Washington Capitals vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Sunday, January 20, 1980 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Sunday, January 20, 1980 at Le Colisée. The Capitals outshot the Nordiques 33–29.
Real Cloutier scored twice. Mark Lofthouse, Alain Cote and Al Hangsleben also scored.
Ron Low made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Rollie Boutin stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Lofthouse (7)Pierre Bouchard (6), Antero Lehtonen (6)1–002:39 WSH
Real Cloutier (26)Michel Goulet (13), Dale Hoganson (17)1–104:53 QUE · 
Alain Cote (1)Dale Hoganson (18), Real Cloutier (25)1–211:21 QUE
3rd period
Al Hangsleben (5)Robert Picard (24), Antero Lehtonen (7)2–209:28 WSH- Real Cloutier (27)Dale Hoganson (19), Rich Leduc (16)2–310:36 QUE
Team stats
WSHQUE
3329
0%0%
0/51/3
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:56 into the first period
Tim Coulis · cross checking2 min - 14:21 into the first periodAl Hangsleben · holding2 min
- 17:12 into the first period
Alain Cote · hooking2 min - 9:40 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 9:40 into the second periodPierre Plante · hooking2 min
- 17:18 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:52 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · hooking2 min
- 15:39 into the third periodAlain Cote · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim CoulisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Quebec Nordiques
| 9Real CloutierR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Rich LeducC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Bob FitchnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Pierre PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18John SmrkeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Reginald ThomasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Blair StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ron LowG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 30Michel DionG | 0 | 0 | – |