The Washington Capitals were defeated by the New York Islanders, 4 to 2, on November 17, 1978.

Final

Islanders

10-3-3

4

Capitals

4-11-3

2

Team

NYI

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

WSH

Mark Lofthouse (EV) assisted by Dennis Maruk and Gerry Meehan

2nd period

NYI

WSH

Tom Rowe (EV) unassisted

Richie Hansen (EV) assisted by Lorne Henning

Mike Bossy (EV) assisted by Bob Bourne and Clark Gillies

3rd period

NYI

WSH

Lorne Henning (EV) unassisted

Denis Potvin (PP) unassisted

Islanders

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Billy Smith (W) B. Smith	1	0	0	28	26	.929	2	2.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	GWG	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Richie Hansen R. Hansen	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	1	100.0
Gerry Hart G. Hart	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Lorne Henning L. Henning	1	1	2	+2	0	0	1	2	50.0
Garry Howatt G. Howatt	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Kaszycki M. Kaszycki	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Bob Lorimer B. Lorimer	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	2	0.0
Stefan Persson S. Persson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	5	20.0
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bernie Wolfe (L) B. Wolfe	0	1	0	31	27	.871	4	4.12	0	58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Greg Carroll G. Carroll	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Guy Charron G. Charron	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rolf Edberg R. Edberg	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Bob Girard B. Girard	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	0	5	3	0.0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Mark Lofthouse M. Lofthouse	1	0	1	+1	0	3	33.3
Jack Lynch J. Lynch	0	0	0	-1	2	0
Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0.0
Gerry Meehan G. Meehan	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0
Paul Mulvey P. Mulvey	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Robert Picard R. Picard	0	0	0	-1	2	0
Bill Riley B. Riley	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	1	0	1	-1	2	5	20.0
Peter Scamurra P. Scamurra	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Sirois B. Sirois	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Leif Svensson L. Svensson	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0