Atlanta Flames vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, November 18, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Atlanta Flames beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Sunday, November 18, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Flames 28–24.
Goals came from Wes Jarvis, Peter Scamurra, Bill Clement, Paul Reinhart, Jean Pronovost and Ken Houston.
Dan Bouchard made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Gary Inness stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Wes Jarvis (1)Gord Lane (3), Mike Gartner (6)0–101:58 WSH
Peter Scamurra (3)Paul Mulvey (2), Mark Lofthouse (3)0–203:39 WSH
Bill Clement (4)Jean Pronovost (6), Bob Murdoch (7)1–209:24 AFM · 
Paul Reinhart (3)Kent Nilsson (11), Phil Russell (7)2–217:37 AFM
3rd period
Jean Pronovost (6)Ivan Boldirev (14), Paul Reinhart (10)3–205:17 AFM · 
Ken Houston (7)Phil Russell (8), Bill Clement (5)4–219:51 AFM ·
Team stats
AFMWSH
2428
0%0%
2/40/4
1818
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:07 into the first period
Darcy Rota · tripping2 min - 15:14 into the first periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 15:14 into the first period
Rick Green · fighting5 min - 16:31 into the first periodBob Murdoch · tripping2 min
- 16:47 into the first periodRobert Picard · interference2 min
- 6:27 into the second periodWilli Plett · hooking2 min
- 10:47 into the second periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 10:47 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 13:42 into the second periodGord Lane · cross checking2 min
- 4:53 into the third periodMike Gartner · holding2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodGarry Unger · hooking2 min
- 19:34 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Atlanta Flames
| 9Jean PronovostR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dennis HextallC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |