The Washington Capitals were decisively beaten by the Montreal Canadiens, 8 to 5, on February 25, 1979.

Final

Canadiens

42-10-8

8

Capitals

18-34-9

5

Team

MTL

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

WSH

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

Guy Lafleur (PP) assisted by Guy Lapointe and Jacques Lemaire

Jacques Lemaire (EV) assisted by Guy Lafleur and Steve Shutt

Greg Polis (PP) assisted by Dennis Maruk and Leif Svensson

Yvon Lambert (EV) assisted by Mario Tremblay and Serge Savard

2nd period

MTL

WSH

Robert Picard (EV) unassisted

Guy Charron (EV) assisted by Bob Sirois

Mario Tremblay (EV) assisted by Yvon Lambert and Guy Lapointe

3rd period

MTL

WSH

Brian Engblom (EV) unassisted

Bob Gainey (EV) assisted by Rejean Houle and Guy Lapointe

Larry Robinson (PP) assisted by Guy Lafleur

Tom Rowe (EV) assisted by Ryan Walter

Steve Shutt (EV) assisted by Pierre Mondou

Canadiens

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Michel Larocque (W) M. Larocque	1	0	0	31	26	.839	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Rick Chartraw R. Chartraw	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Engblom B. Engblom	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Bob Gainey B. Gainey	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	50.0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1	2	3	+2	2	1	1	0	5	20.0
Yvon Lambert Y. Lambert	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0	3	3	-1	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	1	1	2	-1	0	0	1	0	5	20.0
Gilles Lupien G. Lupien	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre Mondou P. Mondou	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dan Newman D. Newman	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Risebrough D. Risebrough	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	1	0	1	+4	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0	0
Steve Shutt S. Shutt	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Mario Tremblay M. Tremblay	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gary Inness (L) G. Inness	0	1	0	14	10	.714	4	8.89	0	27
Bernie Wolfe B. Wolfe				19	15	.789	4	7.27	0	33

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Guy Charron G. Charron	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Rolf Edberg R. Edberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bob Girard B. Girard	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dennis Hextall D. Hextall	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Yvon Labre Y. Labre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Jack Lynch J. Lynch	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	0	2	2	-2	0	0	1	3	0.0
Paul Mulvey P. Mulvey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Robert Picard R. Picard	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	33.3
Greg Polis G. Polis	1	1	2	-2	0	1	0	4	25.0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	2	0	2	-1	0	0	0	5	40.0
Bob Sirois B. Sirois	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0
Blair Stewart B. Stewart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Leif Svensson L. Svensson	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0
Ryan Walter R. Walter	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	2	0.0