Saturday, January 20, 1979 · Civic Arena
Capitals 5 at Penguins 2
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
3:47
Greg Polis
(2)
Rolf Edberg (15), Bob Sirois (15)
WSH 1 – 0 PIT
-
4:04
Dennis Maruk
(15)
Gary Rissling (3), Tom Rowe (16)
WSH 2 – 0 PIT
2nd Period
-
2:26
Peter Lee
(24)
PPG
Tom Bladon (13), Dale Tallon (18)
WSH 2 – 1 PIT
-
9:53
Guy Charron
(15)
Robert Picard (26), Greg Polis (3)
WSH 3 – 1 PIT
-
14:25
Greg Polis
(3)
PPG
Dennis Maruk (33), Tom Rowe (17)
WSH 4 – 1 PIT
-
17:46
Peter Lee
(25)
PPG
Dale Tallon (19), Tom Bladon (14)
WSH 4 – 2 PIT
3rd Period
-
9:50
Guy Charron
(16)
Yvon Labre (3)
WSH 5 – 2 PIT
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Polis R | 2 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 2.80 |
| Guy Charron C | 2 | 0 | 7 | +2 | 2.33 |
| Tom Rowe R | 0 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 1.85 |
| Dennis Maruk C | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 1.75 |
| Robert Picard D | 0 | 1 | 5 | +3 | 1.30 |
| Bob Sirois R | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1.15 |
| Rolf Edberg C | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 1.00 |
| Yvon Labre D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.63 |
| Gary Rissling L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.55 |
| Rick Green D | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0.30 |
| Blair Stewart L | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Jack Lynch D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Ryan Walter C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Mark Lofthouse R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Bob Girard L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gord Smith D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.00 |
| Gord Lane D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Inness | W | 39 | 37 | 2 | .949 | 60:00 | 2.20 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Lee R | 2 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 1.88 |
| Dale Tallon D | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 1.03 |
| Tom Bladon D | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0.88 |
| George Ferguson C | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0.23 |
| Ron Stackhouse D | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0.08 |
| Ross Lonsberry L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Peter Mahovlich C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Rod Schutt L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Orest Kindrachuk C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Blair Chapman R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Greg Malone C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Colin Campbell D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Rick Kehoe R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Gregg Sheppard C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Russ Anderson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Randy Carlyle D | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Dave Schultz L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Millen | L | 36 | 31 | 5 | .861 | 60:00 | -0.65 |