1978-79 Washington Capitals Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Washington Capitals	80	24	41	15	63	.394	273	338	-0.72	0.10	3.41	4.23	57	302	18.87	83	279	70.25	5	12	2278	12.0	2528	.866		0
League Average	80	33	33	13	80	.500	280	280					61	271	22.70	61	271	77.30	7	7	2351	11.9	2351	.881		3

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Washington Capitals
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
19	Chuck Arnason	ca CA	RW	27	5-10	183	R/-	7	July 15, 1951
1	Jim Bedard	ca CA	G	22	5-10	181	-/L	1	November 14, 1956
12-16	Michel Bergeron	ca CA	RW	24	5-10	170	R/-	4	November 11, 1954
29	Pierre Bouchard	ca CA	D	30	6-2	205	L/-	8	February 20, 1948
35	Rollie Boutin	ca CA	G	21	5-9	179	-/L	R	November 6, 1957
8	Rick Bragnalo	ca CA	C	27	5-8	160	L/-	3	December 1, 1951
8	Nelson Burton	ca CA	LW	21	6-0	205	L/-	1	November 6, 1957
11	Greg Carroll	ca CA	C	22	6-0	185	L/-	R	November 10, 1956
15	Guy Charron (C)	ca CA	C	30	5-10	170	L/-	9	January 24, 1949
10	Rolf Edberg	se SE	C	28	5-10	174	L/-	R	September 29, 1950
8	Dave Forbes	ca CA	LW	30	5-10	180	L/-	5	November 16, 1948
26	Bob Girard	ca CA	LW	29	6-0	180	L/-	3	April 12, 1949
18	Eddy Godin	ca CA	RW	21	5-10	190	L/-	1	March 29, 1957
5	Rick Green	ca CA	D	22	6-3	220	L/-	2	February 20, 1956
12	Dennis Hextall	ca CA	C	35	5-11	175	L/-	10	April 17, 1943
31	Gary Inness	ca CA	G	29	6-0	195	-/L	4	May 28, 1949
7	Yvon Labre	ca CA	D	29	5-11	190	L/-	6	November 29, 1949
22	Ron Lalonde	ca CA	C	26	5-10	170	L/-	6	October 30, 1952
28	Gord Lane	ca CA	D	25	6-1	190	L/-	3	March 31, 1953
20	Mark Lofthouse	ca CA	RW	21	6-2	195	R/-	1	April 21, 1957
2	Jack Lynch	ca CA	D	26	6-2	180	R/-	6	May 28, 1952
16-22	Mike Marson	ca CA	LW	23	5-9	200	L/-	4	July 24, 1955
21	Dennis Maruk	ca CA	C	23	5-8	175	L/-	3	November 17, 1955
14	Gerry Meehan	ca CA	C	32	6-2	200	L/-	9	September 3, 1946
27	Paul Mulvey	ca CA	LW	20	6-4	220	L/-	R	September 27, 1958
12-16	Doug Patey	ca CA	RW	22	5-11	180	R/-	2	December 28, 1956
11	Craig Patrick	us US	RW	32	6-0	190	L/-	7	May 20, 1946
24	Robert Picard	ca CA	D	21	6-2	207	L/-	1	May 25, 1957
18	Greg Polis	ca CA	LW	28	6-0	195	L/-	8	August 8, 1950
8-12	Bill Riley	ca CA	RW	28	5-11	195	R/-	3	September 20, 1950
23	Gary Rissling	ca CA	D	22	5-9	175	L/-	R	August 8, 1956
17	Tom Rowe	us US	RW	22	6-0	190	R/-	2	May 23, 1956
3	Peter Scamurra	us US	D	23	6-3	185	L/-	2	February 23, 1955
25	Bob Sirois	ca CA	RW	24	6-0	178	L/-	4	February 6, 1954
6	Gord Smith	ca CA	D	29	5-10	175	L/-	4	November 17, 1949
14	Blair Stewart	ca CA	LW	25	5-11	185	L/-	5	March 15, 1953
4	Leif Svensson	se SE	D	27	6-3	190	L/-	R	July 8, 1951
11	Brent Tremblay	ca CA	D	21	6-2	192	L/-	R	November 1, 1957
9	Ryan Walter	ca CA	C	20	6-0	200	L/-	R	April 23, 1958
19	Bryan Watson	ca CA	D	36	5-9	175	R/-	15	November 14, 1942
30	Bernie Wolfe	ca CA	G	27	5-9	165	-/L	3	December 18, 1951

Standard Stats

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Regular Season

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Dennis Maruk	23	C	76	31	59	90	-14	71	23	6	2	3	39	20	0	189	16.4
2	Guy Charron	30	C	80	28	42	70	-14	24	19	9	0	4	31	11	0	224	12.5			Byng-22
3	Robert Picard	21	D	77	21	44	65	3	85	13	8	0	2	20	23	1	243	8.6			AS-7
4	Tom Rowe	22	RW	69	31	30	61	-6	137	27	4	0	4	22	8	0	205	15.1
5	Ryan Walter	20	C	69	28	28	56	0	70	22	6	0	1	21	7	0	156	17.9			Byng-17,Calder-2
6	Bob Sirois	24	RW	73	29	25	54	-4	6	20	9	0	3	20	5	0	208	13.9
7	Rolf Edberg	28	C	76	14	27	41	12	6	13	1	0	2	26	1	0	133	10.5			Selke-24
8	Rick Green	22	D	71	8	33	41	-45	62	5	2	1	0	21	12	0	133	6.0
9	Leif Svensson	27	D	74	2	29	31	-1	28	2	0	0	0	18	10	1	72	2.8
10	Bob Girard	29	LW	79	9	15	24	-17	36	9	0	0	0	14	0	1	59	15.3
11	Mark Lofthouse	21	RW	52	13	10	23	-12	10	12	1	0	0	9	1	0	75	17.3
12	Blair Stewart	25	LW	45	7	12	19	1	48	7	0	0	0	12	0	0	56	12.5
13	Greg Polis	28	LW	19	12	6	18	3	6	6	6	0	1	6	0	0	46	26.1
14	Gord Lane	25	D	64	3	15	18	-16	147	3	0	0	0	15	0	0	69	4.3
15	Yvon Labre	29	D	51	1	13	14	7	80	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	36	2.8
16	Michel Bergeron	24	RW	30	7	6	13	-18	7	6	1	0	1	6	0	0	53	13.2
17	Greg Carroll	22	C	24	5	6	11	-2	12	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	29	17.2
18	Paul Mulvey	20	LW	55	7	4	11	-18	81	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	60	11.7
19	Dennis Hextall	35	C	26	2	9	11	-14	43	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	22	9.1
20	Jack Lynch	26	D	30	2	6	8	1	14	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	37	5.4
21	Peter Scamurra	23	D	30	3	5	8	-13	12	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	26	11.5
22	Gerry Meehan	32	C	18	2	4	6	-3	0	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	32	6.3
23	Gary Rissling	22	D	26	3	3	6	-5	127	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	16	18.8
24	Ron Lalonde	26	C	18	1	3	4	-1	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	8	12.5
25	Bill Riley	28	RW	24	2	2	4	-6	64	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	24	8.3
26	Eddy Godin	21	RW	9	0	3	3	-2	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	10	0.0
27	Chuck Arnason	27	RW	13	0	2	2	-1	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	0.0
28	Craig Patrick	32	RW	3	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
29	Gary Inness	29	G	37	0	2	2	0	6				0	2			0		2102:15
30	Doug Patey	22	RW	6	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
31	Dave Forbes	30	LW	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0
32	Bryan Watson	36	D	20	0	1	1	-7	36	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	0.0
33	Gord Smith	29	D	39	0	1	1	-7	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	0.0
34	Brent Tremblay	21	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
35	Bernie Wolfe	27	G	17	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		859:19
36	Mike Marson	23	LW	4	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
37	Nelson Burton	21	LW	3	0	0	0	-2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	Rick Bragnalo	27	C	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	Rollie Boutin	21	G	2	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		89:54
40	Pierre Bouchard	30	D	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	Jim Bedard	22	G	30	0	0	0	0	6				0	0			0		1735:08
	Team Totals			80	273			-207	1277	211	57	5	24				2278	12.0

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Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Gary Inness	29	37		14	14	8	130	1087	957	.880	3.71	0	2102				102	-2.4	3.23	5.0
2	Jim Bedard	22	30		6	17	6	126	918	792	.863	4.36	0	1735				117	-18.2	3.80	2.6
3	Bernie Wolfe	27	17		4	9	1	68	470	402	.855	4.75	0	859				123	-12.8	4.12	0.8
4	Rollie Boutin	21	2		0	1	0	10	53	43	.811	6.67	0	90				161	-3.8	6.01	-0.1
	Team Total				24	41	15	334	2528	2194	.868	4.19	0	4786				113	-37.1	3.65	8.3

Hat Tricks (3)

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Penalty Shots (1)

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Miscellaneous Stats

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Miscellaneous Stats Table
					Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Dennis Maruk	23	C	76	26	50	76	27.8	115	38	136	45	-14	6.4	0.5	6.9
2	Guy Charron	30	C	80	23	36	59	22.4	104	32	92	6	-14	4.4	0.6	5.0	Byng-22
3	Robert Picard	21	D	77	18	37	55	19.9	153	48	138	36	3	5.1	3.5	8.6	AS-7
4	Tom Rowe	22	RW	69	26	25	51	21.0	93	20	79	0	-6	4.4	0.7	5.1
5	Ryan Walter	20	C	69	23	24	47	19.1	87	25	83	20	0	3.8	0.9	4.6	Byng-17,Calder-2
6	Bob Sirois	24	RW	73	24	21	45	18.8	86	29	72	9	-4	3.5	0.8	4.3
7	Rolf Edberg	28	C	76	12	23	35	12.8	59	4	46	2	12	1.2	1.3	2.5	Selke-24
8	Rick Green	22	D	71	7	28	35	11.5	103	30	163	45	-45	2.3	0.4	2.7
9	Leif Svensson	27	D	74	2	24	26	7.6	102	19	118	32	-1	1.0	3.1	4.1
10	Bob Girard	29	LW	79	7	13	20	7.4	42	0	79	22	-17	-0.6	0.5	-0.2
11	Mark Lofthouse	21	RW	52	11	8	19	8.2	29	4	36	0	-12	0.7	0.3	1.0
12	Blair Stewart	25	LW	45	6	10	16	6.0	34	1	33	1	1	0.2	0.6	0.8
13	Greg Polis	28	LW	19	10	5	15	6.8	28	9	18	2	3	1.6	0.3	1.9
14	Gord Lane	25	D	64	2	13	15	4.6	54	1	91	23	-16	0.3	1.8	2.1
15	Yvon Labre	29	D	51	1	11	12	3.6	44	2	50	15	7	0.1	2.6	2.7
16	Michel Bergeron	24	RW	30	6	5	11	4.6	16	2	32	0	-18	0.3	-0.2	0.2
17	Dennis Hextall	35	C	26	2	8	10	3.3	17	4	35	9	-14	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
18	Paul Mulvey	20	LW	55	6	3	9	4.1	22	2	39	1	-18	-0.8	0.2	-0.7
19	Greg Carroll	22	C	24	4	5	9	3.6	16	0	25	7	-2	0.3	0.2	0.5
20	Jack Lynch	26	D	30	2	5	7	2.5	26	6	21	3	1	0.1	1.4	1.5
21	Peter Scamurra	23	D	30	2	4	6	2.2	33	1	61	16	-13	0.2	0.5	0.7
22	Gerry Meehan	32	C	18	2	3	5	1.9	8	2	13	4	-3	-0.1	0.1	0.0
23	Gary Rissling	22	D	26	2	3	5	1.9	11	1	15	0	-5	0.1	0.8	1.0
24	Ron Lalonde	26	C	18	1	3	4	1.4	6	0	11	4	-1	-0.3	0.2	-0.2
25	Bill Riley	28	RW	24	2	2	4	1.6	5	0	11	0	-6	-0.5	0.1	-0.4
26	Eddy Godin	21	RW	9	0	3	3	0.8	5	1	6	0	-2	-0.1	0.1	-0.1
27	Craig Patrick	32	RW	3	1	1	2	0.8	2	0	3	0	-1	0.1	0.0	0.1
28	Chuck Arnason	27	RW	13	0	2	2	0.6	5	2	4	0	-1	-0.4	0.1	-0.2
29	Gord Smith	29	D	39	0	1	1	0.3	22	1	42	14	-7	-0.8	1.3	0.5
30	Bryan Watson	36	D	20	0	1	1	0.3	10	0	21	4	-7	-0.4	0.5	0.1
31	Doug Patey	22	RW	6	1	0	1	0.6	1	0	3	0	-2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
32	Dave Forbes	30	LW	2	0	1	1	0.3	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
33	Mike Marson	23	LW	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	0	-3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
34	Nelson Burton	21	LW	3	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	4	1	-2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
35	Brent Tremblay	21	D	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
36	Rick Bragnalo	27	C	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
37	Pierre Bouchard	30	D	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.1	0.1