Quebec Nordiques vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 1, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Quebec Nordiques 7–2 on Saturday, December 1, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Nordiques 34–22.
Mike Gartner scored a hat trick. Ryan Walter, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Real Cloutier, Michel Goulet, Tom Rowe and Wes Jarvis also scored.
Gary Inness made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Goran Hogosta stopped 27 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Walter (5)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (11), Tom Rowe (8)0–113:41 WSH ·
2nd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (7)Robert Picard (11), Mark Lofthouse (5)0–202:17 WSH · 
Real Cloutier (17)Gerry Hart (14), Michel Goulet (8)1–217:24 QUE · 
Michel Goulet (5)Jamie Hislop (6), Robbie Ftorek (15)2–217:53 QUE
3rd period
Tom Rowe (9)Rick Green (8), Bob Sirois (3)2–303:39 WSH
Mike Gartner (4)Wes Jarvis (2), Paul Mulvey (3)2–405:02 WSH
Wes Jarvis (2)Unassisted2–507:59 WSH- Mike Gartner (5)Wes Jarvis (3)2–608:27 WSH
- Mike Gartner (6)Wes Jarvis (4)2–714:45 WSH
Team stats
QUEWSH
2234
0%0%
1/32/4
1514
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:12 into the first period
Garry Lariviere · roughing2 min - 1:12 into the first period
Paul Mulvey · fighting5 min - 12:31 into the first periodPaul Baxter · high sticking2 min
- 15:53 into the first periodJamie Hislop · hooking2 min
- 19:17 into the first periodPaul Baxter · cross checking2 min
- 1:38 into the second periodGerry Hart · hooking2 min
- 6:07 into the second periodRick Green · slashing2 min
- 12:17 into the second periodRich Leduc · fighting5 min
- 12:17 into the second periodTom Rowe · fighting5 min
- 17:12 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 11Jamie HislopR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Gerry HartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 10Rich LeducC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Pierre PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Roland CloutierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Richard DavidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Blair StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Barry LeggeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Goran HogostaG | L | 34 | 7 | .794 |
| 30Michel DionG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 23Wes JarvisC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve ClippingdaleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Brent TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |