Montréal Canadiens at Washington Capitals

Sun, Feb 25, 1979 · Capital Centre · 1978–79 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

8 – 5

Final

Washington Capitals

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 8–5 on Sun, Feb 25, 1979 at Capital Centre. Guy Lapointe led the way with 3 points. Michel Larocque made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–31.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
MTL	8	33
WSH	5	31

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
5	Guy Lapointe	D	0	3	3	-1	0	3
10	Guy Lafleur	R	1	2	3	+2	2	5
25	Jacques Lemaire	C	1	1	2	-1	0	5
11	Yvon Lambert	L	1	1	2	0	0	1
22	Steve Shutt	L	1	1	2	+2	0	2
14	Mario Tremblay	R	1	1	2	0	0	4
15	Rejean Houle	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1
18	Serge Savard	D	0	1	1	+3	2	0
19	Larry Robinson	D	1	0	1	+4	0	3
23	Bob Gainey	L	1	0	1	0	2	2
3	Brian Engblom	D	1	0	1	0	0	1
6	Pierre Mondou	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1
26	Dan Newman	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1
8	Doug Risebrough	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0
27	Rick Chartraw	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2
21	Doug Jarvis	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
24	Gilles Lupien	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Michel Larocque	W	31	26	5	.839	60:00

Washington Capitals

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

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Bernie Wolfe	L	19	15	4	.789	33:19
31	Gary Inness	L	14	10	4	.714	26:41