Washington Capitals at Chicago Blackhawks

Sun, Jan 7, 1979 · Chicago Stadium · 1978–79 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 5

Final

Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Sun, Jan 7, 1979 at Chicago Stadium. Stan Mikita led the way with 3 points. Tony Esposito made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–31.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
WSH	3	28
CHI	5	31

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
24	Robert Picard	D	0	2	2	-1	0	5
23	Gary Rissling	L	0	1	1	+1	17	0
14	Blair Stewart	L	1	0	1	0	0	1
20	Mark Lofthouse	R	0	1	1	0	0	1
7	Yvon Labre	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1
9	Ryan Walter	C	1	0	1	0	0	4
8	Bill Riley	R	1	0	1	+1	2	2
22	Ron Lalonde	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0
21	Dennis Maruk	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0
28	Gord Lane	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
17	Tom Rowe	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1
15	Guy Charron	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3
10	Rolf Edberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
26	Bob Girard	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0
25	Bob Sirois	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1
6	Gord Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	4
4	Leif Svensson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Bernie Wolfe	L	23	19	4	.826	40:00
31	Gary Inness		8	7	1	.875	18:55

Chicago Blackhawks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
21	Stan Mikita	C	1	2	3	+2	0	4
14	Mike O'connell	D	0	2	2	+2	0	2
15	Tim Higgins	R	0	1	1	-1	2	1
23	J.P. Bordeleau	R	1	0	1	+1	2	1
20	Cliff Koroll	R	1	0	1	+2	0	3
24	Doug Wilson	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0
11	John Marks	R	1	0	1	+2	0	3
12	Ivan Boldirev	C	1	0	1	-1	4	3
29	Ted Bulley	L	0	1	1	-1	2	1
2	David Logan	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0
5	Phil Russell	D	0	0	0	+3	0	8
25	Bob Kelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Reg Kerr	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2
22	Grant Mulvey	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0
17	Alain Daigle	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1
6	Bob Murray	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2
18	Darcy Rota	L	0	0	0	-1	5	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tony Esposito	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00