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1979-1980 Washington Capitals: 27-40-13
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 20-14-6 (162 goals scored, 138 allowed) Road record: 7-26-7 (99 goals scored, 155 allowed) Head Coaches: Danny Belisle (4-10-2), Gary Green (23-30-11) Power Play: 54/295 (18.3%) Penalty Killing: 183/248 (73.8%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 5-4 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 202-224 261 goals scored (15th of 21 teams), 293 goals allowed (12th), 1198 PIM (9th) NHL Averages: 3.51 goals/game (281.0 goals/team), 1211.7 PIM/team Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- RW 11 Mike Gartner 6'0 187 20 77 36 32 68 66 4 0 97 23 61 2 228 15.8 +15 C/LW 9 Ryan Walter 6'0 200 21 80 24 42 66 106 12 1 104 32 94 21 157 15.3 -1 RW 16 Bengt Gustafsson 6'0 185 21 80 22 38 60 17 6 1 91 39 89 20 185 11.9 -17 D 24 Robert Picard 6'2 207 22 78 11 43 54 122 5 0 141 48 135 21 212 5.2 -21 C 10 Rolf Edberg 5'10 174 29 63 23 23 46 12 4 1 62 15 60 8 136 16.9 -5 LW 27 Paul Mulvey 6'4 220 21 77 15 19 34 240 2 0 57 5 60 0 140 10.7 -8 RW/C 8 Mark Lofthouse 6'2 195 22 68 15 18 33 20 1 0 51 8 56 4 138 10.9 -9 RW 25 Bob Sirois 6'0 178 25 49 15 17 32 18 4 1 46 15 46 10 110 13.6 -5 C 15 Guy Charron 5'10 170 30 33 11 20 31 6 5 0 37 11 31 3 80 13.8 -2 C 21 Dennis Maruk 5'8 175 24 27 10 17 27 8 1 1 35 12 27 4 58 17.2 0 RW 17 Tom Rowe 6'0 190 23 41 10 17 27 76 4 0 47 17 40 1 107 9.3 -9 C 23 Wes Jarvis 5'11 185 21 63 11 15 26 8 0 0 30 0 48 15 43 25.6 -3 D 5 Rick Green 6'3 220 23 71 4 20 24 52 0 0 93 10 126 33 105 3.8 -10 LW 14 Antero Lehtonen 6'0 185 25 65 9 12 21 14 2 0 30 3 31 0 101 8.9 -4 D 12 Alan Hangsleben 6'1 195 26 37 10 7 17 45 2 0 43 7 37 2 67 14.9 +1 C 20 Mike Kaszycki 5'9 190 23 28 7 10 17 10 1 0 29 10 24 0 34 20.6 -5 D 4 Leif Svensson 6'3 190 28 47 4 11 15 21 0 0 34 3 62 21 41 9.8 -10 D 29 Pierre Bouchard 6'2 205 31 54 5 9 14 16 0 0 64 1 87 17 59 8.5 -7 D 19 Paul MacKinnon 6'0 195 21 63 1 11 12 22 0 0 67 0 91 23 68 1.5 -1 LW 6 Errol Rausse 5'10 180 20 24 6 2 8 0 0 0 12 0 8 0 24 25.0 +4 D 3 Peter Scamurra 6'3 185 24 23 3 5 8 6 1 0 18 2 22 5 16 18.8 -1 D 28 Gord Lane 6'1 190 26 19 2 4 6 53 0 0 15 0 21 7 16 12.5 +1 D 2 Pat Ribble 6'4 210 25 19 1 5 6 30 0 0 17 0 20 5 15 6.7 +2 LW 18 Greg Polis 6'0 195 29 28 1 5 6 19 0 0 15 1 22 2 30 3.3 -6 D 7 Yvon Labre 5'11 190 30 18 0 5 5 38 0 0 13 0 16 6 5 0.0 +3 LW 17 Tim Coulis 6'0 200 21 19 1 2 3 27 0 0 5 0 14 3 12 8.3 -6 C 18 Glen Currie 6'2 180 21 32 2 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 15 8 25 8.0 -2 LW 22 Dennis Hextall 5'11 175 36 15 1 1 2 49 0 0 5 0 15 5 17 5.9 -5 RW 12 Tony Cassolato 5'11 180 23 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 6 0.0 +2 G 35 Wayne Stephenson 5'9 175 34 56 0 2 2 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- D 22 Brent Tremblay 6'2 192 22 9 1 0 1 6 0 0 4 0 4 1 6 16.7 +1 LW 20 Gary Rissling 5'9 175 23 11 0 1 1 49 0 0 1 0 7 0 5 0.0 -6 D 2 Greg Theberge 5'10 185 20 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 5 7 0 21 0.0 -3 G 1 Rollie Boutin 5'9 179 22 18 0 1 1 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- LW 26 Bob Girard 6'0 180 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 --- 0 LW 18 Harvie Pocza 6'2 200 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 LW 26 Steve Clippingdale 6'2 195 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 C 20 Claude Noel 5'11 165 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 0.0 -3 G 31 Gary Inness 6'0 195 30 14 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
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
Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G    1  Rollie Boutin        22   18   927   54  3.50   7   7   1  447   .879   0   0
G   35  Wayne Stephenson     34   56  3146  187  3.57  18  24  10 1557   .880   5   0
G   31  Gary Inness          30   14   727   44  3.63   2   9   2  331   .867   3   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
1979 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1    4  RW   Mike Gartner            1432     78   Cincinnati Stingers (WHA)          
  2   24  LW   Errol Rausse              31          Seattle Breakers (WHL)               [pick acquired from DET]
  4   67  LW   Harvie Pocza               3          Billings Bighorns (WHL)            
  5   88  C    Tim Tookey               106          Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)        
  6  109  D    Greg Theberge            153          Peterborough Petes (OHA)           

Traded draft picks:

#2 to NYI (Tomas Jonsson)
#3 to DET (Boris Fistric)

Transactions
06-09-1979reclaimed the rights to Bengt Gustafsson prior to expansion draft
06-11-1979traded Mike Marson to Kings for Steve Clippingdale
06-13-1979Jets selected Bill Riley in expansion draft
06-13-1979Jets selected Gord Smith in expansion draft
06-13-1979Nordiques selected Blair Stewart in expansion draft
06-13-1979Oilers selected Doug Patey in expansion draft
06-15-1979traded Nelson Burton to Nordiques for Dave Parro
08-12-1979signed Tony Cassolato as a free agent
08-16-1979traded Washington's #3 pick in the 1981 draft to Flyers for Wayne Stephenson
09-16-1979signed Antero Lehtonen as a free agent
10-09-1979signed Claude Noel as a free agent
11-09-1979signed Jim McTaggart as a free agent
12-07-1979traded Gord Lane to Islanders for Mike Kazycki
01-17-1980traded Tom Rowe to Whalers for Alan Hangsleben
02-16-1980traded Mike Kaszycki to Maple Leafs for Pat Ribble
06-05-1980signed Howard Walker as a free agent
06-11-1980traded Robert Picard, Tim Coulis and Washington's #2 pick in the 1980 draft to Maple Leafs for Mike Palmateer and Calgary's #3 pick in the 1980 draft
07-01-1980purchased Jean Pronovost from Flames
08-21-1980traded Washington's #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Flyers for Bob Kelly
10-06-1980signed Dennis Ververgaert as a free agent

Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/11/1979   at Buffalo Sabres            L   3-6     0-1-0
10/13/1979   vs Boston Bruins             L   2-5     0-2-0
10/14/1979   at New York Rangers          W   5-3     1-2-0
10/16/1979   vs Los Angeles Kings         W   8-6     2-2-0
10/19/1979   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       L   3-5     2-3-0
10/20/1979   at Pittsburgh Penguins       L   1-5     2-4-0
10/24/1979   at Los Angeles Kings         L   3-5     2-5-0
10/27/1979   at Vancouver Canucks         L   3-5     2-6-0
10/28/1979   at Edmonton Oilers           W   6-4     3-6-0
10/30/1979   vs Montreal Canadiens        T   2-2     3-6-1
11/02/1979   at Winnipeg Jets             T   1-1     3-6-2
11/03/1979   at Minnesota North Stars     L   1-7     3-7-2
11/05/1979   at Montreal Canadiens        L   0-2     3-8-2
11/07/1979   vs Winnipeg Jets             W   6-3     4-8-2
11/10/1979   vs Buffalo Sabres            L   3-5     4-9-2
11/13/1979   vs Edmonton Oilers           L   3-5     4-10-2
11/15/1979   at Boston Bruins             L   2-3     4-11-2
11/16/1979   vs Detroit Red Wings         L   2-4     4-12-2
11/18/1979   vs Atlanta Flames            L   2-4     4-13-2
11/20/1979   at Colorado Rockies          T   3-3     4-13-3
11/21/1979   at Chicago Black Hawks       L   0-4     4-14-3
11/24/1979   vs Buffalo Sabres            L   1-6     4-15-3
11/25/1979   at Quebec Nordiques          T   2-2     4-15-4
11/28/1979   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       L   2-4     4-16-4
12/01/1979   vs Quebec Nordiques          W   7-2     5-16-4
12/02/1979   at Buffalo Sabres            L   0-2     5-17-4
12/04/1979   vs Hartford Whalers          T   3-3     5-17-5
12/07/1979   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       L   3-5     5-18-5
12/08/1979   at St. Louis Blues           L   1-5     5-19-5
12/12/1979   vs Minnesota North Stars     L   4-5     5-20-5
12/15/1979   vs New York Rangers          W   5-4     6-20-5
12/19/1979   at Hartford Whalers          L   4-5     6-21-5
12/21/1979   vs Vancouver Canucks         W   2-1     7-21-5
12/22/1979   at New York Islanders        L   1-2     7-22-5
12/26/1979   at Toronto Maple Leafs       W   8-2     8-22-5
12/28/1979   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W   6-2     9-22-5
12/30/1979   at New York Rangers          L   2-5     9-23-5
01/04/1980   at Hartford Whalers          W   6-3     10-23-5
01/05/1980   at Minnesota North Stars     T   2-2     10-23-6
01/11/1980   vs Vancouver Canucks         W   7-4     11-23-6
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/12/1980   at New York Islanders        L   2-5     11-24-6
01/15/1980   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   4-7     11-25-6
01/16/1980   vs Edmonton Oilers           L   2-5     11-26-6
01/19/1980   vs Philadelphia Flyers       T   4-4     11-26-7
01/20/1980   at Quebec Nordiques          L   2-3     11-27-7
01/22/1980   vs Winnipeg Jets             W   5-4     12-27-7
01/26/1980   vs Quebec Nordiques          T   1-1     12-27-8
01/27/1980   vs New York Islanders        W   7-1     13-27-8
01/30/1980   at Chicago Black Hawks       L   2-5     13-28-8
02/01/1980   at Atlanta Flames            L   2-4     13-29-8
02/02/1980   vs New York Rangers          L   3-6     13-30-8
02/06/1980   at Detroit Red Wings         T   2-2     13-30-9
02/08/1980   at Winnipeg Jets             W   6-3     14-30-9
02/12/1980   at Los Angeles Kings         W   5-2     15-30-9
02/15/1980   at Edmonton Oilers           L   2-8     15-31-9
02/16/1980   at Vancouver Canucks         W   5-3     16-31-9
02/19/1980   vs Montreal Canadiens        W   3-1     17-31-9
02/21/1980   at Atlanta Flames            L   0-3     17-32-9
02/23/1980   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W   6-2     18-32-9
02/24/1980   at Colorado Rockies          T   1-1     18-32-10
02/26/1980   vs Los Angeles Kings         W   5-3     19-32-10
02/28/1980   at Detroit Red Wings         L   1-4     19-33-10
03/01/1980   at Montreal Canadiens        L   3-6     19-34-10
03/02/1980   vs Colorado Rockies          L   1-3     19-35-10
03/05/1980   vs St. Louis Blues           W   7-5     20-35-10
03/08/1980   vs Hartford Whalers          W   9-5     21-35-10
03/09/1980   vs New York Islanders        W   3-1     22-35-10
03/12/1980   vs Boston Bruins             W   6-4     23-35-10
03/15/1980   vs Detroit Red Wings         W   5-2     24-35-10
03/16/1980   at Boston Bruins             T   3-3     24-35-11
03/18/1980   vs Colorado Rockies          W   4-1     25-35-11
03/21/1980   vs Minnesota North Stars     L   3-4     25-36-11
03/22/1980   at St. Louis Blues           L   2-6     25-37-11
03/24/1980   at Toronto Maple Leafs       L   1-6     25-38-11
03/26/1980   vs St. Louis Blues           W   4-2     26-38-11
03/29/1980   vs Philadelphia Flyers       T   3-3     26-38-12
03/30/1980   at Pittsburgh Penguins       L   0-4     26-39-12
04/01/1980   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       W   6-2     27-39-12
04/03/1980   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   2-4     27-40-12
04/05/1980   vs Atlanta Flames            T   4-4     27-40-13

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