Toronto Maple Leafs vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, October 19, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Friday, October 19, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Maple Leafs outshot the Capitals 41–26.
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored twice and Darryl Sittler scored twice. Dave Burrows, Tom Rowe, Dave Williams and Dan Maloney also scored.
Mike Palmateer made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Gary Inness stopped 36 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (3)Unassisted0–103:42 WSH
Dave Burrows (1)Darryl Sittler (4), John Anderson (5)1–104:12 TOR
Darryl Sittler (3)John Anderson (6), Greg Hotham (2)2–107:50 TOR
Tom Rowe (2)Paul Mulvey (1), Yvon Labre (2)2–217:25 WSH
2nd period
- Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (4)Gord Lane (1), Yvon Labre (3)2–309:41 WSH
Dave Williams (3)Lanny McDonald (2), Borje Salming (3)3–311:56 TOR · 
Dan Maloney (3)Dave Hutchison (1)4–315:48 TOR
3rd period
- Darryl Sittler (4)Dave Williams (3), Mike Palmateer (1)5–319:08 TOR ·
Team stats
TORWSH
4126
0%0%
1/10/2
109
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:59 into the first period
Darryl Sittler · high sticking2 min - 12:59 into the first period
Gord Lane · high sticking2 min - 6:53 into the second periodRocky Saganiuk · slashing2 min
- 6:53 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · slashing2 min
- 7:56 into the second periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 7:56 into the second periodRobert Picard · slashing5 min
- 12:41 into the second periodDarryl Sittler · high sticking2 min
- 17:35 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · hooking2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Greg HothamD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 23Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave BurrowsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Dennis HextallC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | L | 40 | 4 | .900 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |