The Washington Capitals couldn't keep up with the Montreal Canadiens, 8 to 5, on February 25, 1979.

1978-79 Washington Capitals

Final

MTL

Canadiens

42-10-8

8

WSH

Capitals

18-34-9

5

1

3

2

2

1

2

3

4

1

Total

8

5

1st period

MTL

WSH

Capitals

Tom Rowe (EV) assisted by Greg Polis and Dennis Maruk

0

1

Canadiens

Guy Lafleur (PP) assisted by Guy Lapointe and Jacques Lemaire

1

1

Canadiens

Jacques Lemaire (EV) assisted by Guy Lafleur and Steve Shutt

2

1

Capitals

Greg Polis (PP) assisted by Dennis Maruk and Leif Svensson

2

2

Canadiens

Yvon Lambert (EV) assisted by Mario Tremblay and Serge Savard

3

2

2nd period

MTL

WSH

Capitals

Robert Picard (EV) unassisted

3

3

Capitals

Guy Charron (EV) assisted by Bob Sirois

3

4

Canadiens

Mario Tremblay (EV) assisted by Yvon Lambert and Guy Lapointe

4

4

3rd period

MTL

WSH

Canadiens

Brian Engblom (EV) unassisted

5

4

Canadiens

Bob Gainey (EV) assisted by Rejean Houle and Guy Lapointe

6

4

Canadiens

Larry Robinson (PP) assisted by Guy Lafleur

7

4

Capitals

Tom Rowe (EV) assisted by Ryan Walter

7

5

Canadiens

Steve Shutt (EV) assisted by Pierre Mondou

8

5

Canadiens

Capitals

Goals

8

5

Shots

33

31

Penalty Minutes

8

6

Power-Play Goals

2

1

Power-Play Opportunities

2

3

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Michel Larocque (W) 31 5 26 .839 60:00

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Rick Chartraw 0 0 -1 0 2
Brian Engblom 1 0 0 0 1
Bob Gainey 1 0 0 2 2
Rejean Houle 0 1 +1 0 1
Doug Jarvis 0 0 0 0 2
Guy Lafleur 1 2 +2 2 5
Yvon Lambert 1 1 0 0 1
Guy Lapointe 0 3 -1 0 3
Jacques Lemaire 1 1 -1 0 5
Gilles Lupien 0 0 -1 0 0
Pierre Mondou 0 1 +2 0 1
Dan Newman 0 0 -1 0 1
Doug Risebrough 0 0 +1 2 0
Larry Robinson 1 0 +4 0 3
Serge Savard 0 1 +3 2 0
Steve Shutt 1 1 +2 0 2
Mario Tremblay 1 1 0 0 4

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Gary Inness (L) 14 4 10 .714 27:00
Bernie Wolfe 19 4 15 .789 33:00

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Guy Charron 1 0 +1 0 2
Rolf Edberg 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Girard 0 0 -2 0 0
Rick Green 0 0 -2 0 1
Dennis Hextall 0 0 -1 0 0
Yvon Labre 0 0 0 0 1
Gord Lane 0 0 -2 2 1
Jack Lynch 0 0 -1 0 4
Dennis Maruk 0 2 -2 0 3
Paul Mulvey 0 0 0 0 1
Robert Picard 1 0 0 4 3
Greg Polis 1 1 -2 0 4
Tom Rowe 2 0 -1 0 5
Bob Sirois 0 1 -1 0 0
Blair Stewart 0 0 0 0 2
Leif Svensson 0 1 +1 0 0
Ryan Walter 0 1 +2 0 2

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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

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

Panthers

2.00

Hurricanes

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
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
Mon
4/22
NSH NSH
@
VAN VAN
4-1
Mon
4/22
COL COL
@
WPG WPG
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
FLA FLA
@
TBL TBL
7:00 PM
Thu
4/25
CAR CAR
@
NYI NYI
7:30 PM
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