1978-79 Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals lost to 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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23

Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin

A

34

Strome

Dylan Strome

+/-

+29

Protas

Aliaksei Protas

G/GP

3.49

2nd

GA/GP

2.39

1st

PP%

23.1

10th

PK%

83.9

3rd

2024-25 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Capitals	34	11	6	74	54
Hurricanes	32	16	4	68	32
Devils	29	18	6	64	31
Blue Jackets	26	19	7	59	3
Islanders	23	20	7	53	-5
Rangers	24	23	4	52	-6
Flyers	23	24	6	52	-27
Penguins	21	24	8	50	-39

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	7:00 PM
Thu 4/10	CAR	@	WSH	7:30 PM

OTT

27 - 20 - undefined

5

Final

4

WSH

34 - 11 - undefined

Thu 30 Jan 2025

NHL 2024-25 Leaders

36

Draisaitl

Leon Draisaitl

31

Scheifele

Mark Scheifele

30

Reinhart

Sam Reinhart

Assists Leaders

60

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

53

Marner

Mitch Marner

52

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

79

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

76

Draisaitl

Leon Draisaitl

75

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

+30

Marchenko

Kirill Marchenko

+29

McNabb

Brayden McNabb

+29

Protas

Aliaksei Protas

Goals Against Leaders

2.00

Hellebuyck

Connor Hellebuyck

2.05

Thompson

Logan Thompson

2.15

Stolarz

Anthony Stolarz

NHL 2024-25 Rankings

3.58

3.49

3.48

Goals Against Rankings

2.39

2.40

2.47

Power Play Rankings

33.1

28.9

28.1

Penalty Kill Rankings

86.2

84.1

83.9

NHL 2024-25 Betting

Best Record ATS

33-18

33-18

32-19

31-21

31-21

30-21

Worst Record ATS

20-34

20-33

20-31

20-31

20-31

22-31

NHL 2024-25 Division Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Jets	36	14	3	75	63
Stars	33	17	1	67	38
Wild	31	17	4	66	9
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	32	15	4	68	30
Golden Knights	31	15	6	68	30
Kings	26	17	6	58	10

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Panthers	31	19	3	65	22
Maple Leafs	30	19	2	62	8
Senators	27	20	4	58	2
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Capitals	34	11	6	74	54
Hurricanes	32	16	4	68	32
Devils	29	18	6	64	31

NHL 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 1/31	NYR	@	BOS	3-6
Fri 1/31	CHI	@	FLA	1-5
Thu 1/30	STL	@	COL	0-5
Thu 1/30	CBJ	@	UTA	3-2
Thu 1/30	VAN	@	DAL	3-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 2/6	VGK	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Thu 2/6	UTA	@	CBJ	7:00 PM
Wed 2/5	MTL	@	LAK	10:30 PM
Wed 2/5	EDM	@	CHI	9:30 PM
Wed 2/5	BOS	@	NYR	7:00 PM