Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, January 16, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Wednesday, January 16, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 38–36.
Goals came from Ron Chipperfield, Bob Sirois, Cam Connor, Wayne Gretzky, Stan Weir, Mike Kaszycki and Lee Fogolin.
Eddie Mio made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Chipperfield (9)Bobby Schmautz (10), Cam Connor (3)1–005:05 EDM
2nd period
Bob Sirois (3)Tom Rowe (17), Robert Picard (23)1–101:59 WSH · 
Cam Connor (2)Bobby Schmautz (11), Ron Chipperfield (11)2–106:15 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (23)Brett Callighen (22), Blair MacDonald (25)3–111:44 EDM
Stan Weir (20)Dave Lumley (20), Dave Hunter (14)4–114:15 EDM
3rd period
Mike Kaszycki (6)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (20), Rolf Edberg (4)4–212:46 WSH
Lee Fogolin (1)Wayne Gretzky (39), Pat Price (11)5–218:40 EDM
Team stats
EDMWSH
3836
0%0%
0/11/6
122
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:53 into the first period
Kevin Lowe · holding2 min - 11:08 into the first period
Paul Mulvey · hooking2 min - 14:44 into the first periodBrett Callighen · interference2 min
- 18:33 into the first periodCam Connor · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3:11 into the second periodPat Price · roughing2 min
- 16:21 into the third periodLee Fogolin · high sticking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Cam ConnorR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |
| 35Jim CorsiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |