Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, December 30, 1979 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Sunday, December 30, 1979 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 29–25.
Goals came from Guy Charron, Barry Beck, Claude Larose, Eddie Johnstone, Anders Hedberg, Antero Lehtonen and Steve Vickers.
Steve Baker made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Rollie Boutin stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Charron (8)Tom Rowe (14)1–002:04 WSH
Barry Beck (7)Steve Vickers (15), Ulf Nilsson (29)1–111:44 NYR ·
2nd period
Claude Larose (2)Ron Duguay (12), Barry Beck (25)1–200:10 NYR
Eddie Johnstone (6)Dave Maloney (11)1–310:27 NYR
Anders Hedberg (20)Ulf Nilsson (30), Barry Beck (26)1–411:47 NYR
3rd period
Antero Lehtonen (3)Rolf Edberg (2)2–402:46 WSH
Steve Vickers (16)Ulf Nilsson (31), Anders Hedberg (17)2–511:37 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
2529
0%0%
0/21/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:19 into the first period
Mike Kaszycki · tripping2 min - 10:20 into the first periodPeter Scamurra · tripping2 min
- 2:56 into the second period
Mario Marois · holding2 min - 12:29 into the second periodBarry Beck · tripping2 min
- 13:14 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · hooking2 min
- 6:26 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · slashing2 min
- 6:26 into the third periodRyan Walter · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Claude LaroseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Frank BeatonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |