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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

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Oct 11, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings W 4 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Fri, Oct 13, 1978 @ Atlanta Flames T 3 3 1 0 1 T 1
3 Sat, Oct 14, 1978 Atlanta Flames L 3 6 1 1 1 L 1
4 Wed, Oct 18, 1978 Chicago Black Hawks L 2 4 1 2 1 L 2
5 Fri, Oct 20, 1978 Los Angeles Kings L 4 6 1 3 1 L 3
6 Sat, Oct 21, 1978 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 1 5 1 4 1 L 4
7 Wed, Oct 25, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks T 2 2 1 4 2 T 1
8 Sat, Oct 28, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings L 1 5 1 5 2 L 1
9 Wed, Nov 1, 1978 Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 4 2 5 2 W 1
10 Thu, Nov 2, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 2 4 2 6 2 L 1
11 Sat, Nov 4, 1978 @ New York Islanders L 1 4 2 7 2 L 2
12 Sun, Nov 5, 1978 Detroit Red Wings T 3 3 2 7 3 T 1
13 Wed, Nov 8, 1978 Montreal Canadiens L 0 6 2 8 3 L 1
14 Thu, Nov 9, 1978 @ Boston Bruins L 2 6 2 9 3 L 2
15 Sat, Nov 11, 1978 Buffalo Sabres L 0 2 2 10 3 L 3
16 Tue, Nov 14, 1978 Atlanta Flames W 8 7 3 10 3 W 1
17 Wed, Nov 15, 1978 @ Minnesota North Stars W 3 2 4 10 3 W 2
18 Fri, Nov 17, 1978 New York Islanders L 2 4 4 11 3 L 1
19 Tue, Nov 21, 1978 @ St. Louis Blues W 4 3 5 11 3 W 1
20 Wed, Nov 22, 1978 St. Louis Blues L 1 3 5 12 3 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 25, 1978 Boston Bruins T 5 5 5 12 4 T 1
22 Sun, Nov 26, 1978 @ New York Rangers L 4 9 5 13 4 L 1
23 Wed, Nov 29, 1978 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 5 5 14 4 L 2
24 Fri, Dec 1, 1978 Pittsburgh Penguins L 4 7 5 15 4 L 3
25 Sat, Dec 2, 1978 @ St. Louis Blues L 2 5 5 16 4 L 4
26 Mon, Dec 4, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings L 2 10 5 17 4 L 5
27 Tue, Dec 5, 1978 @ Colorado Rockies W 4 1 6 17 4 W 1
28 Sat, Dec 9, 1978 @ Vancouver Canucks W 7 5 7 17 4 W 2
29 Tue, Dec 12, 1978 Colorado Rockies L 3 4 7 18 4 L 1
30 Thu, Dec 14, 1978 @ Boston Bruins L 2 5 7 19 4 L 2
31 Fri, Dec 15, 1978 Minnesota North Stars L 1 6 7 20 4 L 3
32 Sun, Dec 17, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 7 6 8 20 4 W 1
33 Tue, Dec 19, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers T 4 4 8 20 5 T 1
34 Thu, Dec 21, 1978 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 5 8 21 5 L 1
35 Sat, Dec 23, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings T 2 2 8 21 6 T 1
36 Wed, Dec 27, 1978 @ Minnesota North Stars L 1 6 8 22 6 L 1
37 Sat, Dec 30, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs T 5 5 8 22 7 T 1
38 Wed, Jan 3, 1979 Los Angeles Kings W 8 3 9 22 7 W 1
39 Sat, Jan 6, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings W 4 1 10 22 7 W 2
40 Sun, Jan 7, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 3 5 10 23 7 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 9, 1979 Philadelphia Flyers L 2 5 10 24 7 L 2
42 Thu, Jan 11, 1979 @ Buffalo Sabres L 2 6 10 25 7 L 3
43 Fri, Jan 12, 1979 Colorado Rockies W 8 1 11 25 7 W 1
44 Sun, Jan 14, 1979 Vancouver Canucks W 5 3 12 25 7 W 2
45 Tue, Jan 16, 1979 @ New York Islanders L 2 6 12 26 7 L 1
46 Fri, Jan 19, 1979 Detroit Red Wings W 5 1 13 26 7 W 1
47 Sat, Jan 20, 1979 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 2 14 26 7 W 2
48 Wed, Jan 24, 1979 New York Rangers W 5 1 15 26 7 W 3
49 Sat, Jan 27, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks W 4 1 16 26 7 W 4
50 Sun, Jan 28, 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs T 2 2 16 26 8 T 1
51 Tue, Jan 30, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings L 4 7 16 27 8 L 1
52 Wed, Jan 31, 1979 Los Angeles Kings W 5 3 17 27 8 W 1
53 Sat, Feb 3, 1979 Vancouver Canucks L 1 5 17 28 8 L 1
54 Sun, Feb 4, 1979 Montreal Canadiens L 4 8 17 29 8 L 2
55 Thu, Feb 15, 1979 @ Colorado Rockies W 9 3 18 29 8 W 1
56 Sat, Feb 17, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens L 0 2 18 30 8 L 1
57 Sun, Feb 18, 1979 @ New York Rangers T 6 6 18 30 9 T 1
58 Tue, Feb 20, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames L 3 5 18 31 9 L 1
59 Wed, Feb 21, 1979 Detroit Red Wings L 3 4 18 32 9 L 2
60 Sat, Feb 24, 1979 Buffalo Sabres L 4 6 18 33 9 L 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 25, 1979 Montreal Canadiens L 5 8 18 34 9 L 4
62 Wed, Feb 28, 1979 @ Los Angeles Kings T 3 3 18 34 10 T 1
63 Fri, Mar 2, 1979 @ Vancouver Canucks W 6 2 19 34 10 W 1
64 Sun, Mar 4, 1979 Minnesota North Stars W 5 4 20 34 10 W 2
65 Mon, Mar 5, 1979 Montreal Canadiens T 2 2 20 34 11 T 1
66 Sat, Mar 10, 1979 St. Louis Blues W 7 5 21 34 11 W 1
67 Sun, Mar 11, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings T 3 3 21 34 12 T 1
68 Wed, Mar 14, 1979 Detroit Red Wings L 1 4 21 35 12 L 1
69 Sat, Mar 17, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins L 2 5 21 36 12 L 2
70 Sun, Mar 18, 1979 @ Buffalo Sabres T 3 3 21 36 13 T 1
71 Tue, Mar 20, 1979 New York Rangers T 2 2 21 36 14 T 2
72 Wed, Mar 21, 1979 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T 2 2 21 36 15 T 3
73 Sat, Mar 24, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 3 21 37 15 L 1
74 Sun, Mar 25, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 4 7 21 38 15 L 2
75 Wed, Mar 28, 1979 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 6 21 39 15 L 3
76 Sat, Mar 31, 1979 Boston Bruins L 1 4 21 40 15 L 4
77 Sun, Apr 1, 1979 New York Islanders W 6 4 22 40 15 W 1
78 Tue, Apr 3, 1979 Los Angeles Kings W 6 2 23 40 15 W 2
79 Sat, Apr 7, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 10 23 41 15 L 1
80 Sun, Apr 8, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 2 24 41 15 W 1