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Rod Langway

#5 · Defence · Washington Capitals · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born May 3, 1957 in Maaq, TWN · 6'3", 218 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 36th overall in 1977 by MTL (round 2)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1978-79
×2 James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 1983-84, 1982-83

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1988-89. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tim Watters LAK · 21 P in 76 GP Rick Zombo DET · 21 P in 75 GP Robert Picard QUE · 21 P in 74 GP Jay Wells PHI · 21 P in 67 GP Calle Johansson WSH · 21 P in 59 GP

Career

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

0102030401978-79: 7 points778-791979-80: 36 points361980-81: 45 points4580-811981-82: 39 points391982-83: 32 points3282-831983-84: 33 points331984-85: 26 points2684-851985-86: 18 points181986-87: 27 points2786-871987-88: 16 points161988-89: 21 points2188-891989-90: 8 points81990-91: 8 points890-911991-92: 13 points131992-93: 0 points092-93

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1978-79 MTL 46 3 4 7 6 30 48 0 0.15
1979-80 MTL 78 7 29 36 36 81 112 0 0.46
1980-81 MTL 80 11 34 45 52 120 165 0 0.56
1981-82 MTL 66 5 34 39 66 116 139 0 0.59
1982-83 WSH 80 3 29 32 -2 75 125 0 0.40
1983-84 WSH 80 9 24 33 14 61 168 0 0.41
1984-85 WSH 79 4 22 26 36 54 102 0 0.33
1985-86 WSH 71 1 17 18 27 61 54 0 0.25
1986-87 WSH 78 2 25 27 11 53 79 0 0.35
1987-88 WSH 63 3 13 16 1 28 49 0 0.25
1988-89 WSH 76 2 19 21 12 67 80 0 0.28
1989-90 WSH 58 0 8 8 7 39 46 0 0.14
1990-91 WSH 56 1 7 8 12 24 32 0 0.14
1991-92 WSH 64 0 13 13 11 22 32 0 0.20
1992-93 WSH 21 0 0 0 -13 20 6 0 0.00
15 seasons Career 996 51 278 329 276 851 1237 0 0.33

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1978-79 MTL 9 0 0 0 -2 16 6 0 0.00
1979-80 MTL 10 3 3 6 6 2 26 0 0.60
1980-81 MTL 3 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 0.00
1981-82 MTL 5 0 3 3 2 18 12 0 0.60
1982-83 WSH 4 0 0 0 -1 0 9 0 0.00
1983-84 WSH 8 0 5 5 0 7 16 0 0.63
1984-85 WSH 5 0 1 1 -2 6 12 0 0.20
1985-86 WSH 9 1 2 3 4 6 17 0 0.33
1986-87 WSH 7 0 1 1 0 2 15 0 0.14
1987-88 WSH 6 0 0 0 2 8 7 0 0.00
1988-89 WSH 6 0 0 0 -4 6 10 0 0.00
1989-90 WSH 15 1 4 5 0 12 17 0 0.33
1990-91 WSH 11 0 2 2 1 6 12 0 0.18
1991-92 WSH 7 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0.14
14 seasons Playoffs 105 5 22 27 6 97 170 0 0.26

1988-89 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 2 19 21 12 67 80 0 0.28 2.5 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 1, 1989 vs NJD W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1989 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1989 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1989 vs PHI W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1989 @ PIT W 5-4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1989 @ HFD W 8-2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1989 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1989 vs WIN W 6-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1989 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1989 @ BOS W 7-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1989 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1989 vs VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1989 vs PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1989 vs MNS L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1989 @ LAK W 7-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1989 @ CGY L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1989 @ VAN L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1989 @ EDM W 8-2 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1989 @ CHI L 4-7 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1989 @ STL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1989 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1989 vs LAK L 6-7 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1989 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1989 vs HFD W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1989 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1989 @ MNS T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1989 @ STL T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1989 @ PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1989 vs LAK T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1989 vs DET L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1989 vs NJD L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1989 vs BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1989 vs EDM W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1989 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1989 @ QUE T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1989 vs CHI W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1989 vs TOR W 3-0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1989 @ NYR T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1989 vs PIT W 8-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1988 @ NYI L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1988 vs BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1988 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1988 vs NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1988 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1988 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 6 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1988 vs WIN W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1988 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1988 @ QUE W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1988 @ BUF W 6-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1988 @ MTL T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1988 @ NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1988 vs PHI W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1988 vs BOS T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1988 @ PIT L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1988 vs STL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1988 vs NYI W 7-6 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1988 @ NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1988 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1988 vs HFD W 3-2 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1988 vs MNS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1988 vs NJD L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1988 vs QUE W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1988 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1988 vs NYI W 4-2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1988 @ DET T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1988 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1988 @ CGY T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1988 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1988 @ WIN L 2-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1988 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1988 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1988 vs NJD W 8-5 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1988 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1988 @ PIT L 7-8 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1988 vs BUF W 6-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 7, 1988 vs PIT L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00