1977–78 Washington Capitals season

The 1977–78 Washington Capitals season was the 4th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished last 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 14, 1977 	2–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 15, 1977 	2–4 	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	1–1–0
3 	L	October 19, 1977 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	1–2–0
4 	L	October 24, 1977 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	1–3–0
5 	W	October 26, 1977 	6–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	2–3–0
6 	L	October 28, 1977 	1–8 	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	2–4–0
7 	L	October 29, 1977 	4–7 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	2–5–0
8 	T	November 2, 1977 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	2–5–1
9 	L	November 3, 1977 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	2–6–1
10 	L	November 5, 1977 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	2–7–1
11 	L	November 8, 1977 	1–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	2–8–1
12 	T	November 9, 1977 	1–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	2–8–2
13 	L	November 11, 1977	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	2–9–2
14 	L	November 13, 1977	0–6 	New York Islanders (1977–78) 	2–10–2
15 	T	November 15, 1977	2–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	2–10–3
16 	L	November 16, 1977	2–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	2–11–3
17 	L	November 19, 1977	6–7 	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	2–12–3
18 	L	November 20, 1977	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	2–13–3
19 	T	November 23, 1977	2–2 	Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	2–13–4
20 	L	November 24, 1977	0–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	2–14–4
21 	T	November 26, 1977	4–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	2–14–5
22 	L	November 29, 1977	2–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	2–15–5
23 	L	December 2, 1977 	2–3 	Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	2–16–5
24 	L	December 4, 1977 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	2–17–5
25 	L	December 6, 1977 	2–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	2–18–5
26 	W	December 7, 1977 	5–3 	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	3–18–5
27 	L	December 10, 1977	1–5 	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	3–19–5
28 	W	December 11, 1977	2–1 	St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	4–19–5
29 	L	December 13, 1977	1–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	4–20–5
30 	W	December 17, 1977	2–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	5–20–5
31 	T	December 21, 1977	5–5 	@ New York Rangers (1977–78) 	5–20–6
32 	W	December 23, 1977	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	6–20–6
33 	L	December 27, 1977	3–6 	Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	6–21–6
34 	T	December 28, 1977	2–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	6–21–7
35 	T	December 30, 1977	3–3 	New York Rangers (1977–78) 	6–21–8
36 	W	January 2, 1978 	3–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	7–21–8
37 	W	January 4, 1978 	4–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	8–21–8
38 	T	January 7, 1978 	4–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	8–21–9
39 	L	January 8, 1978 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	8–22–9
40 	L	January 11, 1978 	3–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	8–23–9
41 	T	January 13, 1978 	2–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	8–23–10
42 	L	January 14, 1978 	0–4 	New York Islanders (1977–78) 	8–24–10
43 	L	January 18, 1978 	2–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	8–25–10
44 	L	January 19, 1978 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	8–26–10
45 	W	January 21, 1978 	5–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	9–26–10
46 	L	January 22, 1978 	3–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	9–27–10
47 	T	January 25, 1978 	3–3 	Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	9–27–11
48 	L	January 27, 1978 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	9–28–11
49 	L	January 29, 1978 	0–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 	9–29–11
50 	L	January 31, 1978 	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	9–30–11
51 	L	February 1, 1978 	3–8 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	9–31–11
52 	L	February 4, 1978 	1–6 	@ New York Islanders (1977–78) 	9–32–11
53 	L	February 5, 1978 	1–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	9–33–11
54 	W	February 10, 1978	4–1 	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	10–33–11
55 	L	February 12, 1978	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	10–34–11
56 	L	February 14, 1978	2–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	10–35–11
57 	L	February 17, 1978	2–8 	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	10–36–11
58 	W	February 19, 1978	2–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 	11–36–11
59 	L	February 21, 1978	1–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	11–37–11
60 	L	February 23, 1978	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	11–38–11
61 	L	February 25, 1978	0–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	11–39–11
62 	L	February 26, 1978	1–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	11–40–11
63 	W	February 28, 1978	7–4 	Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	12–40–11
64 	T	March 4, 1978 	3–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	12–40–12
65 	L	March 8, 1978 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	12–41–12
66 	L	March 12, 1978 	2–8 	@ New York Rangers (1977–78) 	12–42–12
67 	L	March 15, 1978 	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	12–43–12
68 	W	March 18, 1978 	8–3 	Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	13–43–12
69 	L	March 19, 1978 	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	13–44–12
70 	L	March 22, 1978 	2–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	13–45–12
71 	L	March 24, 1978 	4–11 	New York Rangers (1977–78) 	13–46–12
72 	L	March 25, 1978 	0–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	13–47–12
73 	L	March 26, 1978 	1–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	13–48–12
74 	T	March 28, 1978 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	13–48–13
75 	W	March 30, 1978 	4–3 	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	14–48–13
76 	L	April 1, 1978 	2–3 	@ New York Islanders (1977–78) 	14–49–13
77 	T	April 2, 1978 	4–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	14–49–14
78 	W	April 4, 1978 	4–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	15–49–14
79 	W	April 8, 1978 	6–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	16–49–14
80 	W	April 9, 1978 	4–2 	Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	17–49–14
==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 	80	38	35	73 	12 	-25	4 	0 	3
 	RW 	72	24	37	61 	6 	-11	5 	0 	1
 	C 	78	19	24	43 	10 	-41	7 	0 	2
 	D 	75	10	27	37 	101	-26	2 	0 	4
 	RW 	57	13	12	25 	125	-15	5 	0 	0
 	LW 	52	9 	14	23 	6 	-3 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	77	11	11	22 	119	-34	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	63	13	8 	21 	82 	-18	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	74	10	9 	19 	18 	-32	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	40	7 	12	19 	28 	-12	0 	0 	2
 	D 	60	5 	14	19 	67 	-35	4 	0 	1
 	C 	44	2 	13	15 	22 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	79	3 	11	14 	167	-12	0 	1 	0
 	D 	80	4 	7 	11 	78 	-20	0 	0 	1
 	D 	49	3 	8 	11 	79 	-19	0 	0 	0
 	D 	69	2 	9 	11 	195	-19	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	3 	7 	10 	0 	-12	3 	0 	0
 	D 	29	1 	8 	9 	4 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	46	4 	4 	8 	101	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	44	1 	7 	8 	4 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	22	0 	8 	8 	41 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	3 	3 	6 	6 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	C 	67	1 	5 	6 	16 	-18	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	4 	1 	5 	0 	-14	1 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2 	1 	3 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/C	18	2 	1 	3 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	43	0 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1 	0 	1 	8 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0 	1 	1 	9 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2492	43	11	23	7 	152	3.66	1
 	1328	25	4 	14	4 	94 	4.25	0
 	980 	17	2 	12	3 	68 	4.16	0
Team: 	4800	80	17	49	14	314	3.92	1
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==
*1977–78 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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