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1978-79 Washington Capitals

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24-41-15 (63 points), Finished 4th in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 273 goals, Allowed 338 goals, SRS: -0.72 (14th of 17)
Coached by Danny Belisle (24-41-15)

1978-79 Statistics / Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Washington Capitals 80 24 41 15 63 .394 273 338 -0.72 7.64 57 302 18.87 83 279 70.25 5 12
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 280 280 0.00 7.00 62 271 22.72 62 271 77.28 7 7

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Dennis Maruk C 5-8 175 23 76 31 59 90 1.18 34 0.44 115 38 136 45 -14 71 23 6 2 3 189 2.49 16.4
2 Guy Charron C 5-10 170 30 80 28 42 70 0.88 27 0.34 104 32 92 6 -14 24 19 9 0 4 225 2.81 12.4
3 Robert Picard D 6-2 207 21 77 21 44 65 0.84 24 0.31 153 48 138 36 3 85 13 8 0 2 243 3.16 8.6
4 Tom Rowe RW 6-0 190 22 69 31 30 61 0.88 25 0.36 93 20 79 0 -6 137 27 4 0 4 205 2.97 15.1
5 Ryan Walter C/LW 6-0 200 20 69 28 28 56 0.81 23 0.33 87 25 83 20 -1 70 22 6 0 1 156 2.26 17.9
6 Bob Sirois RW 6-0 178 24 73 29 25 54 0.74 22 0.30 86 29 72 9 -6 6 20 9 0 3 207 2.84 14.0
7 Rick Green D 6-3 220 22 71 8 33 41 0.58 14 0.20 103 30 163 45 -45 62 5 2 1 0 133 1.87 6.0
8 Rolf Edberg C 5-10 174 28 76 14 27 41 0.54 15 0.20 59 4 46 2 11 6 13 1 0 2 133 1.75 10.5
9 Leif Svensson D 6-3 190 27 74 2 29 31 0.42 10 0.13 102 19 118 32 -3 28 2 0 0 0 72 0.97 2.8
10 Bob Girard LW 6-0 180 29 79 9 15 24 0.30 9 0.11 42 0 79 22 -15 36 9 0 0 0 59 0.75 15.3
11 Mark Lofthouse RW/C 6-2 195 21 52 13 10 23 0.44 10 0.18 29 4 36 0 -11 10 12 1 0 0 75 1.44 17.3
12 Blair Stewart C 5-11 185 25 45 7 12 19 0.42 7 0.16 34 1 33 1 1 48 7 0 0 0 56 1.24 12.5
13 Greg Polis LW 6-0 195 28 19 12 6 18 0.95 8 0.41 28 9 18 2 3 6 6 6 0 1 46 2.42 26.1
14 Gord Lane D 6-1 190 25 64 3 15 18 0.28 6 0.10 54 1 91 23 -15 147 3 0 0 0 69 1.08 4.3
15 Yvon Labre D 5-11 190 29 51 1 13 14 0.27 4 0.09 44 2 50 15 7 80 1 0 0 0 36 0.71 2.8
16 Michel Bergeron RW 5-10 170 24 30 7 6 13 0.43 5 0.18 16 2 32 0 -18 7 6 1 0 1 53 1.77 13.2
17 Greg Carroll C 6-0 185 22 24 5 6 11 0.46 4 0.18 16 0 25 7 -2 12 5 0 0 0 29 1.21 17.2
18 Dennis Hextall LW 5-11 175 35 26 2 9 11 0.42 4 0.14 17 4 35 9 -13 43 2 0 0 0 22 0.85 9.1
19 Paul Mulvey LW 6-4 220 20 55 7 4 11 0.20 5 0.09 22 2 39 1 -18 81 6 1 0 1 60 1.09 11.7
20 Peter Scamurra D 6-3 185 23 30 3 5 8 0.27 3 0.10 33 1 61 16 -13 12 2 0 1 0 26 0.87 11.5
21 Jack Lynch D 6-2 180 26 30 2 6 8 0.27 3 0.09 26 6 21 3 2 14 1 1 0 0 37 1.23 5.4
22 Gary Rissling LW 5-9 175 22 26 3 3 6 0.23 2 0.09 11 1 15 0 -5 127 2 1 0 1 16 0.62 18.8
23 Gerry Meehan C 6-2 200 32 18 2 4 6 0.33 2 0.12 8 2 13 4 -3 0 1 1 0 1 32 1.78 6.3
24 Ron Lalonde C 5-10 170 26 18 1 3 4 0.22 1 0.08 6 0 11 4 -1 4 0 0 1 0 8 0.44 12.5
25 Bill Riley RW 5-11 195 28 24 2 2 4 0.17 2 0.07 5 0 11 0 -6 64 2 0 0 0 24 1.00 8.3
26 Eddy Godin RW 5-10 190 21 9 0 3 3 0.33 1 0.10 5 1 6 0 -2 6 0 0 0 0 10 1.11 0.0
27 Chuck Arnason RW 5-10 183 27 13 0 2 2 0.15 1 0.05 5 2 4 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 17 1.31 0.0
28 Craig Patrick RW 6-0 190 32 3 1 1 2 0.67 1 0.27 2 0 3 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.00 33.3
29 Gord Smith D 5-10 175 29 39 0 1 1 0.03 0 0.01 22 1 42 14 -7 22 0 0 0 0 11 0.28 0.0
30 Bryan Watson D 5-9 175 36 20 0 1 1 0.05 0 0.02 10 0 21 4 -7 36 0 0 0 0 16 0.80 0.0
31 Dave Forbes LW 5-10 180 30 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 0.16 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1.00 0.0
32 Doug Patey RW 5-11 180 22 6 1 0 1 0.17 1 0.08 1 0 3 0 -2 2 1 0 0 0 6 1.00 16.7
33 Brent Tremblay D 6-2 192 21 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0
34 Pierre Bouchard D 6-2 205 30 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
35 Nelson Burton LW 6-0 205 21 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 4 1 -2 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
36 Mike Marson LW 5-9 200 23 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 3 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.25 0.0
37 Rick Bragnalo C 5-8 160 27 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Total 80 273 447 720 9.00 273 3.41 273 57 338 83 -39 1292 211 57 5 24 2278 28.48 12.0

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Gary Inness G 6-0 195 29 37 2107 14 14 8 36 .500 0 130 3.70 0 2 2 6
2 Jim Bedard G 5-10 181 22 30 1740 6 17 6 18 .310 0 126 4.34 0 0 0 6
3 Bernie Wolfe G 5-9 165 27 18 863 4 9 1 9 .321 0 68 4.73 0 0 0 15
4 Rollie Boutin G 5-9 179 21 2 90 0 1 0 0 .000 0 10 6.67 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 4800 24 41 15 0 334 4.17