1978-79 Washington Capitals Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 24-41-15 - 63 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Norris Division
Coach: Danny Belisle (24-41-15)
Location: Landover, Maryland

1978-79 Washington Capitals Roster
1978-79 Washington Capitals Results

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, finishing fourth in the NHL's Norris Division.

The Capitals scored 273 goals and conceded 338. Tom Rowe and Dennis Maruk netted 31 goals for Washington each, and Dennis Maruk contributed 59 assists. Gary Inness topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 3.70 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

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
Pierre Bouchard	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rollie Boutin	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Bragnalo	C	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	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
Bernie Wolfe	G	18	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Marson	L	4	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jim Bedard	G	30	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	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	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gary Inness	37	2107	14	14	8	2	130	3.70	0
Jim Bedard	30	1740	6	17	6	1	126	4.34	0
Bernie Wolfe	18	863	4	9	1	0	68	4.73	0
Rollie Boutin	2	90	0	1	0	1	10	6.67	0
Totals	87	4800	24	41	15	4	334	4.18		0

1978-79 Washington Capitals Statistics

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