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1979-80 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results

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27-40-13 (67 points), Finished 5th in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Danny Belisle (4-10-2), Gary Green (23-30-11)

Goals For: 261 (15th of 21), Goals Against: 293 (12th of 21)
SRS: -0.38 (16th of 21), SOS: 0.02 (6th of 21)

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 11, 1979 @ Buffalo Sabres L 3 6 0 1 0 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1979 Boston Bruins L 2 5 0 2 0 L 2
3 Sun, Oct 14, 1979 @ New York Rangers W 5 3 1 2 0 W 1
4 Tue, Oct 16, 1979 Los Angeles Kings W 8 6 2 2 0 W 2
5 Fri, Oct 19, 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs L 3 5 2 3 0 L 1
6 Sat, Oct 20, 1979 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 1 5 2 4 0 L 2
7 Wed, Oct 24, 1979 @ Los Angeles Kings L 3 5 2 5 0 L 3
8 Sat, Oct 27, 1979 @ Vancouver Canucks L 3 5 2 6 0 L 4
9 Sun, Oct 28, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers W 6 4 3 6 0 W 1
10 Tue, Oct 30, 1979 Montreal Canadiens T 2 2 3 6 1 T 1
11 Fri, Nov 2, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets T 1 1 3 6 2 T 2
12 Sat, Nov 3, 1979 @ Minnesota North Stars L 1 7 3 7 2 L 1
13 Mon, Nov 5, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens L 0 2 3 8 2 L 2
14 Wed, Nov 7, 1979 Winnipeg Jets W 6 3 4 8 2 W 1
15 Sat, Nov 10, 1979 Buffalo Sabres L 3 5 4 9 2 L 1
16 Tue, Nov 13, 1979 Edmonton Oilers L 3 5 4 10 2 L 2
17 Thu, Nov 15, 1979 @ Boston Bruins L 2 3 4 11 2 L 3
18 Fri, Nov 16, 1979 Detroit Red Wings L 2 4 4 12 2 L 4
19 Sun, Nov 18, 1979 Atlanta Flames L 2 4 4 13 2 L 5
20 Tue, Nov 20, 1979 @ Colorado Rockies T 3 3 4 13 3 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 21, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 0 4 4 14 3 L 1
22 Sat, Nov 24, 1979 Buffalo Sabres L 1 6 4 15 3 L 2
23 Sun, Nov 25, 1979 @ Quebec Nordiques T 2 2 4 15 4 T 1
24 Wed, Nov 28, 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 4 4 16 4 L 1
25 Sat, Dec 1, 1979 Quebec Nordiques W 7 2 5 16 4 W 1
26 Sun, Dec 2, 1979 @ Buffalo Sabres L 0 2 5 17 4 L 1
27 Tue, Dec 4, 1979 Hartford Whalers T 3 3 5 17 5 T 1
28 Fri, Dec 7, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 5 5 18 5 L 1
29 Sat, Dec 8, 1979 @ St. Louis Blues L 1 5 5 19 5 L 2
30 Wed, Dec 12, 1979 Minnesota North Stars L 4 5 5 20 5 L 3
31 Sat, Dec 15, 1979 New York Rangers W 5 4 6 20 5 W 1
32 Wed, Dec 19, 1979 @ Hartford Whalers L 4 5 6 21 5 L 1
33 Fri, Dec 21, 1979 Vancouver Canucks W 2 1 7 21 5 W 1
34 Sat, Dec 22, 1979 @ New York Islanders L 1 2 7 22 5 L 1
35 Wed, Dec 26, 1979 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 8 2 8 22 5 W 1
36 Fri, Dec 28, 1979 Chicago Black Hawks W 6 2 9 22 5 W 2
37 Sun, Dec 30, 1979 @ New York Rangers L 2 5 9 23 5 L 1
38 Fri, Jan 4, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers W 6 3 10 23 5 W 1
39 Sat, Jan 5, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars T 2 2 10 23 6 T 1
40 Fri, Jan 11, 1980 Vancouver Canucks W 7 4 11 23 6 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 12, 1980 @ New York Islanders L 2 5 11 24 6 L 1
42 Tue, Jan 15, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 4 7 11 25 6 L 2
43 Wed, Jan 16, 1980 Edmonton Oilers L 2 5 11 26 6 L 3
44 Sat, Jan 19, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers T 4 4 11 26 7 T 1
45 Sun, Jan 20, 1980 @ Quebec Nordiques L 2 3 11 27 7 L 1
46 Tue, Jan 22, 1980 Winnipeg Jets W 5 4 12 27 7 W 1
47 Sat, Jan 26, 1980 Quebec Nordiques T 1 1 12 27 8 T 1
48 Sun, Jan 27, 1980 New York Islanders W 7 1 13 27 8 W 1
49 Wed, Jan 30, 1980 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 2 5 13 28 8 L 1
50 Fri, Feb 1, 1980 @ Atlanta Flames L 2 4 13 29 8 L 2
51 Sat, Feb 2, 1980 New York Rangers L 3 6 13 30 8 L 3
52 Wed, Feb 6, 1980 @ Detroit Red Wings T 2 2 13 30 9 T 1
53 Fri, Feb 8, 1980 @ Winnipeg Jets W 6 3 14 30 9 W 1
54 Tue, Feb 12, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings W 5 2 15 30 9 W 2
55 Fri, Feb 15, 1980 @ Edmonton Oilers L 2 8 15 31 9 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 16, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks W 5 3 16 31 9 W 1
57 Tue, Feb 19, 1980 Montreal Canadiens W 3 1 17 31 9 W 2
58 Thu, Feb 21, 1980 @ Atlanta Flames L 0 3 17 32 9 L 1
59 Sat, Feb 23, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks W 6 2 18 32 9 W 1
60 Sun, Feb 24, 1980 @ Colorado Rockies T 1 1 18 32 10 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 26, 1980 Los Angeles Kings W 5 3 19 32 10 W 1
62 Thu, Feb 28, 1980 @ Detroit Red Wings L 1 4 19 33 10 L 1
63 Sat, Mar 1, 1980 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 6 19 34 10 L 2
64 Sun, Mar 2, 1980 Colorado Rockies L 1 3 19 35 10 L 3
65 Wed, Mar 5, 1980 St. Louis Blues W 7 5 20 35 10 W 1
66 Sat, Mar 8, 1980 Hartford Whalers W 9 5 21 35 10 W 2
67 Sun, Mar 9, 1980 New York Islanders W 3 1 22 35 10 W 3
68 Wed, Mar 12, 1980 Boston Bruins W 6 4 23 35 10 W 4
69 Sat, Mar 15, 1980 Detroit Red Wings W 5 2 24 35 10 W 5
70 Sun, Mar 16, 1980 @ Boston Bruins T 3 3 24 35 11 T 1
71 Tue, Mar 18, 1980 Colorado Rockies W 4 1 25 35 11 W 1
72 Fri, Mar 21, 1980 Minnesota North Stars L 3 4 25 36 11 L 1
73 Sat, Mar 22, 1980 @ St. Louis Blues L 2 6 25 37 11 L 2
74 Mon, Mar 24, 1980 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 1 6 25 38 11 L 3
75 Wed, Mar 26, 1980 St. Louis Blues W 4 2 26 38 11 W 1
76 Sat, Mar 29, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers T 3 3 26 38 12 T 1
77 Sun, Mar 30, 1980 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 0 4 26 39 12 L 1
78 Tue, Apr 1, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 2 27 39 12 W 1
79 Thu, Apr 3, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 4 27 40 12 L 1
80 Sat, Apr 5, 1980 Atlanta Flames T 4 4 27 40 13 T 1