Sunday, April 8, 1979 · Capital Centre
Penguins 2 at Capitals 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
6:08
Mark Lofthouse
(13)
Rolf Edberg (27), Rick Green (31)
PIT 0 – 1 WSH
-
8:23
Dennis Hextall
(6)
Chuck Arnason (2), Rick Green (32)
PIT 0 – 2 WSH
2nd Period
-
6:35
Greg Malone
(35)
Unassisted
PIT 1 – 2 WSH
-
9:35
Guy Charron
(28)
SHG
Unassisted
PIT 1 – 3 WSH
-
13:51
Jacques Cossette
(7)
PPG
Gary McAdam (14), Greg Malone (30)
PIT 2 – 3 WSH
-
17:21
Ryan Walter
(27)
Leif Svensson (28)
PIT 2 – 4 WSH
3rd Period
-
14:24
Ryan Walter
(28)
PPG
Leif Svensson (29), Rick Green (33)
PIT 2 – 5 WSH
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Malone C | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1.38 |
| Jacques Cossette R | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.83 |
| Gary McAdam R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Ross Lonsberry L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Orest Kindrachuk C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Rick Kehoe R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Tom Bladon D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Blair Chapman R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Peter Lee R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ron Stackhouse D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lex Hudson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gregg Sheppard C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Bob Paradise D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Randy Carlyle D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| George Ferguson C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Rod Schutt L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Colin Campbell D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Herron | L | 26 | 21 | 5 | .808 | 60:00 | -1.65 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Green D | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2.25 |
| Ryan Walter C | 2 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 1.73 |
| Leif Svensson D | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1.40 |
| Mark Lofthouse R | 1 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 1.28 |
| Chuck Arnason R | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 1.00 |
| Dennis Hextall C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Guy Charron C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Rolf Edberg C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.85 |
| Paul Mulvey L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Jack Lynch D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Pierre Bouchard D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Dennis Maruk C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Ron Lalonde C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bob Girard L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gord Smith D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Yvon Labre D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.00 |
| Craig Patrick R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Inness | W | 19 | 17 | 2 | .895 | 60:00 | 0.20 |