Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 28, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–2 on Friday, December 28, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 34–25.
Mike Kaszycki scored twice and Bob Murray scored twice. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Robert Picard, Ryan Walter and Mike Gartner also scored.
Rollie Boutin made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Kaszycki (4)Tom Rowe (12), Guy Charron (13)0–105:44 WSH- Mike Kaszycki (5)Tom Rowe (13), Guy Charron (14)0–206:09 WSH
Bob Murray (4)Doug Wilson (15)1–207:16 CHI
2nd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (8)Unassisted1–301:58 WSH · 
Robert Picard (4)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (16), Guy Charron (15)1–419:21 WSH ·
3rd period
Ryan Walter (10)Mike Gartner (16), Robert Picard (20)1–505:12 WSH- Bob Murray (5)Grant Mulvey (7), Rich Preston (12)2–507:49 CHI
Mike Gartner (11)Ryan Walter (18), Robert Picard (21)2–616:07 WSH ·
Team stats
CHIWSH
2534
0%0%
0/42/6
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:24 into the first period
Grant Mulvey · roughing2 min - 6:24 into the first period
Mike Gartner · charging2 min - 15:46 into the first periodDoug Wilson · tripping2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodMark Lofthouse · tripping2 min
- 1:47 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:59 into the second periodMike O'connell · holding2 min
- 8:51 into the second periodMike Kaszycki · tripping2 min
- 18:56 into the second periodGreg Fox · tripping2 min
- 8:59 into the third periodMike Kaszycki · hooking2 min
- 10:28 into the third periodDoug Wilson · cross checking2 min
- 15:46 into the third periodTim Higgins · high sticking2 min
- 19:36 into the third periodTed Bulley · slashing2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 6Bob MurrayD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Alain DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Cliff KorollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 34 | 6 | .824 |
Washington Capitals
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |