Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, November 16, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Friday, November 16, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 22–18.
Vaclav Nedomansky scored twice and Reed Larson scored twice. Ryan Walter and Tom Rowe also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Gary Inness stopped 5 of 8.
Scoring
1st period
Vaclav Nedomansky (8)Dale McCourt (8), Barry Long (2)1–009:59 DET
Reed Larson (2)Peter Mahovlich (10)2–012:43 DET · - Reed Larson (3)Greg Joly (1)3–013:54 DET
Ryan Walter (4)Rick Green (5), Mark Lofthouse (2)3–118:45 WSH
2nd period
- Vaclav Nedomansky (9)Dale McCourt (9), Dan Labraaten (9)4–102:34 DET
Tom Rowe (7)Peter Scamurra (3)4–205:44 WSH
Team stats
DETWSH
1822
0%0%
1/40/4
1323
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:57 into the first period
Willie Huber · cross checking2 min - 12:39 into the first period
Paul Mulvey · interference2 min - 19:43 into the first periodGord Lane · tripping2 min
- 8:10 into the second periodGord Lane · hooking2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodMike Foligno · slashing2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodReed Larson · fighting5 min
- 13:55 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · game misconduct10 min
- 13:55 into the second periodTom Rowe · fighting5 min
- 18:13 into the second periodDale McCourt · holding2 min
- 7:37 into the third periodRick Green · hooking2 min
- 11:01 into the third periodReed Larson · holding2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Dennis SobchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dennis HextallC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | L | 8 | 3 | .625 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 10 | 1 | .900 |