1979–80 Washington Capitals season

The 1979–80 Washington Capitals season was the 6th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 5th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 11, 1979 	3–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	0–1–0
2 	L	October 13, 1979 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	0–2–0
3 	W	October 14, 1979 	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1979–80) 	1–2–0
4 	W	October 16, 1979 	8–6 	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	2–2–0
5 	L	October 19, 1979 	3–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	2–3–0
6 	L	October 20, 1979 	1–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	2–4–0
7 	L	October 24, 1979 	3–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	2–5–0
8 	L	October 27, 1979 	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	2–6–0
9 	W	October 28, 1979 	6–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	3–6–0
10 	T	October 30, 1979 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	3–6–1
11 	T	November 2, 1979 	1–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	3–6–2
12 	L	November 3, 1979 	1–7 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	3–7–2
13 	L	November 5, 1979 	0–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	3–8–2
14 	W	November 7, 1979 	6–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	4–8–2
15 	L	November 10, 1979	3–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	4–9–2
16 	L	November 13, 1979	3–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	4–10–2
17 	L	November 15, 1979	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	4–11–2
18 	L	November 16, 1979	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	4–12–2
19 	L	November 18, 1979	2–4 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	4–13–2
20 	T	November 20, 1979	3–3 	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	4–13–3
21 	L	November 21, 1979	0–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	4–14–3
22 	L	November 24, 1979	1–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	4–15–3
23 	T	November 25, 1979	2–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	4–15–4
24 	L	November 28, 1979	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	4–16–4
25 	W	December 1, 1979 	7–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	5–16–4
26 	L	December 2, 1979 	0–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	5–17–4
27 	T	December 4, 1979 	3–3 	Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	5–17–5
28 	L	December 7, 1979 	3–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	5–18–5
29 	L	December 8, 1979 	1–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	5–19–5
30 	L	December 12, 1979	4–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	5–20–5
31 	W	December 15, 1979	5–4 	New York Rangers (1979–80) 	6–20–5
32 	L	December 19, 1979	4–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	6–21–5
33 	W	December 21, 1979	2–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	7–21–5
34 	L	December 22, 1979	1–2 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	7–22–5
35 	W	December 26, 1979	8–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	8–22–5
36 	W	December 28, 1979	6–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	9–22–5
37 	L	December 30, 1979	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (1979–80) 	9–23–5
38 	W	January 4, 1980 	6–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	10–23–5
39 	T	January 5, 1980 	2–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	10–23–6
40 	W	January 11, 1980 	7–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	11–23–6
41 	L	January 12, 1980 	2–5 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	11–24–6
42 	L	January 15, 1980 	4–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	11–25–6
43 	L	January 16, 1980 	2–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	11–26–6
44 	T	January 19, 1980 	4–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	11–26–7
45 	L	January 20, 1980 	2–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	11–27–7
46 	W	January 22, 1980 	5–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	12–27–7
47 	T	January 26, 1980 	1–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	12–27–8
48 	W	January 27, 1980 	7–1 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	13–27–8
49 	L	January 30, 1980 	2–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	13–28–8
50 	L	February 1, 1980 	2–4 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	13–29–8
51 	L	February 2, 1980 	3–6 	New York Rangers (1979–80) 	13–30–8
52 	T	February 6, 1980 	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	13–30–9
53 	W	February 8, 1980 	6–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	14–30–9
54 	W	February 12, 1980	5–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	15–30–9
55 	L	February 15, 1980	2–8 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	15–31–9
56 	W	February 16, 1980	5–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	16–31–9
57 	W	February 19, 1980	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	17–31–9
58 	L	February 21, 1980	0–3 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	17–32–9
59 	W	February 23, 1980	6–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	18–32–9
60 	T	February 24, 1980	1–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	18–32–10
61 	W	February 26, 1980	5–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	19–32–10
62 	L	February 28, 1980	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	19–33–10
63 	L	March 1, 1980 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	19–34–10
64 	L	March 2, 1980 	1–3 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	19–35–10
65 	W	March 5, 1980 	7–5 	St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	20–35–10
66 	W	March 8, 1980 	9–5 	Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	21–35–10
67 	W	March 9, 1980 	3–1 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	22–35–10
68 	W	March 12, 1980 	6–4 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	23–35–10
69 	W	March 15, 1980 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	24–35–10
70 	T	March 16, 1980 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	24–35–11
71 	W	March 18, 1980 	4–1 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	25–35–11
72 	L	March 21, 1980 	3–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	25–36–11
73 	L	March 22, 1980 	2–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	25–37–11
74 	L	March 24, 1980 	1–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	25–38–11
75 	W	March 26, 1980 	4–2 	St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	26–38–11
76 	T	March 29, 1980 	3–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	26–38–12
77 	L	March 30, 1980 	0–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	26–39–12
78 	W	April 1, 1980 	6–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	27–39–12
79 	L	April 3, 1980 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	27–40–12
80 	T	April 5, 1980 	4–4 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	27–40–13
==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
 	RW 	77	36	32	68 	66 	15 	4 	0 	3
 	C/LW	80	24	42	66 	106	-1 	12 	1 	1
 	RW 	80	22	38	60 	17 	-17	6 	1 	3
 	D 	78	11	43	54 	122	-21	5 	0 	1
 	C 	63	23	23	46 	12 	-5 	4 	1 	7
 	LW 	77	15	19	34 	240	-8 	2 	0 	3
 	RW/C	68	15	18	33 	20 	-9 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	49	15	17	32 	18 	-5 	4 	1 	2
 	C 	33	11	20	31 	6 	-2 	5 	0 	1
 	C 	27	10	17	27 	8 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	41	10	17	27 	76 	-9 	4 	0 	2
 	C 	63	11	15	26 	8 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	71	4 	20	24 	52 	-10	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	65	9 	12	21 	14 	-4 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	37	10	7 	17 	45 	1 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	28	7 	10	17 	10 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	47	4 	11	15 	21 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	54	5 	9 	14 	16 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	63	1 	11	12 	22 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	24	6 	2 	8 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	3 	5 	8 	6 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	19	2 	4 	6 	53 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	28	1 	5 	6 	19 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	1 	5 	6 	30 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0 	5 	5 	38 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	1 	2 	3 	27 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	32	2 	0 	2 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	1 	1 	2 	49 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	0 	2 	2 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	56	0 	2 	2 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	1 	0 	1 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	0 	1 	1 	49 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	1 	1 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	14	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3146	56	18	24	10	187	3.57	0
 	927 	18	7 	7 	1 	54 	3.50	0
 	727 	14	2 	9 	2 	44 	3.63	0
Team: 	4800	80	27	40	13	285	3.56	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==
*1979–80 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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Washington Capitals season, 1979–80
Washington Capitals season, 1979–80
Category:Washington Capitals seasons