Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, November 13, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Tuesday, November 13, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 24–20.
Goals came from Bill Flett, Stan Weir, Ron Chipperfield, Wayne Gretzky, Tom Rowe, Ryan Walter, Errol Rausse and Blair MacDonald.
Dave Dryden made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Bill Flett (5)Ron Chipperfield (5), Mark Messier (3)1–004:17 EDM
2nd period
Stan Weir (8)Blair MacDonald (9)2–009:58 EDM
Ron Chipperfield (3)Mark Messier (4), Doug Hicks (6)3–010:25 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (6)Lee Fogolin (1)4–012:06 EDM
Tom Rowe (5)Rick Green (2), Ryan Walter (8)4–114:28 WSH · 
Ryan Walter (3)Guy Charron (8), Rick Green (3)4–217:24 WSH ·
3rd period
Errol Rausse (5)Tom Rowe (7), Robert Picard (9)4–312:21 WSH
Blair MacDonald (11)Wayne Gretzky (14), Colin Campbell (1)5–318:35 EDM
Team stats
EDMWSH
2420
0%0%
0/22/5
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:24 into the first period
Rick Green · interference2 min - 11:52 into the first period
Lee Fogolin · high sticking2 min - 17:17 into the first periodBryon Baltimore · tripping2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodDave Semenko · slashing2 min
- 14:28 into the second periodRon Chipperfield · slashing2 min
- 16:31 into the second periodBryon Baltimore · slashing2 min
- 18:42 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Bill FlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Dan NewmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Poul PopielD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Bryon BaltimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 31Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Claude NoelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |