Washington Capitals vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Friday, January 4, 1980 · Springfield Civic Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers 6–3 on Friday, January 4, 1980 at Springfield Civic Center. The Capitals outshot the Whalers 31–23.
Guy Charron scored twice and Antero Lehtonen scored twice. Mike Rogers, Blaine Stoughton, Wes Jarvis, Dave Debol and Mike Gartner also scored.
Rollie Boutin made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Charron (9)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (17)1–000:53 WSH · 
Mike Rogers (15)Mark Howe (18), Al Hangsleben (8)1–107:01 HFD
2nd period
Blaine Stoughton (22)Dave Keon (30), Al Hangsleben (9)1–208:18 HFD- Guy Charron (10)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (18), Ryan Walter (19)2–216:00 WSH ·
3rd period
Wes Jarvis (6)Leif Svensson (9), Rick Green (9)3–205:44 WSH
Antero Lehtonen (4)Mark Lofthouse (7), Rick Green (10)4–206:03 WSH- Antero Lehtonen (5)Rick Green (11)5–215:12 WSH
Dave Debol (3)Al Hangsleben (10), Pat Boutette (5)5–315:38 HFD
Mike Gartner (12)Unassisted6–317:49 WSH
Team stats
WSHHFD
3123
0%0%
2/40/3
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:48 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · tripping2 min - 3:17 into the first period
Mike Gartner · hooking2 min - 1:31 into the second periodJordy Douglas · hooking2 min
- 15:01 into the second periodNick Fotiu · charging2 min
- 18:59 into the second periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
- 8:51 into the third periodAl Hangsleben · holding2 min
- 10:49 into the third periodGreg Carroll · high sticking2 min
- 10:49 into the third periodTom Rowe · high sticking2 min
- 10:49 into the third periodTom Rowe · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Brent TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Brian HillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |