Washington Capitals vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Saturday, October 27, 1979 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Saturday, October 27, 1979 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Capitals 25–19.
Goals came from Stan Smyl, Bill Derlago, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Dennis Maruk, Tom Rowe, Rick Vaive, Jere Gillis and Don Lever.
Glen Hanlon made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Gary Inness stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Stan Smyl (5)John Hughes (2), Thomas Gradin (5)0–100:55 VAN
Bill Derlago (1)Dennis Kearns (5), Ron Sedlbauer (1)0–208:20 VAN · 
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (5)Ryan Walter (4), Mike Gartner (3)1–211:22 WSH ·
2nd period
Dennis Maruk (8)Unassisted2–206:54 WSH · 
Tom Rowe (3)Dennis Maruk (4), Antero Lehtonen (1)3–209:20 WSH
3rd period
Rick Vaive (4)Kevin McCarthy (3)3–301:35 VAN
Jere Gillis (2)Stan Smyl (3)3–415:53 VAN
Don Lever (7)Lars Lindgren (4)3–519:00 VAN ·
Team stats
WSHVAN
1925
0%0%
1/51/3
2630
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:25 into the first period
John Hughes · charging2 min - 6:24 into the first period
Mike Gartner · tripping2 min - 10:49 into the first periodStan Smyl · high sticking2 min
- 16:14 into the first periodJohn Hughes · delaying game2 min
- 2:23 into the second periodRick Vaive · fighting5 min
- 2:23 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · fighting5 min
- 2:23 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · misconduct10 min
- 2:23 into the second periodGord Lane · fighting5 min
- 2:23 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 2:23 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · misconduct10 min
- 5:01 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 10:04 into the second periodJack McIlhargey · cross checking2 min
- 14:04 into the second periodGord Lane · cross checking2 min
- 19:18 into the third periodJack McIlhargey · elbowing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Tony CassolatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bill DerlagoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jere GillisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Rick VaiveR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4John HughesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Rick BlightR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Chris OddleifsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 19 | 3 | .842 |
| 35Curt RidleyG | 0 | 0 | – |