Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, November 15, 1979 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Thursday, November 15, 1979 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 20–16.
Goals came from Rick Middleton, Tom Rowe, Peter Scamurra, Stan Jonathan and Dick Redmond.
Gilles Gilbert made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 17 of 20.
Scoring
2nd period
Rick Middleton (5)Jean Ratelle (13), Dick Redmond (13)0–109:50 BOS · 
Tom Rowe (6)Ryan Walter (9), Leif Svensson (6)1–109:59 WSH
Peter Scamurra (2)Rick Green (4)2–114:11 WSH ·
3rd period
Stan Jonathan (3)Jean Ratelle (14), Rick Middleton (6)2–202:01 BOS
Dick Redmond (3)Bobby Schmautz (5), Ray Bourque (6)2–313:58 BOS ·
Team stats
WSHBOS
1620
0%0%
1/52/6
4825
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:31 into the first period
Stan Jonathan · roughing2 min - 2:31 into the first period
Gord Lane · roughing2 min - 7:22 into the first periodStan Jonathan · charging2 min
- 10:26 into the first periodWayne Cashman · high sticking2 min
- 10:26 into the first periodRyan Walter · high sticking2 min
- 14:11 into the first periodGord Lane · roughing2 min
- 2:50 into the second periodGreg Polis · tripping2 min
- 6:46 into the second periodMike Milbury · roughing2 min
- 6:46 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · roughing double minor4 min
- 11:23 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · boarding2 min
- 11:23 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:05 into the second periodRobert Picard · interference2 min
- 17:25 into the second periodGord Lane · misconduct10 min
- 18:25 into the second periodAl Secord · hooking2 min
- 2:16 into the third periodAl Secord · tripping2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodWayne Cashman · fighting5 min
- 8:49 into the third periodYvon Labre · fighting5 min
- 12:27 into the third periodPeter Scamurra · holding2 min
- 15:38 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · roughing double minor4 min
- 15:38 into the third periodRyan Walter · roughing2 min
- 15:38 into the third periodRyan Walter · high sticking5 min
- 20:00 into the third periodTom Rowe · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Tim CoulisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 20 | 3 | .850 |
Boston Bruins
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 16 | 2 | .875 |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | 0 | 0 | – |