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Washington Capitals, 1977-78

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Norris Division, Prince of Wales Conference

1977-78 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
17 80 17-49-14 48 0.300 195 321 -126 10-23-7 7-26-7

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Guy Charron C 80 38 35 73 -25 12 260 0
Bob Sirois R 72 24 37 61 -11 6 189 0
Gerry Meehan C 78 19 24 43 -41 10 172 0
Robert Picard D 75 10 27 37 -26 101 170 0
Bill Riley R 57 13 12 25 -15 125 67 0
Bob Girard L 52 9 14 23 -3 6 44 0
Dave Forbes R 77 11 11 22 -34 119 142 0
Tom Rowe R 63 13 8 21 -18 82 115 0
Bill Collins R 74 10 9 19 -32 18 104 0
Garnet Bailey L 40 7 12 19 -12 28 58 0
Rick Green D 60 5 14 19 -35 67 83 0
Rick Bragnalo C 44 2 13 15 -6 22 60 0
Bryan Watson D 79 3 11 14 -12 167 54 0
Gord Lane D 70 2 9 11 -19 195 68 0
Gord Smith D 80 4 7 11 -20 78 57 0
Larry Bolonchuk D 49 3 8 11 -19 79 42 0
Jean Lemieux D 16 3 7 10 -12 0 24 0
Jack Lynch D 29 1 8 9 -13 4 58 0
Craig Patrick R 45 1 7 8 -8 4 41 0
Mike Marson R 46 4 4 8 1 101 30 0
Yvon Labre D 22 0 8 8 0 41 21 0
Eddy Godin R 18 3 3 6 -14 6 23 0
Ron Lalonde C 67 1 5 6 -19 16 48 0
Walt McKechnie C 16 4 1 5 -14 0 24 0
Doug Gibson C 11 2 1 3 -3 0 10 0
Mark Lofthouse R 18 2 1 3 -5 8 21 0
Blair Stewart L 8 0 1 1 -3 9 4 0
Douglas Patey R 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Nelson Burton L 5 1 0 1 -3 8 3 0
Tony White L 1 0 0 0 -4 0 4 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Jim Bedard 43 1123701 1254 1102 152 3.67 0.879
Bernie Wolfe 25 414400 729 635 94 4.26 0.871
Gary Smith 17 212300 510 442 68 4.17 0.867

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 9, 1978 vs AFM W 4-2 29 34
Apr 8, 1978 @ PIT W 6-4 30 47
Apr 4, 1978 vs BUF W 4-3 25 20
Apr 2, 1978 vs MTL T 4-4 23 21
Apr 1, 1978 @ NYI L 2-3 18 44
Mar 30, 1978 @ CLR W 4-3 22 27
Mar 28, 1978 vs BOS T 4-4 31 27
Mar 26, 1978 vs DET L 1-4 20 32
Mar 25, 1978 @ MTL L 0-5 28 33
Mar 24, 1978 vs NYR L 4-11 29 25
Mar 22, 1978 vs CHI L 2-6 25 30
Mar 19, 1978 vs STL L 2-3 14 32
Mar 18, 1978 vs CLE W 8-3 38 27
Mar 15, 1978 vs TOR L 2-5 25 20
Mar 12, 1978 @ NYR L 2-8 22 28
Mar 8, 1978 @ MTL L 3-4 28 36
Mar 4, 1978 @ STL T 3-3 28 22
Feb 28, 1978 vs CLR W 7-4 36 30
Feb 26, 1978 vs PHI L 1-6 14 34
Feb 25, 1978 @ TOR L 0-4 24 33
Feb 23, 1978 @ DET L 1-4 30 24
Feb 21, 1978 vs LAK L 1-4 31 26
Feb 19, 1978 vs MNS W 2-1 28 26
Feb 17, 1978 vs MTL L 2-8 21 40
Feb 14, 1978 vs VAN L 2-4 25 26
Feb 12, 1978 @ PHI L 1-4 7 30
Feb 10, 1978 @ CLE W 4-1 28 30
Feb 5, 1978 @ BUF L 1-4 28 32
Feb 4, 1978 @ NYI L 1-6 23 38
Feb 1, 1978 @ LAK L 3-8 23 38
Jan 31, 1978 @ VAN L 2-4 23 25
Jan 29, 1978 vs MNS L 0-4 30 23
Jan 27, 1978 vs BOS L 2-5 16 35
Jan 25, 1978 vs CLR T 3-3 23 27
Jan 22, 1978 @ DET L 3-6 21 36
Jan 21, 1978 @ PIT W 5-2 22 43
Jan 19, 1978 @ BOS L 1-4 17 31
Jan 18, 1978 @ CHI L 2-5 28 38
Jan 14, 1978 vs NYI L 0-4 19 28
Jan 13, 1978 @ MNS T 2-2 18 35
Jan 11, 1978 vs DET L 3-6 27 22
Jan 8, 1978 @ CHI L 1-3 18 52
Jan 7, 1978 vs BUF T 4-4 26 28
Jan 4, 1978 vs LAK W 4-0 17 34
Jan 2, 1978 vs PIT W 3-2 34 26
Dec 30, 1977 vs NYR T 3-3 36 32
Dec 28, 1977 @ PIT T 2-2 29 26
Dec 27, 1977 vs BOS L 3-6 18 34
Dec 23, 1977 vs DET W 3-2 18 38
Dec 21, 1977 @ NYR T 5-5 29 29
Dec 17, 1977 @ LAK W 2-1 15 39
Dec 13, 1977 @ VAN L 1-3 26 28
Dec 11, 1977 vs STL W 2-1 30 29
Dec 10, 1977 @ AFM L 1-5 14 40
Dec 7, 1977 @ CLE W 5-3 23 26
Dec 6, 1977 vs VAN L 2-5 38 17
Dec 4, 1977 vs PIT L 2-4 31 20
Dec 2, 1977 vs CLE L 2-3 38 33
Nov 29, 1977 @ LAK L 2-4 34 24
Nov 26, 1977 @ TOR T 4-4 28 30
Nov 24, 1977 @ BOS L 0-6 17 29
Nov 23, 1977 vs AFM T 2-2 23 22
Nov 20, 1977 @ BUF L 2-5 22 41
Nov 19, 1977 vs BUF L 6-7 22 33
Nov 16, 1977 @ TOR L 2-5 25 42
Nov 15, 1977 @ STL T 2-2 32 31
Nov 13, 1977 vs NYI L 0-6 26 34
Nov 11, 1977 vs TOR L 1-3 31 16
Nov 9, 1977 @ DET T 1-1 18 29
Nov 8, 1977 vs LAK L 1-5 24 34
Nov 5, 1977 vs PHI L 1-3 29 35
Nov 3, 1977 @ PHI L 1-4 16 34
Nov 2, 1977 vs CHI T 2-2 21 33
Oct 29, 1977 @ MNS L 4-7 35 38
Oct 28, 1977 @ CLR L 1-8 23 45
Oct 26, 1977 @ AFM W 6-2 30 28
Oct 24, 1977 @ MTL L 1-5 21 46
Oct 19, 1977 vs MTL L 3-5 27 32
Oct 15, 1977 @ CLE L 2-4 32 34
Oct 14, 1977 vs PIT W 2-1 23 24