The Washington Capitals were defeated by the Pittsburgh Penguins, 7 to 4, on December 1, 1978.

Final

Penguins

7-13-3

7

Capitals

5-15-4

4

Team

PIT

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PIT

WSH

Rick Kehoe (PP) assisted by Peter Mahovlich and Denis Herron

Dennis Maruk (EV) assisted by Peter Scamurra and Bill Riley

2nd period

PIT

WSH

Bob Sirois (EV) assisted by Tom Rowe and Guy Charron

Ryan Walter (EV) assisted by Mark Lofthouse

Ron Stackhouse (EV) assisted by Peter Lee and Dale Tallon

George Ferguson (EV) assisted by Dale Tallon and Rod Schutt

Peter Lee (EV) assisted by Greg Malone

Peter Lee (EV) assisted by Rod Schutt and Randy Carlyle

3rd period

PIT

WSH

Ross Lonsberry (EV) assisted by Orest Kindrachuk and Dale Tallon

Guy Charron (EV) assisted by Robert Picard and Bob Sirois

George Ferguson (EV-EN) assisted by Peter Mahovlich

Penguins

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Penguins

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Denis Herron (W) D. Herron	1	0	0	28	24	.857	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Russ Anderson R. Anderson	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0	0	2	0.0
Tom Bladon T. Bladon	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Randy Carlyle R. Carlyle	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	3	0.0
Blair Chapman B. Chapman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
George Ferguson G. Ferguson	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	100.0
Rick Kehoe R. Kehoe	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Orest Kindrachuk O. Kindrachuk	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Lee P. Lee	2	1	3	+2	0	0	0	1	4	50.0
Ross Lonsberry R. Lonsberry	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Peter Mahovlich P. Mahovlich	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Greg Malone G. Malone	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Schultz D. Schultz	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0
Rod Schutt R. Schutt	0	2	2	+1	7	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ron Stackhouse R. Stackhouse	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
Dale Tallon D. Tallon	0	3	3	+4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Bedard (L) J. Bedard	0	1	0	30	24	.800	6	6.04	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Greg Carroll G. Carroll	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Guy Charron G. Charron	1	1	2	-1	0	3	33.3
Rolf Edberg R. Edberg	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Bob Girard B. Girard	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	-3	0	4	0.0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.0
Mark Lofthouse M. Lofthouse	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0
Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	1	0	1	-1	5	3	33.3
Paul Mulvey P. Mulvey	0	0	0	+1	14	0
Robert Picard R. Picard	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0.0
Bill Riley B. Riley	0	1	1	0	9	0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	0	1	1	0	9	4	0.0
Peter Scamurra P. Scamurra	0	1	1	-2	2	0
Bob Sirois B. Sirois	1	1	2	-2	0	2	50.0
Gord Smith G. Smith	0	0	0	+1	0	0
Leif Svensson L. Svensson	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Ryan Walter R. Walter	1	0	1	-1	0	3	33.3