1977–78_Washington_Capitals_season

1977–78 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

The 1977–78 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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1977–78 Washington Capitals
Division	5th Norris
Conference	Campbell
1977–78 record	17–49–14
Goals for	195
Goals against	321
Team information
General manager	Max McNab
Coach	Tom McVie
Captain	Yvon Labre
Alternate captains	None
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Offseason

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Regular season

Final standings

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Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	59	10	11	359	183	129
Detroit Red Wings	80	32	34	14	252	266	78
Los Angeles Kings	80	31	34	15	243	245	77
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	25	37	18	254	321	68
Washington Capitals	80	17	49	14	195	321	48

^[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

More information Norris Division record vs. opponents, NHL records ...

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1977–78 NHL records^[2]
Team	DET	LAK	MTL	PIT	WSH	Total
Detroit	—	3–2–1	1–4–1	3–2–1	4–1–1	11–9–4
Los Angeles	2–3–1	—	1–4–1	3–0–3	4–2	10–9–5
Montreal	4–1–1	4–1–1	—	5–1	5–0–1	18–3–3
Pittsburgh	2–3–1	0–3–3	1–5	—	1–4–1	4–15–5
Washington	1–4–1	2–4	0–5–1	4–1–1	—	7–12–5

Vs. Adams Division

1977–78 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	CLE	TOR	Total
Detroit	0–4–1	2–2–1	2–2–1	1–2–2	5–10–5
Los Angeles	0–5	0–3–2	3–1–1	3–2	6–11–3
Montreal	4–0–1	2–3	4–1	4–0–1	14–4–2
Pittsburgh	0–5	0–0–5	5–0	3–2	8–7–5
Washington	0–4–1	1–3–1	3–2	0–4–1	4–13–3

Vs. Patrick Division

1977–78 NHL records
Team	ATL	NYI	NYR	PHI	Total
Detroit	2–1–1	0–4	1–2–1	1–2–1	4–9–3
Los Angeles	2–1–1	0–2–2	3–1	0–3–1	5–7–4
Montreal	2–0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0–2	11–1–4
Pittsburgh	1–3	1–2–1	2–0–2	0–3–1	4–8–4
Washington	2–1–1	0–4	0–2–2	0–4	2–11–3

Vs. Smythe Division

1977–78 NHL records
Team	CHI	COL	MIN	STL	VAN	Total
Detroit	1–3	2–1–1	4–0	3–1	2–1–1	12–6–2
Los Angeles	2–2	2–1–1	2–1–1	2–2	2–1–1	10–7–3
Montreal	3–0–1	4–0	2–2	4–0	3–0–1	16–2–2
Pittsburgh	2–1–1	2–1–1	2–2	2–1–1	1–2–1	9–7–4
Washington	0–3–1	2–1–1	1–2–1	1–1–2	0–4	4–11–5

Schedule and results

More information No., R ...

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 14, 1977	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	1–0–0
2	L	October 15, 1977	2–4	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	1–1–0
3	L	October 19, 1977	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	1–2–0
4	L	October 24, 1977	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	1–3–0
5	W	October 26, 1977	6–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	2–3–0
6	L	October 28, 1977	1–8	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	2–4–0
7	L	October 29, 1977	4–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	2–5–0
8	T	November 2, 1977	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	2–5–1
9	L	November 3, 1977	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	2–6–1
10	L	November 5, 1977	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	2–7–1
11	L	November 8, 1977	1–5	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	2–8–1
12	T	November 9, 1977	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	2–8–2
13	L	November 11, 1977	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	2–9–2
14	L	November 13, 1977	0–6	New York Islanders (1977–78)	2–10–2
15	T	November 15, 1977	2–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	2–10–3
16	L	November 16, 1977	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	2–11–3
17	L	November 19, 1977	6–7	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	2–12–3
18	L	November 20, 1977	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	2–13–3
19	T	November 23, 1977	2–2	Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	2–13–4
20	L	November 24, 1977	0–6	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78)	2–14–4
21	T	November 26, 1977	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	2–14–5
22	L	November 29, 1977	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	2–15–5
23	L	December 2, 1977	2–3	Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	2–16–5
24	L	December 4, 1977	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	2–17–5
25	L	December 6, 1977	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	2–18–5
26	W	December 7, 1977	5–3	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	3–18–5
27	L	December 10, 1977	1–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	3–19–5
28	W	December 11, 1977	2–1	St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	4–19–5
29	L	December 13, 1977	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	4–20–5
30	W	December 17, 1977	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	5–20–5
31	T	December 21, 1977	5–5	@ New York Rangers (1977–78)	5–20–6
32	W	December 23, 1977	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	6–20–6
33	L	December 27, 1977	3–6	Boston Bruins (1977–78)	6–21–6
34	T	December 28, 1977	2–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	6–21–7
35	T	December 30, 1977	3–3	New York Rangers (1977–78)	6–21–8
36	W	January 2, 1978	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	7–21–8
37	W	January 4, 1978	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	8–21–8
38	T	January 7, 1978	4–4	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	8–21–9
39	L	January 8, 1978	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	8–22–9
40	L	January 11, 1978	3–6	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	8–23–9
41	T	January 13, 1978	2–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	8–23–10
42	L	January 14, 1978	0–4	New York Islanders (1977–78)	8–24–10
43	L	January 18, 1978	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	8–25–10
44	L	January 19, 1978	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78)	8–26–10
45	W	January 21, 1978	5–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	9–26–10
46	L	January 22, 1978	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	9–27–10
47	T	January 25, 1978	3–3	Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	9–27–11
48	L	January 27, 1978	2–5	Boston Bruins (1977–78)	9–28–11
49	L	January 29, 1978	0–4	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	9–29–11
50	L	January 31, 1978	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	9–30–11
51	L	February 1, 1978	3–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	9–31–11
52	L	February 4, 1978	1–6	@ New York Islanders (1977–78)	9–32–11
53	L	February 5, 1978	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	9–33–11
54	W	February 10, 1978	4–1	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	10–33–11
55	L	February 12, 1978	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	10–34–11
56	L	February 14, 1978	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	10–35–11
57	L	February 17, 1978	2–8	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	10–36–11
58	W	February 19, 1978	2–1	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	11–36–11
59	L	February 21, 1978	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	11–37–11
60	L	February 23, 1978	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	11–38–11
61	L	February 25, 1978	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	11–39–11
62	L	February 26, 1978	1–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	11–40–11
63	W	February 28, 1978	7–4	Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	12–40–11
64	T	March 4, 1978	3–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	12–40–12
65	L	March 8, 1978	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	12–41–12
66	L	March 12, 1978	2–8	@ New York Rangers (1977–78)	12–42–12
67	L	March 15, 1978	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	12–43–12
68	W	March 18, 1978	8–3	Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	13–43–12
69	L	March 19, 1978	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	13–44–12
70	L	March 22, 1978	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	13–45–12
71	L	March 24, 1978	4–11	New York Rangers (1977–78)	13–46–12
72	L	March 25, 1978	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	13–47–12
73	L	March 26, 1978	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	13–48–12
74	T	March 28, 1978	4–4	Boston Bruins (1977–78)	13–48–13
75	W	March 30, 1978	4–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	14–48–13
76	L	April 1, 1978	2–3	@ New York Islanders (1977–78)	14–49–13
77	T	April 2, 1978	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	14–49–14
78	W	April 4, 1978	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	15–49–14
79	W	April 8, 1978	6–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	16–49–14
80	W	April 9, 1978	4–2	Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	17–49–14

Playoffs

The Capitals still had several years to go before they would win enough games to qualify for the playoffs. The 1977–78 season was the fourth season in a row that the Capitals missed the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

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Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Guy Charron	C	80	38	35	73	12	−25	4	0	3
Bob Sirois	RW	72	24	37	61	6	−11	5	0	1
Gerry Meehan	C	78	19	24	43	10	−41	7	0	2
Robert Picard	D	75	10	27	37	101	−26	2	0	4
Bill Riley	RW	57	13	12	25	125	−15	5	0	0
Bob Girard	LW	52	9	14	23	6	−3	1	0	2
Dave Forbes	LW	77	11	11	22	119	−34	0	0	0
Tom Rowe	RW	63	13	8	21	82	−18	1	0	0
Bill Collins	RW	74	10	9	19	18	−32	0	1	1
Garnet Bailey	LW	40	7	12	19	28	−12	0	0	2
Rick Green	D	60	5	14	19	67	−35	4	0	1
Rick Bragnalo	C	44	2	13	15	22	−6	0	0	0
Bryan Watson	D	79	3	11	14	167	−12	0	1	0
Gord Smith	D	80	4	7	11	78	−20	0	0	1
Larry Bolonchuk	D	49	3	8	11	79	−19	0	0	0
Gord Lane	D	69	2	9	11	195	−19	0	0	0
Jean Lemieux	D	16	3	7	10	0	−12	3	0	0
Jack Lynch	D	29	1	8	9	4	−13	0	0	0
Mike Marson	LW	46	4	4	8	101	1	0	0	0
Craig Patrick	RW	44	1	7	8	4	−8	1	0	0
Yvon Labre	D	22	0	8	8	41	0	0	0	0
Eddy Godin	RW	18	3	3	6	6	−14	0	0	0
Ron Lalonde	C	67	1	5	6	16	−18	0	0	0
Walt McKechnie	C	16	4	1	5	0	−14	1	0	0
Doug Gibson	C	11	2	1	3	0	−3	0	0	0
Mark Lofthouse	RW/C	18	2	1	3	8	−5	0	0	0
Jim Bedard	G	43	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Nelson Burton	LW	5	1	0	1	8	−3	0	0	0
Doug Patey	RW	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Blair Stewart	C	8	0	1	1	9	−3	0	0	0
Gary Smith	G	17	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Tony White	LW	1	0	0	0	0	−4	0	0	0
Bernie Wolfe	G	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

More information Player, MIN ...

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Jim Bedard	2492	43	11	23	7	152	3.66	1
Bernie Wolfe	1328	25	4	14	4	94	4.25	0
Gary Smith	980	17	2	12	3	68	4.16	0
Team:	4800	80	17	49	14	314	3.92	1

^[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

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Transactions

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Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1977 NHL amateur draft held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal.

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	3	Robert Picard	Canada	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
2	21	Mark Lofthouse	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
3	39	Eddy Godin	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
4	57	Nelson Burton	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
5	75	Denis Turcotte	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	93	Perry Schnarr	Canada	University of Denver (WCHA)
7	111	Rollie Boutin	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
8	127	Brent Tremblay	Canada	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
9	143	Don Micheletti	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
10	156	Archie Henderson	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)

Farm teams

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References

[1]
Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
[2]
"All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
[3]
"1977-78 Washington Capitals Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

External links

"1977–78 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.

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Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

External links

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