The Washington Capitals were easily defeated by the Montreal Canadiens, 8 to 4, on February 4, 1979.

Final

Canadiens

37-9-7

8

Capitals

17-29-8

4

Team

MTL

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

WSH

Dennis Maruk (EV) assisted by Robert Picard and Yvon Labre

Guy Charron (EV) assisted by Ryan Walter

Rolf Edberg (EV) unassisted

Pierre Mondou (EV) assisted by Guy Lafleur and Steve Shutt

Guy Lafleur (EV) assisted by Steve Shutt and Serge Savard

2nd period

MTL

WSH

Serge Savard (PP) assisted by Mark Napier

Steve Shutt (EV) assisted by Larry Robinson

Pierre Mondou (EV) assisted by Steve Shutt and Guy Lafleur

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

3rd period

MTL

WSH

Yvon Lambert (EV) assisted by Mark Napier

Guy Lafleur (EV) assisted by Steve Shutt and Larry Robinson

Pierre Mondou (SH) assisted by Guy Lafleur and Larry Robinson

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	23	19	.826	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Rick Chartraw R. Chartraw	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Cam Connor C. Connor	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Engblom B. Engblom	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	2	3	5	+4	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	50.0
Yvon Lambert Y. Lambert	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Lumley D. Lumley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Gilles Lupien G. Lupien	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre Mondou P. Mondou	3	0	3	+4	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	75.0
Mark Napier M. Napier	0	2	2	+1	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0	3	3	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Steve Shutt S. Shutt	1	4	5	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Mario Tremblay M. Tremblay	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gary Inness (L) G. Inness	0	1	0	32	24	.750	8	8.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Guy Charron G. Charron	1	0	1	-2	2	6	16.7
Rolf Edberg R. Edberg	1	1	2	+2	0	1	100.0
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Yvon Labre Y. Labre	0	1	1	-1	2	0
Ron Lalonde R. Lalonde	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Jack Lynch J. Lynch	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	1	0	1	-3	2	2	50.0
Robert Picard R. Picard	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Greg Polis G. Polis	0	1	1	+2	0	0
Gary Rissling G. Rissling	0	0	0	-3	12	0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	0	0	0	-4	7	4	0.0
Bob Sirois B. Sirois	1	0	1	+2	0	2	50.0
Blair Stewart B. Stewart	0	0	0	-2	5	1	0.0
Ryan Walter R. Walter	0	1	1	-2	2	3	0.0