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Dennis Hextall

#22 · Centre · Washington Capitals

Born Apr 17, 1943 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN · 5'11", 175 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Lofthouse WSH · 23 P in 53 GP Merlin Malinowski CLR · 23 P in 54 GP Tim Higgins CHI · 23 P in 36 GP Al Secord BOS · 23 P in 74 GP Doug Jarvis MTL · 23 P in 80 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0204060801968-69: 5 points568-691969-70: 12 points1269-701970-71: 52 points5270-711971-72: 16 points1671-721972-73: 82 points8272-731973-74: 82 points8273-741974-75: 74 points7474-751975-76: 60 points6075-761976-77: 46 points4676-771977-78: 49 points4977-781978-79: 23 points2378-791979-80: 2 points279-80

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1968-69 NYR 16 1 4 5 0 25 16 0 0.31
1969-70 LAK 28 5 7 12 -22 40 34 0 0.43
1970-71 CGS 78 21 31 52 -21 217 153 0 0.67
1971-72 MNS 33 6 10 16 1 49 46 0 0.48
1972-73 MNS 78 30 52 82 29 140 140 0 1.05
1973-74 MNS 78 20 62 82 5 138 152 0 1.05
1974-75 MNS 80 17 57 74 -44 147 164 0 0.93
1975-76 MNS 60 11 35 46 -29 93 93 0 0.77
1975-76 DET 17 5 9 14 2 71 32 0 0.82
1976-77 DET 78 14 32 46 -35 158 128 0 0.59
1977-78 DET 78 16 33 49 -5 195 89 0 0.63
1978-79 DET 20 4 8 12 3 33 16 0 0.60
1978-79 WSH 26 2 9 11 -14 43 22 0 0.42
1979-80 WSH 15 1 1 2 -5 49 17 0 0.13
12 seasons Career 685 153 350 503 -135 1398 1102 0 0.73

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1967-68 NYR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1971-72 MNS 7 0 2 2 1 19 14 0 0.29
1972-73 MNS 6 2 0 2 -2 16 17 0 0.33
1977-78 DET 7 1 1 2 -6 10 6 0 0.29
4 seasons Playoffs 22 3 3 6 -7 45 37 0 0.27

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
46 6 17 23 -11 76 38 0 0.50 15.8 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 1979 vs PIT W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 7, 1979 @ MTL L 3-10 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1979 vs LAK W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1979 vs NYI W 6-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1979 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1979 @ TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 8 2 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1979 @ PHI L 4-7 0 2 2 -2 4 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1979 @ MTL L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1979 @ PIT T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1979 vs NYR T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1979 @ BUF T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1979 vs PIT L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1979 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1979 @ DET T 3-3 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1979 vs STL W 7-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1979 vs MTL T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1979 vs MNS W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1979 @ VAN W 6-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1979 @ LAK T 3-3 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1979 vs MTL L 5-8 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs BUF L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1979 vs DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1979 @ AFM L 3-5 0 2 2 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1979 @ NYR T 6-6 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1979 @ CLR W 9-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1978 vs LAK W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1978 @ STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1978 @ LAK T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1978 @ PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1978 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1978 @ AFM L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1978 vs BOS W 7-1 0 1 1 1 7 0 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1978 vs VAN L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1978 @ WSH T 3-3 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1978 @ PIT L 3-7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1978 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1978 vs CHI W 7-2 0 2 2 2 5 0 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1978 @ CLR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1978 vs CLR W 5-4 1 0 1 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1978 vs MNS T 4-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1978 vs NYR T 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1978 @ NYR T 3-3 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1978 @ BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1978 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1978 vs STL L 4-5 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 00:00