Washington Capitals vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, December 8, 1979 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Washington Capitals 5–1 on Saturday, December 8, 1979 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Capitals 29–27.
Goals came from Chuck Lefley, Errol Rausse, Blair Chapman, Brian Sutter, Bernie Federko and Jack Brownschidle.
Mike Liut made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Chuck Lefley (1)Neil Komadoski (8)0–112:46 STL
Errol Rausse (6)Leif Svensson (7), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (12)1–115:21 WSH
Blair Chapman (7)Bernie Federko (21), Brian Sutter (12)1–217:54 STL
2nd period
Brian Sutter (9)Bernie Federko (22), Rick Lapointe (6)1–301:58 STL
Bernie Federko (11)Brian Sutter (13), Ed Kea (5)1–416:01 STL
3rd period
Jack Brownschidle (5)Wayne Babych (8), Ed Kea (6)1–514:11 STL
Team stats
WSHSTL
2729
0%0%
0/10/2
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:42 into the second period
Rick Green · hooking2 min - 11:27 into the second period
Larry Patey · roughing2 min - 11:27 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · roughing2 min
- 3:14 into the third periodEd Kea · hooking2 min
- 7:32 into the third periodRick Green · holding2 min
- 13:19 into the third periodBrian Sutter · roughing2 min
- 13:19 into the third periodTom Rowe · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 6Errol RausseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Tony CassolatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 22Brent TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
St. Louis Blues
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 25Chuck LefleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Neil KomadoskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |