New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, January 27, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 7–1 on Sunday, January 27, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 34–26.
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored twice and Ryan Walter scored twice. Mike Bossy, Mike Gartner, Paul Mulvey and Paul MacKinnon also scored.
Wayne Stephenson made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 27 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (32)Bryan Trottier (40), Bob Lorimer (9)1–003:23 NYI
2nd period
Mike Gartner (17)Ryan Walter (23)1–100:08 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (12)Paul MacKinnon (4), Mike Gartner (19)1–200:30 WSH
Paul Mulvey (8)Bob Sirois (6), Rolf Edberg (5)1–300:58 WSH
Ryan Walter (12)Paul MacKinnon (5), Mike Gartner (20)1–404:14 WSH
Paul MacKinnon (1)Ryan Walter (24), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (22)1–509:08 WSH- Ryan Walter (13)Al Hangsleben (16), Rick Green (12)1–613:16 WSH ·
3rd period
- Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (13)Rick Green (13), Ryan Walter (25)1–701:02 WSH
Team stats
NYIWSH
2634
0%0%
0/41/3
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:51 into the first period
John Tonelli · hooking2 min - 17:35 into the first period
Antero Lehtonen · holding2 min - 12:44 into the second periodGarry Howatt · elbowing2 min
- 12:44 into the second periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 12:44 into the second periodWes Jarvis · roughing2 min
- 14:36 into the second periodPierre Bouchard · tripping2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodPaul MacKinnon · tripping2 min
- 11:45 into the third periodBryan Trottier · high sticking2 min
- 11:45 into the third periodRolf Edberg · holding2 min
- 13:21 into the third periodGord Lane · cross checking2 min
- 16:30 into the third periodWes Jarvis · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 10Lorne HenningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 34 | 7 | .794 |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 7 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim CoulisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |