1978–79 Washington Capitals
Season record and every player who suited up
24-41-15 · 63 points · 273 goals for, 338 against · Norris Division · 14th in the league
Regular season · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Maruk | C | 76 | 31 | 59 | 90 | -14 | 71 |
| Guy Charron | C | 80 | 28 | 42 | 70 | -14 | 24 |
| Robert Picard | D | 77 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 3 | 85 |
| Tom Rowe | R | 69 | 31 | 30 | 61 | -6 | 137 |
| Ryan Walter | C | 69 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 0 | 70 |
| Bob Sirois | R | 73 | 29 | 25 | 54 | -4 | 6 |
| Rolf Edberg | C | 76 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 12 | 6 |
| Rick Green | D | 71 | 8 | 33 | 41 | -45 | 62 |
| Leif Svensson | D | 74 | 2 | 29 | 31 | -1 | 28 |
| Bob Girard | L | 79 | 9 | 15 | 24 | -17 | 36 |
| Mark Lofthouse | R | 52 | 13 | 10 | 23 | -12 | 10 |
| Blair Stewart | L | 45 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 48 |
| Greg Polis | R | 19 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 6 |
| Gord Lane | D | 64 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -16 | 147 |
| Yvon Labre | D | 51 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 80 |
| Michel Bergeron | R | 30 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -18 | 7 |
| Paul Mulvey | L | 55 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -18 | 81 |
| Greg Carroll | C | 24 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| Dennis Hextall | C | 26 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -14 | 43 |
| Peter Scamurra | D | 30 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -13 | 12 |
| Jack Lynch | D | 30 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| Gary Rissling | L | 26 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 127 |
| Gerry Meehan | C | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 0 |
| Bill Riley | R | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 64 |
| Ron Lalonde | C | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| Eddy Godin | R | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| Craig Patrick | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Chuck Arnason | R | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Douglas Patey | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| Gord Smith | D | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 22 |
| Dave Forbes | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bryan Watson | D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 36 |
| Pierre Bouchard | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Marson | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Brent Tremblay | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Bragnalo | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Nelson Burton | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 13 |
Regular season · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Inness | G | 37 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3.71 | 0.880 | 0 | |
| Jim Bedard | G | 30 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 4.36 | 0.863 | 0 | |
| Bernie Wolfe | G | 17 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4.75 | 0.855 | 0 | |
| Rollie Boutin | G | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.67 | 0.811 | 0 |