Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, October 20, 1979 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5–1 on Saturday, October 20, 1979 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 42–23.
Orest Kindrachuk scored twice. Rod Schutt, Randy Carlyle, Paul Marshall and Bob Sirois also scored.
Rob Holland made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 37 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Orest Kindrachuk (3)Rick Kehoe (2), Russ Anderson (4)0–110:38 PIT- Orest Kindrachuk (4)Unassisted0–213:53 PIT
Rod Schutt (1)George Ferguson (2), Gary McAdam (1)0–319:05 PIT
2nd period
Randy Carlyle (1)Gary McAdam (2), George Ferguson (3)0–408:13 PIT
Paul Marshall (2)Greg Malone (2), Peter Lee (3)0–510:35 PIT
Bob Sirois (1)Ryan Walter (3)1–517:45 WSH
Team stats
WSHPIT
2342
0%0%
0/40/2
2115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:47 into the first period
Russ Anderson · hooking2 min - 14:19 into the first periodKim Clackson · slashing2 min
- 1:24 into the second period
Bob Sirois · tripping2 min - 20:00 into the second periodRuss Anderson · slashing2 min
- 4:40 into the third periodKim Clackson · elbowing2 min
- 4:40 into the third periodKim Clackson · fighting5 min
- 4:40 into the third periodRyan Walter · fighting5 min
- 5:40 into the third periodGreg Malone · roughing2 min
- 5:40 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · hooking2 min
- 6:44 into the third periodDennis Maruk · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:27 into the third periodTom Rowe · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Dennis HextallC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 42 | 5 | .881 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 20Paul MarshallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |