Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 13, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Saturday, October 13, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 29–24.
Terry O'Reilly scored twice. Peter McNab, John Wensink, Dennis Maruk, Bobby Schmautz and Errol Rausse also scored.
Gerry Cheevers made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Peter McNab (1)Rick Smith (1)1–018:10 BOS
Terry O'Reilly (2)Dick Redmond (2), Peter McNab (2)2–019:41 BOS
2nd period
John Wensink (1)Dick Redmond (3), Dwight Foster (1)3–009:04 BOS
Dennis Maruk (2)Greg Polis (1), Tom Rowe (1)3–109:32 WSH
Bobby Schmautz (1)Jean Ratelle (3), Dick Redmond (4)4–119:00 BOS ·
3rd period
Errol Rausse (1)Guy Charron (1)4–205:04 WSH- Terry O'Reilly (3)Peter McNab (3), Dick Redmond (5)5–216:33 BOS
Team stats
BOSWSH
2429
0%0%
1/30/5
3733
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:57 into the first period
Terry O'Reilly · charging2 min - 20:00 into the first periodJean Ratelle · hooking2 min
- 4:05 into the second periodDennis O'Brien · holding2 min
- 10:26 into the second period
Dennis Hextall · cross checking2 min - 15:04 into the second periodRyan Walter · hooking2 min
- 18:22 into the second periodGreg Polis · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodRick Smith · spearing5 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDennis Hextall · spearing5 min
- 1:15 into the third periodStan Jonathan · fighting5 min
- 1:15 into the third periodRyan Walter · fighting5 min
- 2:08 into the third periodGerry Cheevers · roughing2 min
- 9:05 into the third periodStan Jonathan · fighting5 min
- 9:05 into the third periodStan Jonathan · misconduct10 min
- 9:05 into the third periodDennis Hextall · fighting5 min
- 9:05 into the third periodDennis Hextall · misconduct10 min
- 15:15 into the third periodJohn Wensink · roughing double minor4 min
- 15:15 into the third periodRyan Walter · roughing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bobby SchmautzR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 28Dennis O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Washington Capitals
| 6Errol RausseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dennis HextallC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |