Minnesota North Stars vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, December 12, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 on Wednesday, December 12, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the North Stars 31–30.
Tim Young scored twice and Mike Kaszycki scored twice. Mike Fidler, Steve Payne, Wes Jarvis, Tom Younghans and Paul Mulvey also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Gary Inness stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Young (10)Gary Sargent (12)1–002:02 MNS
Mike Fidler (2)Glen Sharpley (12), Gary Sargent (13)2–003:07 MNS
2nd period
Mike Kaszycki (2)Ryan Walter (13), Tom Rowe (9)2–104:08 WSH ·
3rd period
Steve Payne (20)Tim Young (11), Paul Shmyr (12)3–100:59 MNS
Wes Jarvis (4)Tom Rowe (10)3–205:40 WSH
Tom Younghans (3)Kris Manery (4)4–208:51 MNS- Tim Young (11)Al MacAdam (20), Steve Payne (14)5–214:24 MNS
Paul Mulvey (4)Mike Gartner (10), Mike Kaszycki (5)5–315:59 WSH- Mike Kaszycki (3)Mike Gartner (11), Robert Picard (12)5–418:17 WSH
Team stats
MNSWSH
3031
0%0%
0/21/1
2224
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:00 into the first period
Tom Younghans · roughing2 min - 9:00 into the first periodTom Younghans · slashing2 min
- 9:00 into the first period
Paul Mulvey · charging2 min - 9:00 into the first periodPaul Mulvey · roughing2 min
- 11:20 into the first periodGlen Sharpley · roughing2 min
- 11:20 into the first periodTom Rowe · roughing double minor4 min
- 16:36 into the first periodMike Polich · roughing2 min
- 16:36 into the first periodTom Rowe · charging2 min
- 16:36 into the first periodGary Inness · roughing2 min
- 19:42 into the first periodTom Younghans · misconduct10 min
- 19:42 into the first periodPaul Mulvey · misconduct10 min
- 1:47 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · roughing2 min
- 1:47 into the second periodTom Rowe · roughing2 min
- 2:21 into the second periodGary Sargent · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 17Tim YoungC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Kris ManeryR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tony CassolatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 2Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |