Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, November 21, 1979 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Washington Capitals 4–0 on Wednesday, November 21, 1979 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Capitals 41–23.
Rich Preston scored twice. J.P. Bordeleau and Stan Mikita also scored.
Tony Esposito made 23 saves on 23 shots for the win; Gary Inness stopped 8 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Rich Preston (7)Terry Ruskowski (16), Bob Murray (10)0–102:04 CHI · 
J.P. Bordeleau (1)Bob Murray (11), Stan Mikita (3)0–203:47 CHI
Stan Mikita (1)Mike O'connell (5), David Logan (1)0–308:46 CHI- Rich Preston (8)Grant Mulvey (5), Bob Murray (12)0–417:06 CHI
Team stats
WSHCHI
2341
0%0%
0/31/2
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:26 into the first period
Ryan Walter · hooking2 min - 17:23 into the first period
Grant Mulvey · charging2 min - 2:43 into the second periodGord Lane · elbowing2 min
- 8:34 into the third periodJ.P. Bordeleau · interference2 min
- 19:43 into the third periodGrant Mulvey · elbowing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Tony CassolatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim CoulisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Dennis HextallC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | L | 12 | 4 | .667 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 29 | 0 | 1.000 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 21Stan MikitaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23J.P. BordeleauR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2David LoganD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 23 | 0 | 1.000 |