1978-79 Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals were defeated by the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5 to 2, on March 17, 1979.

Final

PIT

Penguins

30-28-10

5

WSH

Capitals

21-36-12

2

Team

1

3

1

2

0

0

3

2

1

Total

5

2

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PIT

WSH

Dennis Maruk (EV) assisted by Robert Picard and Tom Rowe

0

1

Blair Chapman (EV) assisted by Orest Kindrachuk and Randy Carlyle

1

1

Ross Lonsberry (EV) assisted by Ron Stackhouse and Orest Kindrachuk

2

1

Greg Malone (EV) assisted by Russ Anderson and Blair Chapman

3

1

3rd period

PIT

WSH

Rick Green (EV) assisted by Dennis Hextall and Robert Picard

3

2

Peter Lee (PP) unassisted

4

2

Greg Malone (EV) unassisted

5

2

Penguins

Capitals

Goals

5

2

Shots

23

31

Penalty Minutes

14

12

Power-Play Goals

1

0

Power-Play Opportunities

2

3

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	31	29	.935	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Russ Anderson R. Anderson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Bladon T. Bladon	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Colin Campbell C. Campbell	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Randy Carlyle R. Carlyle	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Blair Chapman B. Chapman	1	1	2	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
George Ferguson G. Ferguson	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rick Kehoe R. Kehoe	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Orest Kindrachuk O. Kindrachuk	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Lee P. Lee	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Ross Lonsberry R. Lonsberry	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Greg Malone G. Malone	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	100.0
Gary Mcadam G. Mcadam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rod Schutt R. Schutt	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gregg Sheppard G. Sheppard	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ron Stackhouse R. Stackhouse	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gary Inness (L) G. Inness	0	1	0	15	12	.800	3	9.00	0	20
Jim Bedard J. Bedard				8	6	.750	2	3.00	0	40

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Chuck Arnason C. Arnason	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guy Charron G. Charron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rolf Edberg R. Edberg	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bob Girard B. Girard	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Green R. Green	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Dennis Hextall D. Hextall	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Yvon Labre Y. Labre	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jack Lynch J. Lynch	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Paul Mulvey P. Mulvey	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Robert Picard R. Picard	0	2	2	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Bob Sirois B. Sirois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Blair Stewart B. Stewart	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leif Svensson L. Svensson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ryan Walter R. Walter	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

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32

Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin

A

43

Strome

Dylan Strome

+/-

+30

Protas

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G/GP

3.58

1st

GA/GP

2.58

4th

PP%

23.7

9th

PK%

82.0

7th

2024-25 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Capitals	39	14	8	86	59
Hurricanes	36	22	4	76	26
Devils	33	24	6	72	31
Blue Jackets	30	23	8	68	5
Rangers	31	26	4	66	4
Islanders	28	26	7	63	-14
Flyers	27	27	8	62	-25
Penguins	24	30	10	58	-53

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/17	WSH	@	PIT	7:00 PM
Tue 4/15	WSH	@	NYI	8:00 PM
Sun 4/13	CBJ	@	WSH	6:00 PM
Sat 4/12	WSH	@	CBJ	12:30 PM
Thu 4/10	CAR	@	WSH	7:30 PM

NYR

31 - 26 - undefined

2

Final

3

WSH

40 - 14 - undefined

Wed 5 Mar 2025

NHL 2024-25 Leaders

45

Draisaitl

Leon Draisaitl

35

Nylander

William Nylander

34

Scheifele

Mark Scheifele

Assists Leaders

70

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

62

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

58

Marner

Mitch Marner

93

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

92

Draisaitl

Leon Draisaitl

90

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

+35

McDonagh

Ryan McDonagh

+32

Marchenko

Kirill Marchenko

+31

Forsling

Gustav Forsling

Goals Against Leaders

2.01

Hellebuyck

Connor Hellebuyck

2.18

Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy

2.20

Stolarz

Anthony Stolarz

NHL 2024-25 Rankings

3.58

3.56

3.47

Goals Against Rankings

2.34

2.49

2.57

Power Play Rankings

31.2

29.1

28.5

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.1

83.7

82.8

NHL 2024-25 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-19

38-23

37-24

38-25

35-25

36-26

Worst Record ATS

22-39

25-36

25-36

26-37

26-36

27-36

NHL 2024-25 Division Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Jets	42	16	4	88	70
Stars	40	19	2	82	52
Wild	36	22	4	76	-2
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	36	18	6	78	33
Oilers	35	22	4	74	17
Kings	31	20	8	70	8

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Maple Leafs	38	20	3	79	21
Panthers	38	21	3	79	34
Lightning	36	21	4	76	58
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Capitals	39	14	8	86	59
Hurricanes	36	22	4	76	26
Devils	33	24	6	72	31

NHL 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 3/4	OTT	@	CHI	4-3
Tue 3/4	WSH	@	NYR	3-2
Mon 3/3	MIN	@	SEA	4-3
Mon 3/3	ANA	@	EDM	6-2
Mon 3/3	PIT	@	COL	1-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 3/9	PIT	@	MIN	3:30 PM
Sun 3/9	SEA	@	WSH	3:30 PM
Sun 3/9	NJD	@	PHI	1:00 PM
Sat 3/8	DAL	@	EDM	10:00 PM
Sat 3/8	NYI	@	SJS	10:00 PM