Washington Capitals vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 19, 1979 · Springfield Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 on Wednesday, December 19, 1979 at Springfield Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Capitals 28–21.
Blaine Stoughton scored twice. Robert Picard, Leif Svensson, Al Sims, Jordy Douglas, Ryan Walter, Dave Debol and Mike Gartner also scored.
John Garrett made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Blaine Stoughton (19)Mike Rogers (17), Jordy Douglas (17)0–106:08 HFD
Robert Picard (2)Guy Charron (10)1–109:14 WSH
Leif Svensson (2)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (14)2–111:07 WSH
2nd period
Al Sims (5)Dave Keon (26), Jordy Douglas (18)2–200:27 HFD
Jordy Douglas (10)Gordie Roberts (10)2–308:52 HFD
Ryan Walter (7)Guy Charron (11)3–316:21 WSH
3rd period
Dave Debol (1)Al Hangsleben (7), Ray Allison (5)3–403:24 HFD
Mike Gartner (9)Guy Charron (12)4–409:07 WSH- Blaine Stoughton (20)Dave Keon (27)4–512:19 HFD
Team stats
WSHHFD
2128
0%0%
0/30/1
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:37 into the first period
Gordie Howe · hooking2 min - 3:52 into the first period
Paul Mulvey · hooking2 min - 4:06 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:05 into the third periodDave Keon · hooking2 min
- 6:05 into the third periodRick Green · slashing2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodBlaine Stoughton · roughing2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodTom Rowe · slashing2 min
- 13:10 into the third periodDave Debol · tripping2 min
- 14:16 into the third periodGordie Roberts · high sticking2 min
- 14:16 into the third periodTom Rowe · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
Hartford Whalers
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Steve AlleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Robert StephensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Rick HodgsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 21 | 4 | .809 |