1979–80 Washington Capitals season

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1979–80 Washington Capitals
Division5th Patrick
ConferenceCampbell
1979–80 record27–40–13
Goals for261
Goals against293
Team information
General managerMax McNab
CoachDanny Belisle
Gary Green
CaptainRyan Walter
Alternate captainsNone
Average attendance11,038 (60.9%)

The 1979–80 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Final standings[edit]

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.

Record vs. opponents[edit]

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference[edit]

Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results[edit]

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[edit]

The Capitals still failed to make the playoffs. Washington was tied with the Edmonton Oilers for the last berth with two games remaining, but lost to the Philadelphia Flyers and tied the Atlanta Flames, while the Oilers tied the Minnesota North Stars and defeated the Colorado Rockies to finish two points ahead.

Player statistics[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mike Gartner RW 77 36 32 68 66 15 4 0 3
Ryan Walter C/LW 80 24 42 66 106 -1 12 1 1
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson RW 80 22 38 60 17 -17 6 1 3
Robert Picard D 78 11 43 54 122 -21 5 0 1
Rolf Edberg C 63 23 23 46 12 -5 4 1 7
Paul Mulvey LW 77 15 19 34 240 -8 2 0 3
Mark Lofthouse RW/C 68 15 18 33 20 -9 1 0 1
Bob Sirois RW 49 15 17 32 18 -5 4 1 2
Guy Charron C 33 11 20 31 6 -2 5 0 1
Dennis Maruk C 27 10 17 27 8 0 1 1 0
Tom Rowe RW 41 10 17 27 76 -9 4 0 2
Wes Jarvis C 63 11 15 26 8 -3 0 0 0
Rick Green D 71 4 20 24 52 -10 0 0 1
Antero Lehtonen LW 65 9 12 21 14 -4 2 0 1
Alan Hangsleben D 37 10 7 17 45 1 2 0 1
Mike Kaszycki C 28 7 10 17 10 -5 1 0 0
Leif Svensson D 47 4 11 15 21 -10 0 0 0
Pierre Bouchard D 54 5 9 14 16 -7 0 0 0
Paul MacKinnon D 63 1 11 12 22 -1 0 0 0
Errol Rausse LW 24 6 2 8 0 4 0 0 0
Peter Scamurra D 23 3 5 8 6 -1 1 0 0
Gord Lane D 19 2 4 6 53 1 0 0 0
Greg Polis LW 28 1 5 6 19 -6 0 0 0
Pat Ribble D 19 1 5 6 30 2 0 0 0
Yvon Labre D 18 0 5 5 38 3 0 0 0
Tim Coulis LW 19 1 2 3 27 -6 0 0 0
Glen Currie C 32 2 0 2 2 -2 0 0 0
Dennis Hextall LW 15 1 1 2 49 -5 0 0 0
Tony Cassolato RW 9 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
Wayne Stephenson G 56 0 2 2 20 0 0 0 0
Brent Tremblay D 9 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 0
Rollie Boutin G 18 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
Gary Rissling LW 11 0 1 1 49 -6 0 0 0
Greg Theberge D 12 0 1 1 0 -3 0 0 0
Steve Clippingdale LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Girard LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Inness G 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Claude Noel C 7 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Harvie Pocza LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Wayne Stephenson 3146 56 18 24 10 187 3.57 0
Rollie Boutin 927 18 7 7 1 54 3.50 0
Gary Inness 727 14 2 9 2 44 3.63 0
Team: 4800 80 27 40 13 285 3.56 0

[3]

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;

Awards and records[edit]

Transactions[edit]

Draft picks[edit]

Washington's draft picks at the 1979 NHL Entry Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 4 Mike Gartner (RW)  Canada Cincinnati Stingers (WHA)
2 24 Errol Rausse (LW)  Canada Seattle Breakers (WHL)
4 67 Harvie Pocza (LW)  Canada Billings Bighorns (WHL)
5 88 Tim Tookey (C)  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
6 109 Greg Theberge (D)  Canada Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)

Farm teams[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1979-80 Washington Capitals Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

External links[edit]

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