1978–79 Washington Capitals season

The 1978–79 Washington Capitals season was the 5th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 4th in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 11, 1978 	4–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	1–0–0
2 	T	October 13, 1978 	3–3 	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	1–0–1
3 	L	October 14, 1978 	3–6 	Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	1–1–1
4 	L	October 18, 1978 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	1–2–1
5 	L	October 20, 1978 	4–6 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	1–3–1
6 	L	October 21, 1978 	1–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	1–4–1
7 	T	October 25, 1978 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	1–4–2
8 	L	October 28, 1978 	1–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	1–5–2
9 	W	November 1, 1978 	6–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	2–5–2
10 	L	November 2, 1978 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	2–6–2
11 	L	November 4, 1978 	1–4 	@ New York Islanders (1978–79) 	2–7–2
12 	T	November 5, 1978 	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	2–7–3
13 	L	November 8, 1978 	0–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	2–8–3
14 	L	November 9, 1978 	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	2–9–3
15 	L	November 11, 1978	0–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	2–10–3
16 	W	November 14, 1978	8–7 	Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	3–10–3
17 	W	November 15, 1978	3–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	4–10–3
18 	L	November 17, 1978	2–4 	New York Islanders (1978–79) 	4–11–3
19 	W	November 21, 1978	4–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	5–11–3
20 	L	November 22, 1978	1–3 	St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	5–12–3
21 	T	November 25, 1978	5–5 	Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	5–12–4
22 	L	November 26, 1978	4–9 	@ New York Rangers (1978–79) 	5–13–4
23 	L	November 29, 1978	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	5–14–4
24 	L	December 1, 1978 	4–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	5–15–4
25 	L	December 2, 1978 	2–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	5–16–4
26 	L	December 4, 1978 	2–10 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	5–17–4
27 	W	December 5, 1978 	4–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	6–17–4
28 	W	December 9, 1978 	7–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	7–17–4
29 	L	December 12, 1978	3–4 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	7–18–4
30 	L	December 14, 1978	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	7–19–4
31 	L	December 15, 1978	1–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 	7–20–4
32 	W	December 17, 1978	7–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	8–20–4
33 	T	December 19, 1978	4–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	8–20–5
34 	L	December 21, 1978	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	8–21–5
35 	T	December 23, 1978	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	8–21–6
36 	L	December 27, 1978	1–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	8–22–6
37 	T	December 30, 1978	5–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	8–22–7
38 	W	January 3, 1979 	8–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	9–22–7
39 	W	January 6, 1979 	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	10–22–7
40 	L	January 7, 1979 	3–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	10–23–7
41 	L	January 9, 1979 	2–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	10–24–7
42 	L	January 11, 1979 	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	10–25–7
43 	W	January 12, 1979 	8–1 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	11–25–7
44 	W	January 14, 1979 	5–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	12–25–7
45 	L	January 16, 1979 	2–6 	@ New York Islanders (1978–79) 	12–26–7
46 	W	January 19, 1979 	5–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	13–26–7
47 	W	January 20, 1979 	5–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	14–26–7
48 	W	January 24, 1979 	5–1 	New York Rangers (1978–79) 	15–26–7
49 	W	January 27, 1979 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	16–26–7
50 	T	January 28, 1979 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	16–26–8
51 	L	January 30, 1979 	4–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	16–27–8
52 	W	January 31, 1979 	5–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	17–27–8
53 	L	February 3, 1979 	1–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	17–28–8
54 	L	February 4, 1979 	4–8 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	17–29–8
55 	W	February 15, 1979	9–3 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	18–29–8
56 	L	February 17, 1979	0–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	18–30–8
57 	T	February 18, 1979	6–6 	@ New York Rangers (1978–79) 	18–30–9
58 	L	February 20, 1979	3–5 	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	18–31–9
59 	L	February 21, 1979	3–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	18–32–9
60 	L	February 24, 1979	4–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	18–33–9
61 	L	February 25, 1979	5–8 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	18–34–9
62 	T	February 28, 1979	3–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	18–34–10
63 	W	March 2, 1979 	6–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	19–34–10
64 	W	March 4, 1979 	5–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 	20–34–10
65 	T	March 5, 1979 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	20–34–11
66 	W	March 10, 1979 	7–5 	St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	21–34–11
67 	T	March 11, 1979 	3–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	21–34–12
68 	L	March 14, 1979 	1–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	21–35–12
69 	L	March 17, 1979 	2–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	21–36–12
70 	T	March 18, 1979 	3–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	21–36–13
71 	T	March 20, 1979 	2–2 	New York Rangers (1978–79) 	21–36–14
72 	T	March 21, 1979 	2–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	21–36–15
73 	L	March 24, 1979 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	21–37–15
74 	L	March 25, 1979 	4–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	21–38–15
75 	L	March 28, 1979 	2–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	21–39–15
76 	L	March 31, 1979 	1–4 	Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	21–40–15
77 	W	April 1, 1979 	6–4 	New York Islanders (1978–79) 	22–40–15
78 	W	April 3, 1979 	6–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	23–40–15
79 	L	April 7, 1979 	3–10 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	23–41–15
80 	W	April 8, 1979 	5–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	24–41–15
==Playoffs==
*The Capitals did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	76	31	59	90 	71 	-14	6 	2 	3
 	C 	80	28	42	70 	24 	-14	9 	0 	4
 	D 	77	21	44	65 	85 	3 	8 	0 	2
 	RW 	69	31	30	61 	137	-6 	4 	0 	4
 	C/LW	69	28	28	56 	70 	-1 	6 	0 	1
 	RW 	73	29	25	54 	6 	-6 	9 	0 	3
 	C 	76	14	27	41 	6 	11 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	71	8 	33	41 	62 	-45	2 	1 	0
 	D 	74	2 	29	31 	28 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	79	9 	15	24 	36 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	RW/C	52	13	10	23 	10 	-11	1 	0 	0
 	C 	45	7 	12	19 	48 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	12	6 	18 	6 	3 	6 	0 	1
 	D 	64	3 	15	18 	147	-15	0 	0 	0
 	D 	51	1 	13	14 	80 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	30	7 	6 	13 	7 	-18	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	55	7 	4 	11 	81 	-18	1 	0 	1
 	C 	24	5 	6 	11 	12 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	26	2 	9 	11 	43 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	D 	30	3 	5 	8 	12 	-13	0 	1 	0
 	D 	30	2 	6 	8 	14 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	26	3 	3 	6 	127	-5 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	18	2 	4 	6 	0 	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	24	2 	2 	4 	64 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	18	1 	3 	4 	4 	-1 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	9 	0 	3 	3 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	1 	1 	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	0 	2 	2 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	2 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	0 	1 	1 	36 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	39	0 	1 	1 	22 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	13 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	0 	0 	15 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2107	37	14	14	8 	130	3.70	0
 	1740	30	6 	17	6 	126	4.34	0
 	863 	18	4 	9 	1 	68 	4.73	0
 	90 	2 	0 	1 	0 	10 	6.67	0
Team: 	4800	80	24	41	15	334	4.17	0
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals 
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*The Capitals did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1978–79 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
* 
Washington Capitals season, 1978–79
Washington Capitals season, 1978–79
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