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1977–78 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1977–78
year	1977
Team	Washington Capitals
Record	17–49–14
HomeRecord	10–23–7
RoadRecord	7–26–7
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	9th
Division	Norris
DivisionRank	5th
GoalsFor	195
GoalsAgainst	321
GeneralManager	Max McNab
Coach	Tom McVie
Captain	Yvon Labre
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Capital Centre
GoalsLeader	Guy Charron (38)
AssistsLeader	Bob Sirois (37)
PointsLeader	Guy Charron (73)
PIMLeader	Gord Lane (195)
PlusMinusLeader	Mike Marson (+1)
WinsLeader	Jim Bedard (11)
GAALeader	Jim Bedard (3.67)

The 1977–78 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Capitals still had several years to go before they would win enough games to qualify for the playoffs. The 1977–78 season was the fourth season in a row that the Capitals missed the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 14, 1977||2–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 15, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 19, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 24, 1977||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) ||1–3–0 |- |5||W||October 26, 1977||6–2 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) ||2–3–0 |- |6||L||October 28, 1977||1–8 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) ||2–4–0 |- |7||L||October 29, 1977||4–7 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) ||2–5–0

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

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
G	17	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	−4	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;

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1977 NHL amateur draft held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	3	Robert Picard	Canada	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
2	21	Mark Lofthouse	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
3	39	Eddy Godin	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
4	57	Nelson Burton	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
5	75	Denis Turcotte	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	93	Perry Schnarr	Canada	University of Denver (WCHA)
7	111	Rollie Boutin	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
8	127	Brent Tremblay	Canada	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
9	143	Don Micheletti	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
10	156	Archie Henderson	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)

References

"1977-78 Washington Capitals Schedule".
"1977-78 Washington Capitals Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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