 0 5 13 47 12 L 4
73 Sun, Mar 26, 1978 Detroit Red Wings L 1 4 13 48 12 L 5
74 Tue, Mar 28, 1978 Boston Bruins T 4 4 13 48 13 T 1
75 Thu, Mar 30, 1978 @ Colorado Rockies W 4 3 14 48 13 W 1
76 Sat, Apr 1, 1978 @ New York Islanders L 2 3 14 49 13 L 1
77 Sun, Apr 2, 1978 Montreal Canadiens T 4 4 14 49 14 T 1
78 Tue, Apr 4, 1978 Buffalo Sabres W 4 3 15 49 14 W 1
79 Sat, Apr 8, 1978 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 4 16 49 14 W 2
80 Sun, Apr 9, 1978 Atlanta Flames W 4 2 17 49 14 W 3