1978-1979 Washington Capitals: 24-41-15
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Home record: 15-19-6 (151 goals scored, 162 allowed)
Road record: 9-22-9 (122 goals scored, 176 allowed)
Head Coach: Danny Belisle
Power Play: 57/302 (18.9%)
Penalty Killing: 196/279 (70.3%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 5-12
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 211-243
273 goals scored (10th of 17 teams), 338 goals allowed (16th), 1312 PIM (4th)
NHL Averages: 3.50 goals/game (279.8 goals/team), 1159.7 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 21 Dennis Maruk 5'8 175 23 76 31 59 90 71 6 2 115 38 136 45 189 16.4 -14
C 15 Guy Charron 5'10 170 29 80 28 42 70 24 9 0 104 32 92 6 225 12.4 -14
D 24 Robert Picard 6'2 207 21 77 21 44 65 85 8 0 153 48 138 36 243 8.6 +3
RW 17 Tom Rowe 6'0 190 22 69 31 30 61 137 4 0 93 20 79 0 205 15.1 -6
C/LW 9 Ryan Walter 6'0 200 20 69 28 27 55 70 6 0 87 25 83 20 156 17.9 -1
RW 25 Bob Sirois 6'0 178 24 73 29 25 54 6 9 0 86 29 72 9 207 14.0 -6
C 10 Rolf Edberg 5'10 174 28 76 14 27 41 6 1 0 59 4 46 2 133 10.5 +11
D 5 Rick Green 6'3 220 22 71 8 33 41 62 2 1 103 30 163 45 133 6.0 -45
D 4 Leif Svensson 6'3 190 27 74 2 29 31 28 0 0 102 19 118 32 72 2.8 -3
LW 26 Bob Girard 6'0 180 29 79 9 15 24 36 0 0 42 0 79 22 59 15.3 -15
RW/C 20 Mark Lofthouse 6'2 195 21 52 13 10 23 10 1 0 29 4 36 0 75 17.3 -11
C 14 Blair Stewart 5'11 185 25 45 7 12 19 48 0 0 34 1 33 1 56 12.5 +1
LW 18 Greg Polis 6'0 195 28 19 12 6 18 6 6 0 28 9 18 2 46 26.1 +3
D 28 Gord Lane 6'1 190 25 64 3 15 18 147 0 0 54 1 91 23 69 4.3 -15
D 7 Yvon Labre 5'11 190 29 51 1 13 14 80 0 0 44 2 50 15 36 2.8 +7
RW 16 Michel Bergeron 5'10 170 24 30 7 6 13 7 1 0 16 2 32 0 53 13.2 -18
LW 27 Paul Mulvey 6'4 220 20 55 7 4 11 81 1 0 22 2 39 1 60 11.7 -18
C 11 Greg Carroll 6'0 185 22 24 5 6 11 12 0 0 16 0 25 7 29 17.2 -2
LW 12 Dennis Hextall 5'11 175 35 26 2 9 11 43 0 0 17 4 35 9 22 9.1 -13
D 3 Peter Scamurra 6'3 185 23 30 3 5 8 12 0 1 33 1 61 16 26 11.5 -13
D 2 Jack Lynch 6'2 180 26 30 2 6 8 14 1 0 26 6 21 3 37 5.4 +2
LW 23 Gary Rissling 5'9 175 22 26 3 3 6 127 1 0 11 1 15 0 16 18.8 -5
C 14 Gerry Meehan 6'2 200 32 18 2 4 6 0 1 0 8 2 13 4 32 6.2 -3
RW 12 Bill Riley 5'11 195 28 24 2 2 4 64 0 0 5 0 11 0 24 8.3 -6
C 22 Ron Lalonde 5'10 170 26 18 1 3 4 4 0 1 6 0 11 4 8 12.5 -1
RW 18 Eddy Godin 5'10 190 21 9 0 3 3 6 0 0 5 1 6 0 10 0.0 -2
RW 11 Craig Patrick 6'0 190 32 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 33.3 -1
RW 19 Chuck Arnason 5'10 183 27 13 0 2 2 4 0 0 5 2 4 0 17 0.0 -1
G 31 Gary Inness 6'0 195 29 37 0 2 2 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
RW 16 Doug Patey 5'11 180 22 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 6 16.7 -2
LW 8 Dave Forbes 5'10 180 30 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0 0
D 19 Bryan Watson 5'9 175 36 20 0 1 1 36 0 0 10 0 21 4 16 0.0 -7
D 6 Gord Smith 5'10 175 29 39 0 1 1 22 0 0 22 1 42 14 11 0.0 -7
D 11 Brent Tremblay 6'2 192 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0
D 29 Pierre Bouchard 6'2 205 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 --- +1
C 8 Rick Bragnalo 5'8 160 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 --- -1
G 35 Rollie Boutin 5'9 179 21 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
LW 8 Nelson Burton 6'0 205 21 3 0 0 0 13 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 --- -2
LW 16 Mike Marson 5'9 200 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0.0 -3
G 30 Bernie Wolfe 5'9 165 27 18 0 0 0 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 1 Jim Bedard 5'10 181 22 30 0 0 0 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 31 Gary Inness 29 37 2107 130 3.70 14 14 8 1080 .880 2 0
G 1 Jim Bedard 22 30 1740 126 4.34 6 17 6 924 .864 1 0
G 30 Bernie Wolfe 27 17 863 68 4.73 4 9 1 470 .855 0 0
G 35 Rollie Boutin 21 2 90 10 6.67 0 1 0 53 .811 1 0
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1978 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 2 C Ryan Walter 1003 Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
1 18 LW Tim Coulis 47 Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
2 20 LW Paul Mulvey 225 Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
2 23 D Paul MacKinnon 147 73 Peterborough Petes (OHA) [pick acquired from CLE]
3 38 C Glen Currie 326 Laval National (QMJHL)
3 45 D Jay Johnston 8 Hamilton Fincups (OHA) [pick acquired from DET]
4 55 RW Bengt Gustafsson 629 Farjestads BK Karlstad (Sweden)
5 71 LW Lou Franceschetti 459 Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
6 88 LW Vince Magnan University of Denver (NCAA)
7 105 LW Mats Hallin 152 Sodertalje SK (Sweden)
8 122 G Rich Sirois Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
9 139 RW Denis Pomerleau Trois Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
10 156 G Barry Heard London Knights (OHA)
11 172 D Mark Toffolo Port Huron Flags (IHL)
12 187 LW Paul Hogan Regina Pats (WCHL)
12 189 RW Steve Barger Boston College (NCAA) [pick acquired from VAN]
13 202 D Rod Pacholzuk University of Michigan (NCAA)
14 213 C Wes Jarvis 237 Windsor Spitfires (OHA)
14 215 D Ray Irwin Oshawa Generals (OHA) [pick acquired from COL]
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
06-10-1978 | signed Rolf Edberg as a free agent |
06-10-1978 | signed Leif Svensson as a free agent |
09-21-1978 | signed Greg Carroll as a free agent |
10-09-1978 | claimed Pierre Bouchard from Canadiens in waiver draft |
10-18-1978 | traded Pittsburgh's #1 pick in the 1979 draft to North Stars for Dennis Maruk |
10-19-1978 | traded Washington's #2 pick in the 1979 draft to Islanders for Michel Bergeron |
12-04-1978 | signed Gary Rissling as a free agent |
12-19-1978 | signed Gary Inness as a free agent |
01-06-1979 | Red Wings claimed Greg Carroll on waivers |
01-15-1979 | claimed Greg Polis on waivers from Rangers |
02-07-1979 | signed Dennis Hextall as a free agent |
03-1979 | released Bryan Watson |
03-12-1979 | traded future considerations to North Stars for Chuck Arnason |
04-24-1979 | sold Chuck Arnason to North Stars |
06-09-1979 | reclaimed the rights to Bengt Gustafsson prior to expansion draft |
06-11-1979 | traded Mike Marson to Kings for Steve Clippingdale |
06-13-1979 | Jets selected Bill Riley in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Jets selected Gord Smith in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Nordiques selected Blair Stewart in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Oilers selected Doug Patey in expansion draft |
06-15-1979 | traded Nelson Burton to Nordiques for Dave Parro |
08-12-1979 | signed Tony Cassolato as a free agent |
08-16-1979 | traded Washington's #3 pick in the 1981 draft to Flyers for Wayne Stephenson |
09-16-1979 | signed Antero Lehtonen as a free agent |
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