The Washington Capitals used 39 players in the 1979-80 season, with a 34-46-0 record. Mike Gartner led the team with 68 points (36 goals, 32 assists) in 77 games. Wayne Stephenson played the most games in goal (56).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Picard 🇨🇦 D 22 | 78 | 🔥 3 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 0.69 | 5 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 122 | — |
| 2 | Rick Green 🇨🇦 D 24 | 71 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 0.34 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 52 | — |
| 3 | Leif Svensson 🇸🇪 D 28 | 47 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0.32 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 21 | — |
| 4 | Pierre Bouchard 🇨🇦 D 32 | 54 | 🧊 8 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.26 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 5 | Paul MacKinnon 🇨🇦 D 21 | 63 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.19 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 6 | Peter Scamurra 🇺🇸 D 25 | 23 | 🧊 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.35 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 7 | Gord Lane 🇨🇦 D 27 | 19 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.32 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 53 | — |
| 8 | Pat Ribble 🇨🇦 D 25 | 19 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.32 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 9 | Yvon Labre 🇨🇦 D 30 | 18 | 🧊 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | — |
| 10 | Brent Tremblay 🇨🇦 D 22 | 9 | 🧊 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 11 | Greg Theberge 🇨🇦 D 20 | 12 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 11 skaters | 80 | 32 | 114 | 146 | 1.82 | 6 | 564 | 0 | 0 | 366 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ▼ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Stephenson 🇨🇦 G 35 | 56 | 24 | 3.34 | 0.000 | 0 | 187 | 56:01 | |
| 2 | Rollie Boutin 🇨🇦 G 22 | 18 | 10 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 54 | 51:26 | |
| 3 | Gary Inness 🇨🇦 G 30 | 14 | 2 | 3.14 | 0.000 | 0 | 44 | 51:44 |
82% of this roster was born in Canada, against 84% across the league. The team leans on Sweden: 8% of its players, against 3% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 71% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 32 |
|
-2 | 481 (71%) | Gartner, Walter, Picard, Mulvey +28 |
| Sweden | 3 |
|
+5 | 121 (18%) | Gustafsson, Edberg, Svensson |
| United States | 3 |
|
-2 | 52 (8%) | Rowe, Hangsleben, Scamurra |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+2 | 21 (3%) | Lehtonen |
Mike Gartner led the Washington Capitals in scoring in 1979-80 with 68 points — 36 goals and 32 assists in 77 games. Next came Ryan Walter (66) and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (60).
Mike Gartner scored 36 goals for the Washington Capitals in 1979-80, 4 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 39 players in 1979-80: 36 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 261 goals.
Wayne Stephenson played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in 1979-80: 56 games, 24 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.34 goals against average. Rollie Boutin was the backup, in 18 games.
The average age was 24.9 years. Errol Rausse was the youngest at 20, and Dennis Hextall the oldest at 36.
The Washington Capitals used 39 players in 1979-80 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 32 in Canada, 3 in Sweden and 3 in the United States. The other 1 came from Finland. League-wide that season, 84% of players were born in Canada, against 82% on this roster.