The Washington Capitals lost to the Minnesota North Stars, 6 to 1, on December 15, 1978.

Final

North Stars

10-15-3

6

Capitals

7-20-4

1

Team

MNS

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MNS

WSH

Brad Maxwell (EV) assisted by Tim Young and J.P. Parise

Kent-Erik Andersson (SH) unassisted

Steve Payne (EV) assisted by Bobby Smith and Al MacAdam

2nd period

MNS

WSH

Kent-Erik Andersson (EV) assisted by Gary Sargent and Bill Hogaboam

Greg Smith (EV) assisted by Glen Sharpley and Brad Maxwell

3rd period

MNS

WSH

Gary Sargent (PP) assisted by Tim Young

Douglas Patey (EV) assisted by Guy Charron and Bob Girard

North Stars

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

North Stars

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gilles Meloche (W) G. Meloche	1	0	0	33	32	.970	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	S	S%
Kent-Erik Andersson K. Andersson	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	1	1	2	100.0
Per-Olov Brasar P. Brasar	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Butters B. Butters	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Hogaboam B. Hogaboam	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al MacAdam A. MacAdam	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brad Maxwell B. Maxwell	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
J.P. Parise	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Payne S. Payne	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Mike Polich M. Polich	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jean Potvin J. Potvin	0	0	0	+2	5	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Sargent G. Sargent	1	1	2	+3	2	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Glen Sharpley G. Sharpley	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Smith B. Smith	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Greg Smith G. Smith	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Tim Young T. Young	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Younghans T. Younghans	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Bedard (L) J. Bedard	0	1	0	17	12	.706	5	7.50	0	40
Bernie Wolfe B. Wolfe				5	4	.800	1	3.00	0	20

Skaters

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