NHL game summary from March 5, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (43-12-9) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Washington Capitals (20-34-11) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1: | WAS, | Guy Charron 24, 6:39 |
| MTL, | Pierre Larouche 8 (Yvon Lambert, Guy Lapointe), 10:14 - PP | |
| MTL, | Mario Tremblay 25 (Yvon Lambert, Gilles Lupien), 13:04 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | WAS, | Ryan Walter 25 (Jack Lynch), 5:36 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Doug Patey, WAS [Hooking] 3:34 |
| Jack Lynch, WAS [Holding] 10:05 | |
| Gilles Lupien, MTL [Hi-sticking] 14:40 | |
| 2: | Robert Picard, WAS [Hooking] 11:43 |
| 3: | Rejean Houle, MTL [Hooking] 0:44 |
Penalty time: MTL: 4 minutes
WAS: 6 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cam Connor | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 27 | ||||||
| WAS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bedard | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Lynch | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Leif Svensson | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Walter | 9 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rolf Edberg | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brent Tremblay | 11 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dennis Hextall | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blair Stewart | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Charron | 15 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Doug Patey | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Rowe | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Dennis Maruk | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Lalonde | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Rissling | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Picard | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Sirois | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Paul Mulvey | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Gord Lane | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 17 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 17 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 14- 6- 7-27
WAS: 4- 7- 6-17
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (T, 27-6-6)
WAS: Jim Bedard (T, 4-13-4)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Don Koharski
Attendance: 10,348
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