Hartford Whalers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, December 4, 1979 · Capital Centre
Scoring
1st period
Gordie Howe (10)Mike Rogers (15)1–008:18 HFD
Ryan Walter (6)Greg Theberge (1)1–110:39 WSH · 
Brent Tremblay (1)Ryan Walter (11)1–212:31 WSH
2nd period
Greg Polis (1)Mike Gartner (8), Ryan Walter (12)1–312:08 WSH
Jordy Douglas (7)Blaine Stoughton (9), Dave Keon (20)2–316:20 HFD ·
3rd period
Ray Allison (7)Mike Rogers (16), Mark Howe (15)3–302:25 HFD
Team stats
HFDWSH
2828
0%0%
1/41/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:14 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · holding2 min - 13:12 into the first periodRonald Plumb · holding2 min
- 14:54 into the first period
Brent Tremblay · holding2 min - 17:50 into the first periodRyan Walter · interference2 min
- 2:09 into the second periodMark Howe · slashing2 min
- 2:09 into the second periodRobert Picard · elbowing2 min
- 7:01 into the second periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 14:28 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · interference2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodBlaine Stoughton · tripping2 min
- 16:58 into the third periodBrent Tremblay · high sticking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Charles LuksaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | T | 28 | 3 | .893 |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Brent TremblayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Tony CassolatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Claude NoelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Bob GirardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | T | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |