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1979–80 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1979–80
year	1979
Team	Washington Capitals
Record	27–40–13
HomeRecord	20–14–6
RoadRecord	7–26–7
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	9th
Division	Patrick
DivisionRank	5th
GoalsFor	261
GoalsAgainst	293
GeneralManager	Max McNab
Coach	Danny Belisle
Gary Green
Captain	Ryan Walter
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Capital Centre
Attendance	11,038 (60.9%)
GoalsLeader	Mike Gartner (36)
AssistsLeader	Robert Picard (43)
PointsLeader	Mike Gartner (68)
PIMLeader	Paul Mulvey (240)
PlusMinusLeader	Mike Gartner (+16)
WinsLeader	Wayne Stephenson (18)
GAALeader	Rollie Boutin (3.50)

Gary Green The 1979–80 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Capitals failed to make the playoffs for the sixth straight year.

Regular season

Washington was tied with the Edmonton Oilers for the last playoff berth with two games remaining, but lost to the Philadelphia Flyers and tied the Atlanta Flames, while the Oilers tied the Minnesota North Stars and defeated the Colorado Rockies to finish two points ahead.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 11, 1979||3–6 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 13, 1979||2–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1979–80) ||0–2–0 |- |3||W||October 14, 1979||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1979–80) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 16, 1979||8–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||October 19, 1979||3–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) ||2–3–0 |- |6||L||October 20, 1979||1–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) ||2–4–0 |- |7||L||October 24, 1979||3–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) ||2–5–0 |- |8||L||October 27, 1979||3–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) ||2–6–0 |- |9||W||October 28, 1979||6–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) ||3–6–0 |- |10||T||October 30, 1979||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) ||3–6–1

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

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
G	18	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
LW	11	0	1	1	49	-6	0	0	0
D	12	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
C	7	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA
	3146	56	18	24	10	187	3.57
	927	18	7	7	1	54	3.50
	727	14	2	9	2	44	3.63
Team:	4800	80	27	40	13	285	3.56

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 1979 NHL entry draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Mike Gartner (RW)	Canada	Cincinnati Stingers (WHA)
2	24	Errol Rausse (LW)	Canada	Seattle Breakers (WHL)
4	67	Harvie Pocza (LW)	Canada	Billings Bighorns (WHL)
5	88	Tim Tookey (C)	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
6	109	Greg Theberge (D)	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)

References

"1979-80 Washington Capitals Schedule".
"1979-80 Washington Capitals Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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