Winnipeg Jets vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, November 7, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets 6–3 on Wednesday, November 7, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Jets 49–15.
Mark Lofthouse scored twice and Rolf Edberg scored twice. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Lyle Moffat, Morris Lukowich, Peter Sullivan and Errol Rausse also scored.
Wayne Stephenson made 12 saves on 15 shots for the win; Gary Smith stopped 43 of 49.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (6)Mike Gartner (5), Robert Picard (5)0–109:05 WSH
Mark Lofthouse (1)Guy Charron (5), Greg Polis (2)0–218:27 WSH
2nd period
Lyle Moffat (1)Dave Hoyda (1), Hilliard Graves (1)1–204:55 WIN- Mark Lofthouse (2)Greg Polis (3)1–308:49 WSH
Rolf Edberg (5)Robert Picard (6)1–414:24 WSH
Morris Lukowich (4)Craig Norwich (2), Ron Wilson (5)2–415:47 WIN
Peter Sullivan (8)Lorne Stamler (4)3–418:53 WIN
3rd period
- Rolf Edberg (6)Robert Picard (7), Antero Lehtonen (2)3–503:03 WSH
Errol Rausse (4)Mark Lofthouse (1), Guy Charron (6)3–616:19 WSH
Team stats
WINWSH
1549
0%0%
0/30/3
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:46 into the first period
Ryan Walter · cross checking2 min - 4:05 into the first periodGord Lane · roughing2 min
- 4:05 into the first period
Dave Hoyda · elbowing2 min - 5:34 into the first periodScott Campbell · interference2 min
- 5:02 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · cross checking2 min
- 6:39 into the third periodYvon Labre · interference2 min
- 7:27 into the third periodWilly Lindstrom · tripping2 min
- 9:07 into the third periodLyle Moffat · hooking2 min
Season series
Winnipeg Jets
| 10Peter SullivanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Hilliard GravesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave HoydaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Lyle MoffatL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Ron WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Lorne StamlerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Craig NorwichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Bill LesukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Glenn TomaltyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike AmodeoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Lars SjobergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Scott CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Gord SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pierre HamelG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gary SmithG | L | 49 | 6 | .878 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 23Claude NoelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | W | 15 | 3 | .800 |