Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 7, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Friday, December 7, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 30–24.
Goals came from Nick Libett, Rick Kehoe, George Ferguson, Paul Mulvey, Tom Bladon, Mike Gartner, Wes Jarvis and Greg Malone.
Greg Millen made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Gary Inness stopped 22 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Nick Libett (7)George Ferguson (9)1–006:07 PIT
Rick Kehoe (10)Randy Carlyle (13), Ross Lonsberry (8)2–006:50 PIT
George Ferguson (6)Gregg Sheppard (5)3–009:32 PIT
Paul Mulvey (3)Wes Jarvis (5), Tony Cassolato (2)3–118:30 WSH
2nd period
Tom Bladon (2)Nick Libett (4)4–113:57 PIT
Mike Gartner (7)Wes Jarvis (6), Paul Mulvey (4)4–216:11 WSH
3rd period
Wes Jarvis (3)Paul Mulvey (5), Mike Gartner (9)4–303:32 WSH
Greg Malone (8)Rod Schutt (8)5–305:32 PIT
Team stats
PITWSH
3024
0%0%
0/30/2
911
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:02 into the first period
Paul Mulvey · interference2 min - 11:02 into the first periodPaul Mulvey · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:03 into the first period
Tom Bladon · hooking2 min - 8:28 into the second periodBob Stewart · hooking2 min
- 5:32 into the third periodGreg Malone · fighting5 min
- 5:32 into the third periodTom Rowe · fighting5 min
- 16:20 into the third periodMike Gartner · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
Washington Capitals
| 23Wes JarvisC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Tony CassolatoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Brent TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | L | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 6 | 3 | .500 |