Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, October 28, 1979 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–4 on Sunday, October 28, 1979 at Northlands Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 33–17.
Bill Flett scored twice. Leif Svensson, Pat Price, Stan Weir, Ryan Walter, Errol Rausse, Rolf Edberg, Tom Rowe and Dennis Hextall also scored.
Wayne Stephenson made 13 saves on 17 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Leif Svensson (1)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (4)1–016:32 WSH
Pat Price (1)Peter Driscoll (2), Al Hamilton (6)1–118:03 EDM · 
Stan Weir (5)Blair MacDonald (4), Doug Hicks (2)1–219:21 EDM ·
2nd period
Ryan Walter (2)Tony Cassolato (1), Dennis Hextall (1)2–201:16 WSH
Bill Flett (3)Unassisted2–301:41 EDM
Errol Rausse (2)Tom Rowe (5)3–311:19 WSH
3rd period
Rolf Edberg (3)Rick Green (1), Errol Rausse (2)4–312:25 WSH
Tom Rowe (4)Ryan Walter (5), Yvon Labre (5)5–313:31 WSH- Bill Flett (4)Blair MacDonald (5), Stan Weir (4)5–417:22 EDM ·
Dennis Hextall (1)Ryan Walter (6)6–419:24 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHEDM
3317
0%0%
0/43/6
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:32 into the first period
Peter Driscoll · high sticking2 min - 10:08 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 17:41 into the first periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · delaying game2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodYvon Labre · holding2 min
- 5:06 into the second periodColin Campbell · hooking2 min
- 15:37 into the second periodLeif Svensson · holding2 min
- 2:19 into the third periodDoug Hicks · tripping2 min
- 4:51 into the third periodPaul MacKinnon · tripping2 min
- 10:21 into the third periodAl Hamilton · tripping2 min
- 16:01 into the third periodGord Lane · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 22Dennis HextallC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Tony CassolatoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | W | 17 | 4 | .765 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bill FlettR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Al HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron AreshenkoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |