Washington Capitals vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, October 24, 1979 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Wednesday, October 24, 1979 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Capitals 25–24.
Marcel Dionne scored twice and Dave Taylor scored twice. Gord Lane, Paul Mulvey, Antero Lehtonen and Charlie Simmer also scored.
Mario Lessard made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Gord Lane (1)Yvon Labre (4), Dennis Maruk (3)1–010:31 WSH
Marcel Dionne (7)Butch Goring (11), Doug Halward (9)1–115:13 LAK ·
2nd period
Dave Taylor (8)Marcel Dionne (14), Rob Palmer (4)1–205:54 LAK
Paul Mulvey (1)Mike Gartner (2), Paul MacKinnon (1)2–214:43 WSH
Antero Lehtonen (1)Tom Rowe (4), Robert Picard (4)3–215:32 WSH · 
Charlie Simmer (10)Unassisted3–317:48 LAK
3rd period
- Dave Taylor (9)Doug Halward (10), Marcel Dionne (15)3–407:54 LAK
- Marcel Dionne (8)Charlie Simmer (8)3–519:51 LAK ·
Team stats
WSHLAK
2425
0%0%
1/31/7
2517
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:09 into the first period
Charlie Simmer · high sticking2 min - 0:09 into the first period
Tom Rowe · high sticking2 min - 3:14 into the first periodDennis Hextall · elbowing2 min
- 5:16 into the first periodLeif Svensson · slashing2 min
- 13:10 into the first periodMark Hardy · tripping2 min
- 14:03 into the first periodRobert Picard · holding2 min
- 14:25 into the first periodDennis Hextall · slashing2 min
- 15:39 into the first periodGord Lane · delaying game2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodDoug Halward · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodGord Lane · roughing2 min
- 8:59 into the second periodTom Rowe · tripping2 min
- 14:55 into the second periodDave Taylor · high sticking2 min
- 19:20 into the second periodGlenn Goldup · high sticking2 min
- 19:20 into the second periodGlenn Goldup · fighting5 min
- 19:20 into the second periodDennis Hextall · high sticking2 min
- 19:20 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 9:38 into the third periodPeter Scamurra · holding2 min
- 14:31 into the third periodGlenn Goldup · boarding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Tony CassolatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Dennis HextallC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Steve CarlsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Syl AppsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Barry GibbsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 30Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |