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Friday, March 2, 1979 · Pacific Coliseum

Capitals 6 at Canucks 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 79OVR Rolf Edberg Capitals First Star 2G · 2A · 3 SOG RC L 44OVR Paul Mulvey Capitals Second Star 2G · 2 SOG RC C 94OVR Dennis Maruk Capitals Third Star 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:32 Paul Mulvey (4) Rolf Edberg (21) WSH 1 – 0 VAN

2nd Period

  1. 1:54 Bob Manno (4) Thomas Gradin (25), Dennis Kearns (24) WSH 1 – 1 VAN
  2. 9:06 Rolf Edberg (7) Dennis Maruk (45), Rick Green (26) WSH 2 – 1 VAN
  3. 16:38 Paul Mulvey (5) Dennis Hextall (12) WSH 3 – 1 VAN
  4. 19:25 Rolf Edberg (8) Robert Picard (37), Dennis Maruk (46) WSH 4 – 1 VAN

3rd Period

  1. 3:07 Tom Rowe (25) Rolf Edberg (22), Guy Charron (37) WSH 5 – 1 VAN
  2. 6:26 Robert Tudor (2) PPG Brad Gassoff (5), Curt Fraser (16) WSH 5 – 2 VAN
  3. 7:13 Jack Lynch (1) SHG Dennis Hextall (13) WSH 6 – 2 VAN

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Rolf Edberg C 2 2 3 0 0 +4 0:00 3.58
Paul Mulvey L 2 0 2 0 0 +3 0:00 2.10
Dennis Maruk C 0 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.70
Dennis Hextall C 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Jack Lynch D 1 0 2 0 0 +3 0:00 1.35
Rick Green D 0 1 2 0 0 +3 0:00 1.22
Tom Rowe R 1 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.20
Robert Picard D 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Guy Charron C 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Blair Stewart L 0 0 0 0 0 +3 0:00 0.45
Bob Girard L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Yvon Labre D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Greg Polis R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bob Sirois R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Leif Svensson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ryan Walter C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Gord Lane D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gary Inness W 27 25 2 .926 60:00 1.00

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Robert Tudor C 1 0 6 0 0 0 0:00 1.20
Bob Manno D 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Curt Fraser L 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Thomas Gradin C 0 1 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.78
Dennis Kearns D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Brad Gassoff L 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Pit Martin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ron Sedlbauer L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Larry Goodenough D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Harold Snepsts D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Stan Smyl R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Don Lever C 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Don Kozak R 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
John Grisdale D 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.60
Lars Lindgren D 0 0 1 0 0 -5 0:00 -0.68
Jere Gillis L 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gary Bromley L 15 11 4 .733 40:00 -1.90
Dunc Wilson — 10 8 2 .800 20:00 -0.70