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1978–79 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1978–79
year	1978
Team	Washington Capitals
Record	24–41–15
HomeRecord	15–19–6
RoadRecord	9–22–9
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	8th
Division	Norris
DivisionRank	4th
GoalsFor	273
GoalsAgainst	338
GeneralManager	Max McNab
Coach	Danny Belisle
Captain	Guy Charron
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Capital Centre
GoalsLeader	Dennis Maruk
Tom Rowe (31)
AssistsLeader	Dennis Maruk (59)
PointsLeader	Dennis Maruk (90)
PIMLeader	Gord Lane (147)
PlusMinusLeader	Rolf Edberg (+12)
WinsLeader	Gary Inness (14)
GAALeader	Gary Inness (3.71)

Tom Rowe (31) The 1978–79 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals fifth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Capitals failed to make the playoffs for the fifth straight year.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 11, 1978||4–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) ||1–0–0 |- |2||T||October 13, 1978||3–3 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) ||1–0–1 |- |3||L||October 14, 1978||3–6 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1978–79) ||1–1–1 |- |4||L||October 18, 1978||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||1–2–1 |- |5||L||October 20, 1978||4–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) ||1–3–1 |- |6||L||October 21, 1978||1–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) ||1–4–1 |- |7||T||October 25, 1978||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||1–4–2 |- |8||L||October 28, 1978||1–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) ||1–5–2

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

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	39	0	1	1	22	-7	0	0	0
D	20	0	1	1	36	-7	0	0	0
G	30	0	0	0	6	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
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	18	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA
	2107	37	14	14	8	130	3.70
	1740	30	6	17	6	126	4.34
	863	18	4	9	1	68	4.73
	90	2	0	1	0	10	6.67
Team:	4800	80	24	41	15	334	4.17

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 1978 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Ryan Walter	Canada	Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
1	18	Tim Coulis	Canada	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
2	20	Paul Mulvey	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WCHL)
2	23	Paul MacKinnon	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
3	38	Glen Currie	Canada	Laval National (QMJHL)
3	45	Jay Johnston	Canada	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
4	55	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	Sweden	Färjestad BK Karlstad (SEL)
5	71	Lou Franceschetti	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
6	88	Vince Magnan	Canada	University of Denver (WCHA)
7	105	Mats Hallin	Sweden	Södertälje SK (Sweden)
8	122	Rich Sirois	Canada	Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
9	139	Denis Pomerleau	Canada	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
10	156	Barry Heard	Canada	London Knights (OMJHL)
11	172	Mark Toffolo	United States	Port Huron Flags (IHL)
12	187	Paul Hogan	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
12	189	Steve Barger	United States	Boston College (ECAC)
13	202	Rod Pacholzuk	Canada	University of Michigan (WCHA)
14	213	Wes Jarvis	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
14	215	Ray Irwin	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)

References

"1978-79 Washington Capitals Schedule".
"1978-79 Washington Capitals Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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