The Pittsburgh Penguins were decisively beaten by the Washington Capitals, 5 to 2, on January 20, 1979.

Final

Capitals

14-26-7

5

Penguins

19-19-8

2

Team

WSH

PIT

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

PIT

Greg Polis (EV) assisted by Rolf Edberg and Bob Sirois

Dennis Maruk (EV) assisted by Gary Rissling and Tom Rowe

2nd period

WSH

PIT

Peter Lee (PP) assisted by Tom Bladon and Dale Tallon

Guy Charron (EV) assisted by Robert Picard and Greg Polis

Greg Polis (PP) assisted by Dennis Maruk and Tom Rowe

Peter Lee (PP) assisted by Dale Tallon and Tom Bladon

3rd period

WSH

PIT

Guy Charron (EV) assisted by Yvon Labre

Capitals

Penguins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Penguins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gary Inness (W) G. Inness	1	0	0	39	37	.949	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Guy Charron G. Charron	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	1	7	28.6
Rolf Edberg R. Edberg	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Yvon Labre Y. Labre	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Mark Lofthouse M. Lofthouse	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jack Lynch J. Lynch	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	0	3	33.3
Robert Picard R. Picard	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0	5	0.0
Greg Polis G. Polis	2	1	3	+2	0	1	0	0	5	40.0
Gary Rissling G. Rissling	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Bob Sirois B. Sirois	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Gord Smith G. Smith	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Blair Stewart B. Stewart	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ryan Walter R. Walter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Greg Millen (L) G. Millen	0	1	0	36	31	.861	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Russ Anderson R. Anderson	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Tom Bladon T. Bladon	0	2	2	-3	0	0	2	1	0.0
Colin Campbell C. Campbell	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Randy Carlyle R. Carlyle	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	6	0.0
Blair Chapman B. Chapman	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
George Ferguson G. Ferguson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	5	0.0
Rick Kehoe R. Kehoe	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Orest Kindrachuk O. Kindrachuk	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Peter Lee P. Lee	2	0	2	-1	0	2	0	7	28.6
Ross Lonsberry R. Lonsberry	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Peter Mahovlich P. Mahovlich	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Greg Malone G. Malone	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Schultz D. Schultz	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0.0
Rod Schutt R. Schutt	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Gregg Sheppard G. Sheppard	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ron Stackhouse R. Stackhouse	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	5	0.0
Dale Tallon D. Tallon	0	2	2	-2	0	0	2	1	0.0