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Thursday, February 15, 1979 · McNichols Sports Arena

Capitals 9 at Rockies 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 94OVR Dennis Maruk Capitals First Star 2G · 2A · 2 SOG D 97OVR Robert Picard Capitals Second Star 4A · 3 SOG R 90OVR Tom Rowe Capitals Third Star 1G · 1A · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:26 Dennis Maruk (19) Robert Picard (30), Tom Rowe (22) WSH 1 – 0 CLR
  2. 9:34 Paul Gardner (21) Mike Kitchen (2), Wilf Paiement (22) WSH 1 – 1 CLR
  3. 11:56 Ryan Walter (23) Rick Green (23) WSH 2 – 1 CLR
  4. 13:55 Jack Valiquette (22) PPG Paul Gardner (24), Wilf Paiement (23) WSH 2 – 2 CLR
  5. 15:05 Greg Polis (8) Rolf Edberg (18), Gord Lane (13) WSH 3 – 2 CLR
  6. 18:09 Greg Polis (9) PPG Dennis Maruk (37), Robert Picard (31) WSH 4 – 2 CLR

2nd Period

  1. 0:58 Tom Rowe (19) Dennis Maruk (38), Robert Picard (32) WSH 5 – 2 CLR
  2. 9:39 Guy Charron (20) PPG Robert Picard (33), Rick Green (24) WSH 6 – 2 CLR
  3. 16:14 Guy Charron (21) SHG Unassisted WSH 7 – 2 CLR

3rd Period

  1. 7:38 Dennis Maruk (20) Leif Svensson (17) WSH 8 – 2 CLR
  2. 17:50 Bill Lochead (5) SHG Dennis Owchar (11), Merlin Malinowski (7) WSH 8 – 3 CLR
  3. 18:47 Bob Sirois (22) Ryan Walter (18), Rolf Edberg (19) WSH 9 – 3 CLR

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dennis Maruk C 2 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 3.20
Robert Picard D 0 4 3 0 0 +3 0:00 2.88
Tom Rowe R 1 1 6 0 0 +2 0:00 2.13
Ryan Walter C 1 1 3 0 0 +3 0:00 2.05
Guy Charron C 2 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.80
Rick Green D 0 2 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.78
Greg Polis R 2 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.65
Rolf Edberg C 0 2 0 0 0 +1 0:00 1.40
Leif Svensson D 0 1 0 0 0 +5 0:00 1.38
Bob Sirois R 1 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.28
Gord Lane D 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Blair Stewart L 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.45
Dennis Hextall C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Mark Lofthouse R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bob Girard L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Yvon Labre D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Gary Rissling L 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gary Inness W 29 26 3 .897 60:00 0.35

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Wilf Paiement R 0 2 0 0 0 +1 0:00 1.40
Bill Lochead L 1 0 6 0 0 +1 0:00 1.35
Paul Gardner C 1 1 5 0 0 -3 0:00 1.30
Jack Valiquette C 1 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.13
Merlin Malinowski C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Mike Kitchen D 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Don Awrey D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Randy Pierce R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike Christie D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dennis Owchar D 0 1 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.05
Ralph Klassen C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Rey Comeau C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Ron Delorme C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
John Van Boxmeer D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.38
Mike Gillis L 0 0 2 0 0 -6 0:00 -0.75
Gary Croteau R 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0:00 -0.90
Barry Beck D 0 0 3 0 0 -5 0:00 -1.35
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bill Oleschuk — 23 18 5 .783 40:00 -1.95
Michel Plasse L 11 7 4 .636 20:00 -2.30