The Washington Capitals were decisively beaten by the Detroit Red Wings, 4 to 1, on March 26, 1978.

Final

Red Wings

29-30-13

4

Capitals

13-48-12

1

Team

DET

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

DET

WSH

Tom Rowe (EV) assisted by Rick Bragnalo

2nd period

DET

WSH

Dale McCourt (PP) assisted by Dennis Hextall and Nick Libett

Greg Joly (PP) assisted by Dennis Hextall and Dale McCourt

Errol Thompson (PP) assisted by Dale McCourt and Greg Joly

3rd period

DET

WSH

Andre St. Laurent (EV-EN) unassisted

Red Wings

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Red Wings

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Rutherford (W) J. Rutherford	1	0	0	20	19	.950	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Thommie Bergman T. Bergman	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0.0
Rick Bowness R. Bowness	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0
Al Cameron A. Cameron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dennis Hextall D. Hextall	0	2	2	0	5	0	2	0	1	0.0
Dennis Hull D. Hull	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Greg Joly G. Joly	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	1	2	50.0
Reed Larson R. Larson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Nick Libett N. Libett	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Bill Lochead B. Lochead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dale McCourt D. McCourt	1	2	3	+1	2	1	2	0	3	33.3
Dennis Polonich D. Polonich	0	0	0	-1	17	0	0	0	2	0.0
Andre St. Laurent A. St. Laurent	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	33.3
Errol Thompson E. Thompson	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Bedard (L) J. Bedard	0	1	0	31	28	.903	3	3.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Garnet Bailey G. Bailey	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Rick Bragnalo R. Bragnalo	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Guy Charron G. Charron	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Dave Forbes D. Forbes	0	0	0	+1	16	0
Bob Girard B. Girard	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Yvon Labre Y. Labre	0	0	0	0	4	1	0.0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	0	17	0
Gerry Meehan G. Meehan	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Robert Picard R. Picard	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Bill Riley B. Riley	0	0	0	0	9	2	0.0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	1	0	1	+1	0	1	100.0
Bob Sirois B. Sirois	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0.0
Gord Smith G. Smith	0	0	0	0	2	0
Bryan Watson B. Watson	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0.0