Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, October 14, 1979 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Sunday, October 14, 1979 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 46–26.
Dennis Maruk scored 4 goals. Jocelyn Guevremont, Ulf Nilsson, Rolf Edberg and Anders Hedberg also scored.
Gary Inness made 43 saves on 46 shots for the win; Wayne Thomas stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Jocelyn Guevremont (1)Ulf Nilsson (2), Ron Greschner (1)0–119:21 NYR ·
2nd period
Dennis Maruk (3)Tom Rowe (2), Robert Picard (1)1–101:58 WSH · - Dennis Maruk (4)Tom Rowe (3)2–103:02 WSH
Ulf Nilsson (2)Carol Vadnais (2), Mike McEwen (1)2–205:32 NYR · - Dennis Maruk (5)Robert Picard (2), Errol Rausse (1)3–208:55 WSH
Rolf Edberg (2)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2), Bob Sirois (1)4–211:26 WSH
3rd period
Anders Hedberg (2)Mike McEwen (2), Ulf Nilsson (3)4–300:24 NYR- Dennis Maruk (6)Unassisted5–319:56 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHNYR
2646
0%0%
1/42/7
4632
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:37 into the first period
Mike Gartner · interference2 min - 8:58 into the first period
Dave Maloney · holding2 min - 12:52 into the first periodPhil Esposito · spearing5 min
- 12:52 into the first periodYvon Labre · holding2 min
- 12:52 into the first periodGord Lane · roughing2 min
- 15:17 into the first periodDave Maloney · game misconduct10 min
- 15:17 into the first periodCarol Vadnais · high sticking2 min
- 15:17 into the first periodGreg Polis · fighting5 min
- 15:17 into the first periodGreg Polis · game misconduct10 min
- 16:07 into the first periodMike McEwen · roughing2 min
- 16:07 into the first periodTom Rowe · roughing2 min
- 17:00 into the first periodGuy Charron · hooking2 min
- 18:51 into the first periodMario Marois · slashing2 min
- 18:51 into the first periodMario Marois · fighting5 min
- 18:51 into the first periodYvon Labre · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:51 into the first periodYvon Labre · fighting5 min
- 18:51 into the first periodYvon Labre · game misconduct10 min
- 1:05 into the second periodDon Maloney · tripping2 min
- 3:54 into the second periodRobert Picard · tripping2 min
- 12:10 into the second periodGord Lane · hooking2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 4 | 0 | 4 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Dennis HextallC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | W | 46 | 3 | .935 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Mike McEwenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 2Jocelyn GuevremontD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |