Los Angeles Kings vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, October 16, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–6 on Tuesday, October 16, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Kings outshot the Capitals 38–29.
Dave Taylor scored twice, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored twice, Doug Halward scored twice and Charlie Simmer scored twice. Ryan Walter, Robert Picard, Mike Gartner, Tom Rowe, Guy Charron and Dennis Maruk also scored.
Wayne Stephenson made 32 saves on 38 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 21 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Taylor (3)Marcel Dionne (5)1–006:14 LAK
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1)Bob Sirois (2), Rolf Edberg (1)1–106:54 WSH
Ryan Walter (1)Robert Picard (3), Guy Charron (2)1–207:54 WSH · 
Robert Picard (1)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (3), Ryan Walter (1)1–313:41 WSH · 
Doug Halward (2)Butch Goring (3), Marcel Dionne (6)2–316:31 LAK · 
Mike Gartner (1)Leif Svensson (2), Guy Charron (3)2–419:15 WSH
2nd period
Tom Rowe (1)Ryan Walter (2), Dennis Maruk (2)2–517:28 WSH · - Doug Halward (3)Marcel Dionne (7), Butch Goring (4)3–518:26 LAK ·
3rd period
Charlie Simmer (4)Dave Taylor (2), Marcel Dionne (8)4–501:08 LAK- Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2)Yvon Labre (1)4–603:25 WSH
- Charlie Simmer (5)Dave Taylor (3), Doug Halward (3)5–603:48 LAK
- Dave Taylor (4)Butch Goring (5), Doug Halward (4)6–609:58 LAK ·
Guy Charron (1)Leif Svensson (3)6–714:17 WSH
Dennis Maruk (7)Peter Scamurra (2)6–819:27 WSH ·
Team stats
LAKWSH
3829
0%0%
3/33/4
820
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:02 into the first period
Randy Holt · holding2 min - 12:59 into the first periodCharlie Simmer · elbowing2 min
- 14:32 into the first period
Paul MacKinnon · hooking2 min - 15:15 into the first periodGord Lane · delaying game2 min
- 17:05 into the second periodJay Wells · delaying game2 min
- 18:14 into the second periodYvon Labre · holding2 min
- 9:31 into the third periodGord Lane · elbowing2 min
- 15:32 into the third periodBob Sirois · misconduct10 min
- 19:17 into the third periodCharlie Simmer · roughing2 min
- 19:17 into the third periodLeif Svensson · roughing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Mike MarsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Steve CarlsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Richard MulhernD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Barry GibbsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 28 | 7 | .750 |
| 30Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Dennis HextallC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | W | 38 | 6 | .842 |