The Washington Capitals were defeated by the Pittsburgh Penguins, 7 to 4, on December 1, 1978.

1978-79 Washington Capitals

Final

PIT

Penguins

7-13-3

7

WSH

Capitals

5-15-4

4

Team

PIT

WSH

1

1

1

2

4

2

3

2

1

Total

7

4

1st period

PIT

WSH

Penguins

Rick Kehoe (PP) assisted by Peter Mahovlich and Denis Herron

1

0

Capitals

Dennis Maruk (EV) assisted by Peter Scamurra and Bill Riley

1

1

2nd period

PIT

WSH

Capitals

Bob Sirois (EV) assisted by Tom Rowe and Guy Charron

1

2

Capitals

Ryan Walter (EV) assisted by Mark Lofthouse

1

3

Penguins

Ron Stackhouse (EV) assisted by Peter Lee and Dale Tallon

2

3

Penguins

George Ferguson (EV) assisted by Dale Tallon and Rod Schutt

3

3

Penguins

Peter Lee (EV) assisted by Greg Malone

4

3

Penguins

Peter Lee (EV) assisted by Rod Schutt and Randy Carlyle

5

3

3rd period

PIT

WSH

Penguins

Ross Lonsberry (EV) assisted by Orest Kindrachuk and Dale Tallon

6

3

Capitals

Guy Charron (EV) assisted by Robert Picard and Bob Sirois

6

4

Penguins

George Ferguson (EV-EN) assisted by Peter Mahovlich

7

4

Penguins

Capitals

Goals

7

4

Shots

31

28

Penalty Minutes

45

41

Power-Play Goals

1

0

Power-Play Opportunities

3

7

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Denis Herron (W) 28 4 24 .857 60:00

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Russ Anderson 0 0 -3 6 2
Tom Bladon 0 0 +1 0 2
Randy Carlyle 0 1 0 7 3
Blair Chapman 0 0 0 0 1
George Ferguson 2 0 0 2 2
Rick Kehoe 1 0 0 0 3
Orest Kindrachuk 0 1 -1 0 0
Peter Lee 2 1 +2 0 4
Ross Lonsberry 1 0 -1 0 1
Peter Mahovlich 0 2 +1 0 2
Greg Malone 0 1 +3 2 2
Dave Schultz 0 0 0 19 0
Rod Schutt 0 2 +1 7 2
Ron Stackhouse 1 0 +2 0 6
Dale Tallon 0 3 +4 0 1

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Jim Bedard (L) 30 6 24 .800 59:39

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Greg Carroll 0 0 0 0 2
Guy Charron 1 1 -1 0 3
Rolf Edberg 0 0 -2 0 0
Bob Girard 0 0 -1 0 0
Rick Green 0 0 -3 0 4
Gord Lane 0 0 -1 2 1
Mark Lofthouse 0 1 +1 0 2
Dennis Maruk 1 0 -1 5 3
Paul Mulvey 0 0 +1 14 0
Robert Picard 0 1 +2 0 1
Bill Riley 0 1 0 9 0
Tom Rowe 0 1 0 9 4
Peter Scamurra 0 1 -2 2 0
Bob Sirois 1 1 -2 0 2
Gord Smith 0 0 +1 0 0
Leif Svensson 0 0 -1 0 3
Ryan Walter 1 0 -1 0 3

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Team Leaders

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G

31

Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin

A

43

Carlson

John Carlson

+/-

+5

Mantha

Anthony Mantha

Team Rankings

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G/GP

2.63

28th

GA/GP

3.07

16th

PP%

20.6

18th

PK%

79.0

18th

2023-24 Division Standings

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TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Rangers Rangers
55 23 4 114 53
Hurricanes Hurricanes
52 23 7 111 63
Islanders Islanders
39 27 16 94 -17
Capitals Capitals
40 31 11 91 -37
Penguins Penguins
38 32 12 88 4
Flyers Flyers
38 33 11 87 -26
Devils Devils
38 39 5 81 -19
Blue Jackets Blue Jackets
27 43 12 66 -63

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
NYR NYR
@
WSH WSH
7:00 PM
Sun
4/28
NYR NYR
@
WSH WSH
8:00 PM
Wed
5/1
WSH WSH
@
NYR NYR
1:00 PM
Fri
5/3
NYR NYR
@
WSH WSH
1:00 PM
Sun
5/5
WSH WSH
@
NYR NYR
1:00 PM

Last Game

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NYR Rangers

2-0-0

4

Final

3

WSH Capitals

0-2-0

Tue 23 Apr 2024

NHL 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff Goals Leaders

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4

Hyman

Zach Hyman

3

Stamkos

Steven Stamkos

3

Tkachuk

Matthew Tkachuk

Playoff Assists Leaders

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6

McDavid

Connor McDavid

4

Marchand

Brad Marchand

4

Makar

Cale Makar

Playoff Points Leaders

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6

Marchand

Brad Marchand

6

McDavid

Connor McDavid

5

Verhaeghe

Carter Verhaeghe

Playoff +/- Leaders

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+5

Byfield

Quinton Byfield

+4

Montour

Brandon Montour

+4

Marchessault

Jonathan Marchessault

Playoff Goals Against Leaders

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1.51

Swayman

Jeremy Swayman

2.00

Thompson

Logan Thompson

2.00

Shesterkin

Igor Shesterkin

NHL 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff Goals Rankings

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Avalanche

5.50

Oilers

5.50

Jets

4.50

Playoff Goals Against Rankings

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Golden Knights

2.00

Hurricanes

2.00

Rangers

2.00

Playoff Power Play Rankings

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Golden Knights

66.7

Oilers

57.1

Bruins

50.0

Playoff Penalty Kill Rankings

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Predators

100.0

Oilers

100.0

Bruins

90.9

NHL 2023-24 Division Standings

Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Rangers Rangers
55 23 4 114 53
2
Hurricanes Hurricanes
52 23 7 111 63
3
Islanders Islanders
39 27 16 94 -17
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Panthers Panthers
52 24 6 110 68
2
Bruins Bruins
47 20 15 109 43
3
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
46 26 10 102 40
Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Stars Stars
52 21 9 113 64
2
Jets Jets
52 24 6 110 60
3
Avalanche Avalanche
50 25 7 107 50
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Canucks Canucks
50 23 9 109 56
2
Oilers Oilers
49 27 6 104 57
3
Kings Kings
44 27 11 99 41

NHL 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/24
CAR CAR
@
NYI NYI
3-2
Wed
4/24
FLA FLA
@
TBL TBL
5-3
Tue
4/23
LAK LAK
@
EDM EDM
5-4
Tue
4/23
VGK VGK
@
DAL DAL
3-1
Tue
4/23
BOS BOS
@
TOR TOR
4-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
NYR NYR
@
WSH WSH
7:00 PM
Fri
4/26
VAN VAN
@
NSH NSH
7:30 PM
Fri
4/26
WPG WPG
@
COL COL
10:00 PM
Fri
4/26
EDM EDM
@
LAK LAK
10:30 PM
Sat
4/27
CAR CAR
@
NYI NYI
2:00 PM