Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, January 12, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

2–5

38–31

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Saturday, January 12, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 38–31.

Goals came from Dave Lewis, Bryan Trottier, Wayne Merrick, Mike Bossy, Rolf Edberg, Mark Lofthouse and Bobby Nystrom.

Glenn Resch made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Rollie Boutin stopped 26 of 31.

Goals
WSH	0	0	2	2	38
NYI	1	3	1	5	31

Scoring

1st period

Dave Lewis (3)Bryan Trottier (33), Mike Bossy (16)0–102:40 NYI

2nd period

Bryan Trottier (24)Stefan Persson (17), Mike Bossy (17)0–202:55 NYI ·
Wayne Merrick (7)John Tonelli (16), Bobby Nystrom (5)0–312:11 NYI
Mike Bossy (25)Dave Langevin (9), Bryan Trottier (34)0–413:12 NYI

3rd period

Rolf Edberg (10)Unassisted1–401:06 WSH
Mark Lofthouse (6)Wes Jarvis (9)2–414:33 WSH
Bobby Nystrom (8)John Tonelli (17), Wayne Merrick (10)2–518:14 NYI

Team stats

WSHNYI

3831

0%0%

0/31/2

1113

Penalties

17:37 into the first periodBench · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
18:09 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · slashing2 min
1:02 into the second periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
1:02 into the second periodRick Green · roughing2 min
1:47 into the second periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
14:56 into the second periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
3:49 into the third periodGord Lane · fighting5 min
3:49 into the third periodRyan Walter · fighting5 min
12:07 into the third periodGord Lane · roughing2 min

Season series

Capitals vs Islanders head-to-head →

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Mark LofthouseR	1	0	1	0	4	0	–	–
10Rolf EdbergC	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
23Wes JarvisC	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
9Ryan WalterC	0	0	0	0	4	5	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
14Antero LehtonenR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
15Guy CharronC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
17Tom RoweR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
20Mike KaszyckiC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
25Bob SiroisR	0	0	0	−2	4	0	–	–
27Paul MulveyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
4Leif SvenssonD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
5Rick GreenD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	–	–
19Paul MacKinnonD	0	0	0	+1	4	0	–	–
24Robert PicardD	0	0	0	−3	6	0	–	–
29Pierre BouchardD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Rollie BoutinG	L	31	26	5	.839	60:00
31Gary InnessG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

19Bryan TrottierC	1	2	3	+2	2	0	–	–
22Mike BossyR	1	2	3	+2	4	0	–	–
11Wayne MerrickC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	1	1	2	+1	5	0	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	2	2	+1	2	2	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	–	–
25Dave LewisD	1	0	1	+2	3	0	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
8Garry HowattL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–
10Lorne HenningC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
12Duane SutterR	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
15Billy HarrisR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
28Anders KallurC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
4Bob LorimerD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
24Gord LaneD	0	0	0	0	3	7	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Glenn ReschG	W	38	36	2	.947	60:00
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00