1979–80 Washington Capitals season

1979–80 Washington Capitals
Division	5th Patrick
1979–80 record	27–40–13
Goals for	261
Goals against	293
Team information
General Manager	Max McNab
Coach	Danny Belisle Gary Green
Captain	Ryan Walter
Alternate captains	None
Average attendance	11,038 (60.9%)

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	48	12	20	327	254	116
New York Islanders	80	39	28	13	281	247	91
New York Rangers	80	38	32	10	308	284	86
Atlanta Flames	80	35	32	13	282	269	83
Washington Capitals	80	27	40	13	261	293	67

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1979	3–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	0–1–0
2	L	October 13, 1979	2–5	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	0–2–0
3	W	October 14, 1979	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	1–2–0
4	W	October 16, 1979	8–6	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	2–2–0
5	L	October 19, 1979	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	2–3–0
6	L	October 20, 1979	1–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	2–4–0
7	L	October 24, 1979	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	2–5–0
8	L	October 27, 1979	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	2–6–0
9	W	October 28, 1979	6–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	3–6–0
10	T	October 30, 1979	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	3–6–1
11	T	November 2, 1979	1–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	3–6–2
12	L	November 3, 1979	1–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	3–7–2
13	L	November 5, 1979	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	3–8–2
14	W	November 7, 1979	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	4–8–2
15	L	November 10, 1979	3–5	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	4–9–2
16	L	November 13, 1979	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	4–10–2
17	L	November 15, 1979	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	4–11–2
18	L	November 16, 1979	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	4–12–2
19	L	November 18, 1979	2–4	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	4–13–2
20	T	November 20, 1979	3–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	4–13–3
21	L	November 21, 1979	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	4–14–3
22	L	November 24, 1979	1–6	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	4–15–3
23	T	November 25, 1979	2–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	4–15–4
24	L	November 28, 1979	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	4–16–4
25	W	December 1, 1979	7–2	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	5–16–4
26	L	December 2, 1979	0–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	5–17–4
27	T	December 4, 1979	3–3	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	5–17–5
28	L	December 7, 1979	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	5–18–5
29	L	December 8, 1979	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	5–19–5
30	L	December 12, 1979	4–5	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	5–20–5
31	W	December 15, 1979	5–4	New York Rangers (1979–80)	6–20–5
32	L	December 19, 1979	4–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	6–21–5
33	W	December 21, 1979	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	7–21–5
34	L	December 22, 1979	1–2	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	7–22–5
35	W	December 26, 1979	8–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	8–22–5
36	W	December 28, 1979	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	9–22–5
37	L	December 30, 1979	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	9–23–5
38	W	January 4, 1980	6–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	10–23–5
39	T	January 5, 1980	2–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	10–23–6
40	W	January 11, 1980	7–4	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	11–23–6
41	L	January 12, 1980	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	11–24–6
42	L	January 15, 1980	4–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	11–25–6
43	L	January 16, 1980	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	11–26–6
44	T	January 19, 1980	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	11–26–7
45	L	January 20, 1980	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	11–27–7
46	W	January 22, 1980	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	12–27–7
47	T	January 26, 1980	1–1	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	12–27–8
48	W	January 27, 1980	7–1	New York Islanders (1979–80)	13–27–8
49	L	January 30, 1980	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	13–28–8
50	L	February 1, 1980	2–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	13–29–8
51	L	February 2, 1980	3–6	New York Rangers (1979–80)	13–30–8
52	T	February 6, 1980	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	13–30–9
53	W	February 8, 1980	6–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	14–30–9
54	W	February 12, 1980	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	15–30–9
55	L	February 15, 1980	2–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	15–31–9
56	W	February 16, 1980	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	16–31–9
57	W	February 19, 1980	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	17–31–9
58	L	February 21, 1980	0–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	17–32–9
59	W	February 23, 1980	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	18–32–9
60	T	February 24, 1980	1–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	18–32–10
61	W	February 26, 1980	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	19–32–10
62	L	February 28, 1980	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	19–33–10
63	L	March 1, 1980	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	19–34–10
64	L	March 2, 1980	1–3	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	19–35–10
65	W	March 5, 1980	7–5	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	20–35–10
66	W	March 8, 1980	9–5	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	21–35–10
67	W	March 9, 1980	3–1	New York Islanders (1979–80)	22–35–10
68	W	March 12, 1980	6–4	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	23–35–10
69	W	March 15, 1980	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	24–35–10
70	T	March 16, 1980	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	24–35–11
71	W	March 18, 1980	4–1	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	25–35–11
72	L	March 21, 1980	3–4	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	25–36–11
73	L	March 22, 1980	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	25–37–11
74	L	March 24, 1980	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	25–38–11
75	W	March 26, 1980	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	26–38–11
76	T	March 29, 1980	3–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	26–38–12
77	L	March 30, 1980	0–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	26–39–12
78	W	April 1, 1980	6–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	27–39–12
79	L	April 3, 1980	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	27–40–12
80	T	April 5, 1980	4–4	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	27–40–13

Playoffs

The Capitals still failed to make the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	RW	77	36	32	68	66	15	4	0	3
Walter, RyanRyan Walter	C/LW	80	24	42	66	106	-1	12	1	1
Gustafsson, Bengt-AkeBengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	80	22	38	60	17	-17	6	1	3
Picard, RobertRobert Picard	D	78	11	43	54	122	-21	5	0	1
Edberg, RolfRolf Edberg	C	63	23	23	46	12	-5	4	1	7
Mulvey, PaulPaul Mulvey	LW	77	15	19	34	240	-8	2	0	3
Lofthouse, MarkMark Lofthouse	RW/C	68	15	18	33	20	-9	1	0	1
Sirois, BobBob Sirois	RW	49	15	17	32	18	-5	4	1	2
Charron, GuyGuy Charron	C	33	11	20	31	6	-2	5	0	1
Maruk, DennisDennis Maruk	C	27	10	17	27	8	0	1	1	0
Rowe, TomTom Rowe	RW	41	10	17	27	76	-9	4	0	2
Jarvis, WesWes Jarvis	C	63	11	15	26	8	-3	0	0	0
Green, RickRick Green	D	71	4	20	24	52	-10	0	0	1
Lehtonen, AnteroAntero Lehtonen	LW	65	9	12	21	14	-4	2	0	1
Hangsleben, AlanAlan Hangsleben	D	37	10	7	17	45	1	2	0	1
Kaszycki, MikeMike Kaszycki	C	28	7	10	17	10	-5	1	0	0
Svensson, LeifLeif Svensson	D	47	4	11	15	21	-10	0	0	0
Bouchard, PierrePierre Bouchard	D	54	5	9	14	16	-7	0	0	0
MacKinnon, PaulPaul MacKinnon	D	63	1	11	12	22	-1	0	0	0
Rausse, ErrolErrol Rausse	LW	24	6	2	8	0	4	0	0	0
Scamurra, PeterPeter Scamurra	D	23	3	5	8	6	-1	1	0	0
Lane, GordGord Lane	D	19	2	4	6	53	1	0	0	0
Polis, GregGreg Polis	LW	28	1	5	6	19	-6	0	0	0
Ribble, PatPat Ribble	D	19	1	5	6	30	2	0	0	0
Labre, YvonYvon Labre	D	18	0	5	5	38	3	0	0	0
Coulis, TimTim Coulis	LW	19	1	2	3	27	-6	0	0	0
Currie, GlenGlen Currie	C	32	2	0	2	2	-2	0	0	0
Hextall, DennisDennis Hextall	LW	15	1	1	2	49	-5	0	0	0
Cassolato, TonyTony Cassolato	RW	9	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	G	56	0	2	2	20	0	0	0	0
Tremblay, BrentBrent Tremblay	D	9	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	0
Boutin, RollieRollie Boutin	G	18	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Rissling, GaryGary Rissling	LW	11	0	1	1	49	-6	0	0	0
Theberge, GregGreg Theberge	D	12	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Clippingdale, SteveSteve Clippingdale	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Girard, BobBob Girard	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inness, GaryGary Inness	G	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Noel, ClaudeClaude Noel	C	7	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Pocza, HarvieHarvie Pocza	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	3146	56	18	24	10	187	3.57
Boutin, RollieRollie Boutin	927	18	7	7	1	54	3.50
Inness, GaryGary Inness	727	14	2	9	2	44	3.63
Team:	4800	80	27	40	13	285	3.56

^[2]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts;

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1979-80 Washington Capitals Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

External links

"1979–80 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

Washington Capitals
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Norris	Detroit Hartford Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh
Smythe	Chicago Colorado Edmonton St. Louis Vancouver Winnipeg
See also	NHL–WHA merger Expansion Draft Entry Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Stanley Cup Final

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1979–80 Washington Capitals season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

See also

References

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