New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 15, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Saturday, December 15, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 36–26.
Dave Maloney scored twice. Steve Vickers, Phil Esposito, Rick Green, Wes Jarvis, Mike Gartner, Rolf Edberg and Paul Mulvey also scored.
Rollie Boutin made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; John Davidson stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Vickers (12)Ron Greschner (15), Barry Beck (21)1–013:20 NYR
Phil Esposito (15)Don Maloney (23), Barry Beck (22)2–014:08 NYR ·
2nd period
Dave Maloney (4)Carol Vadnais (8), Phil Esposito (16)3–006:13 NYR- Dave Maloney (5)Ulf Nilsson (24), Steve Vickers (13)4–018:08 NYR ·
3rd period
Rick Green (1)Mike Gartner (12)4–103:01 WSH
Wes Jarvis (5)Mark Lofthouse (6), Greg Polis (5)4–204:01 WSH
Mike Gartner (8)Mike Kaszycki (6), Robert Picard (13)4–310:29 WSH
Rolf Edberg (8)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (13), Robert Picard (14)4–412:22 WSH · 
Paul Mulvey (5)Mike Gartner (13), Mike Kaszycki (7)4–514:46 WSH
Team stats
NYRWSH
3626
0%0%
2/31/2
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:51 into the first period
Robert Picard · holding2 min - 7:33 into the second periodLeif Svensson · tripping2 min
- 15:38 into the second period
Dave Maloney · hooking2 min - 17:31 into the second periodRyan Walter · holding2 min
- 10:42 into the third periodDave Maloney · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Claude LaroseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | W | 36 | 4 | .889 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |