Toronto Maple Leafs vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, November 28, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Wednesday, November 28, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Maple Leafs 33–26.
Lanny McDonald scored twice. Paul Gardner, Tom Rowe, Guy Charron and Ron Ellis also scored.
Mike Palmateer made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Lanny McDonald (11)Walt McKechnie (15), Dave Williams (9)1–003:52 TOR · 
Paul Gardner (7)Borje Salming (20), Walt McKechnie (16)2–018:49 TOR ·
2nd period
Tom Rowe (8)Guy Charron (9), Wayne Stephenson (1)2–102:24 WSH ·
3rd period
Guy Charron (4)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (10), Ryan Walter (10)2–201:03 WSH · - Lanny McDonald (12)Borje Salming (21), Walt McKechnie (17)3–204:06 TOR ·
Ron Ellis (7)Dan Maloney (5), Walt McKechnie (18)4–213:46 TOR
Team stats
TORWSH
2633
0%0%
3/32/5
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:15 into the first period
Rick Green · interference2 min - 10:23 into the first period
Borje Salming · hooking2 min - 17:40 into the first periodRobert Picard · interference2 min
- 19:54 into the first periodDan Maloney · roughing double minor4 min
- 19:54 into the first periodRobert Picard · roughing2 min
- 5:59 into the second periodDave Williams · high sticking2 min
- 5:59 into the second periodMark Lofthouse · roughing2 min
- 7:59 into the second periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 12:22 into the second periodLaurie Boschman · hooking2 min
- 19:39 into the second periodIan Turnbull · hooking2 min
- 2:29 into the third periodRyan Walter · holding2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Lanny McDonaldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 15Guy CharronC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve ClippingdaleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brent TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |