Vancouver Canucks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 21, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 2–1 on Friday, December 21, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Canucks outshot the Capitals 29–26.
Goals came from Tom Rowe, Ryan Walter and Rick Blight.
Rollie Boutin made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 24 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Tom Rowe (10)Leif Svensson (8), Peter Scamurra (4)0–118:27 WSH ·
3rd period
Ryan Walter (8)Robert Picard (15), Mike Kaszycki (8)0–207:57 WSH · 
Rick Blight (11)Don Lever (10), Per-Olov Brasar (15)1–211:38 VAN
Team stats
VANWSH
2926
0%0%
0/12/5
2517
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:33 into the first period
Harold Snepsts · roughing2 min - 10:53 into the first period
Ryan Walter · roughing2 min - 15:18 into the first periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 15:18 into the first periodJack McIlhargey · delaying game2 min
- 15:18 into the first periodRobert Picard · delaying game2 min
- 17:16 into the first periodChris Oddleifson · elbowing2 min
- 18:42 into the first periodHarold Snepsts · interference2 min
- 3:39 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · charging2 min
- 4:11 into the second periodChris Oddleifson · holding2 min
- 4:11 into the second periodRick Green · interference2 min
- 7:27 into the second periodChris Oddleifson · holding2 min
- 11:19 into the second periodBrad Smith · roughing2 min
- 11:19 into the second periodBrad Smith · fighting5 min
- 11:19 into the second periodRobert Picard · hooking2 min
- 11:19 into the second periodRobert Picard · fighting5 min
- 19:06 into the second periodCurt Fraser · delaying game2 min
- 19:06 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · delaying game2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodHarold Snepsts · tripping2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 8Rick BlightR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Chris OddleifsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Bruce AffleckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 35Curt RidleyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – |