New York Rangers at Washington Capitals

Wed, Jan 24, 1979 · Capital Centre · 1978–79 Regular Season

New York Rangers

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Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–1 on Wed, Jan 24, 1979 at Capital Centre. Robert Picard led the way with 2 points. Gary Inness made 17 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 18–34.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYR	1	18
WSH	5	34

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1
3	Dave Farrish	D	0	1	1	-1	2	2
10	Ron Duguay	C	1	0	1	0	0	1
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2
19	Dean Talafous	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2
25	Mario Marois	D	0	0	0	0	7	0
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	0	0	2
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	-2	2	2
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	0	2	1
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	-2	4	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	John Davidson	L	34	29	5	.853	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
24	Robert Picard	D	2	0	2	+1	0	6
14	Blair Stewart	L	0	2	2	+1	0	1
15	Guy Charron	C	0	2	2	+1	2	0
17	Tom Rowe	R	1	1	2	+1	7	4
5	Rick Green	D	0	2	2	+1	0	3
9	Ryan Walter	C	1	0	1	0	0	1
28	Gord Lane	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0
18	Greg Polis	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4
7	Yvon Labre	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2
2	Jack Lynch	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Dennis Maruk	C	0	0	0	+1	0	4
23	Gary Rissling	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1
20	Mark Lofthouse	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
10	Rolf Edberg	C	0	0	0	0	2	3
26	Bob Girard	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Bob Sirois	R	0	0	0	0	0	4
6	Gord Smith	D	0	0	0	0	4	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Gary Inness	W	18	17	1	.944	60:00