NHL game summary from March 4, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
Minnesota North Stars (23-29-11)	0	2	2	4
Washington Capitals (20-34-10)	2	1	2	5

1: WAS, Robert Picard 17 (Tom Rowe, Bob Sirois), 9:06 - PP
   WAS, Dennis Maruk 25 (Tom Rowe, Rick Green), 13:15
2: MIN, Bobby Smith 28 (Al MacAdam, Steve Payne), 5:36
   WAS, Bob Sirois 27 (Guy Charron, Gord Lane), 8:39
   MIN, Mike Fidler 17 (Per-Olov Brasar, Glen Sharpley), 12:08 - PP
3: MIN, Glen Sharpley 17 (Mike Fidler, Kris Manery), :58 - PP
   WAS, Guy Charron 23 (Ryan Walter, Bob Sirois), 8:56
   MIN, Mike Fidler 18 (Glen Sharpley), 19:25
   WAS, Bob Sirois 28 (Guy Charron, Ryan Walter), 19:47

Penalties:

1: Greg Smith, MIN [Roughing] 2:13
   Tom Rowe, WAS [Charging] 3:28
   Tom Younghans, MIN [Roughing] 3:28
   Jean Potvin, MIN [Hooking] 5:19
   Tom Rowe, WAS [Roughing] 5:28
   Brad Maxwell, MIN [Hi-sticking] 8:29
   Gord Lane, WAS [Interference] 13:33
   Jack Carlson, MIN [Interference] 16:28
2: Robert Picard, WAS [Interference] 0:32
   Dennis Hextall, WAS [Slashing] 10:26
   Glen Sharpley, MIN [Interference] 16:28
   Bill Butters, MIN [Hi-sticking] 17:08
   Rolf Edberg, WAS [Slashing] 17:08
3: Dennis Maruk, WAS [Hooking] 0:25
   Greg Smith, MIN [Holding] 11:09

Penalty time: MIN: 16 minutes
              WAS: 14 minutes

MIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bill Butters	2	D	0	0	0	2	0	1
Fred Barrett	3	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Jean Potvin	4	D	0	0	0	2	-1	3
Brad Maxwell	5	D	0	0	0	2	0	3
Glen Sharpley	7	C	1	2	3	2	-2	2
Mike Fidler	12	LW	2	1	3	0	-2	4
Per-Olov Brasar	14	C	0	1	1	0	-1	2
Bobby Smith	15	C	1	0	1	0	1	2
Mike Polich	16	C	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Tim Young	17	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jack Carlson	21	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gary Sargent	22	D	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Greg Smith	23	D	0	0	0	4	-1	6
Kris Manery	24	RW	0	1	1	0	-2	2
Al MacAdam	25	RW	0	1	1	0	1	4
Steve Payne	26	LW	0	1	1	0	1	3
Gilles Meloche	27	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Younghans	29	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-10	38

WAS Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Jack Lynch	2	D	0	0	0	0	-1	4
Leif Svensson	4	D	0	0	0	0	2	0
Rick Green	5	D	0	1	1	0	1	1
Yvon Labre	7	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Walter	9	C	0	2	2	0	2	3
Rolf Edberg	10	C	0	0	0	2	1	1
Dennis Hextall	12	C	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Blair Stewart	14	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Guy Charron	15	C	1	2	3	0	2	6
Tom Rowe	17	RW	0	2	2	4	1	2
Dennis Maruk	21	C	1	0	1	2	1	2
Gary Rissling	23	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Picard	24	D	1	0	1	2	0	5
Bob Sirois	25	RW	2	2	4	0	2	3
Bob Girard	26	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Mulvey	27	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Gord Lane	28	D	0	1	1	2	2	0
Gary Inness	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							10	27


Shots: MIN: 10-15-13-38
       WAS:  8- 9-10-27

Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (L, 17-17-6)
         WAS: Gary Inness (W, 12-11-6)

Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Don Koharski, Claude Bechard

Attendance: 10,104

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