1979-1980 Washington Capitals: 27-40-13
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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
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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
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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
06-09-1979 | 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 |
10-09-1979 | signed Claude Noel as a free agent |
11-09-1979 | signed Jim McTaggart as a free agent |
12-07-1979 | traded Gord Lane to Islanders for Mike Kazycki |
01-17-1980 | traded Tom Rowe to Whalers for Alan Hangsleben |
02-16-1980 | traded Mike Kaszycki to Maple Leafs for Pat Ribble |
06-05-1980 | signed Howard Walker as a free agent |
06-11-1980 | traded 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 |
07-01-1980 | purchased Jean Pronovost from Flames |
08-21-1980 | traded Washington's #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Flyers for Bob Kelly |
10-06-1980 | signed Dennis Ververgaert as a free agent |
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