Washington Capitals vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, November 3, 1979 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Washington Capitals 7–1 on Saturday, November 3, 1979 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The Capitals outshot the North Stars 37–36.
Goals came from Glen Sharpley, Kent-Erik Andersson, Gary Sargent, Al MacAdam, Craig Hartsburg, Tom McCarthy, Rolf Edberg and Bobby Smith.
Gilles Meloche made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 17 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Glen Sharpley (6)Craig Hartsburg (5), Ron Zanussi (3)0–106:24 MNS
Kent-Erik Andersson (3)Tim Young (5), Kris Manery (2)0–207:40 MNS
Gary Sargent (3)Bobby Smith (12)0–315:51 MNS
Al MacAdam (4)Paul Shmyr (5), Steve Payne (6)0–416:21 MNS
Craig Hartsburg (4)Brad Maxwell (8)0–519:15 MNS
2nd period
Tom McCarthy (4)Glen Sharpley (8), Ron Zanussi (4)0–603:27 MNS
3rd period
Rolf Edberg (4)Leif Svensson (4), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (6)1–607:07 WSH
Bobby Smith (5)Unassisted1–710:11 MNS
Team stats
WSHMNS
3736
0%0%
0/40/4
2636
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:13 into the first period
Dennis Hextall · high sticking2 min - 10:36 into the first periodRyan Walter · charging2 min
- 0:18 into the second period
Brad Maxwell · elbowing2 min - 3:57 into the second periodTom Rowe · holding2 min
- 8:19 into the second periodTom Younghans · high sticking2 min
- 8:19 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · high sticking double minor4 min
- 13:08 into the second periodFred Barrett · roughing2 min
- 13:08 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · roughing2 min
- 13:08 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · fighting5 min
- 13:08 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · misconduct10 min
- 13:08 into the second periodDennis Hextall · roughing2 min
- 13:08 into the second periodDennis Hextall · fighting5 min
- 13:08 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · roughing2 min
- 13:27 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · holding2 min
- 8:15 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · holding2 min
- 8:15 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · fighting5 min
- 8:15 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · high sticking2 min
- 8:15 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 11:21 into the third periodTim Young · roughing2 min
- 15:48 into the third periodFred Barrett · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 6 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dennis HextallC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Claude NoelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 14 | 2 | .857 | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 22 | 5 | .773 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Kris ManeryR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 14Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 37 | 1 | .973 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |