Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, January 30, 1980 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Wednesday, January 30, 1980 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Capitals 31–30.
Goals came from Grant Mulvey, Tim Higgins, Mike Kaszycki, Terry Ruskowski, Tim Trimper, Bob Sirois and Tom Lysiak.
Tony Esposito made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Rollie Boutin stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Grant Mulvey (26)Bob Murray (22), Terry Ruskowski (36)0–102:51 CHI · 
Tim Higgins (9)Dave Hutchison (8), Rick Paterson (2)0–203:01 CHI
Mike Kaszycki (8)Leif Svensson (11), Rollie Boutin (1)1–213:12 WSH
Terry Ruskowski (12)Grant Mulvey (13), Ted Bulley (11)1–317:40 CHI ·
2nd period
Tim Trimper (2)Keith Brown (11), Doug Wilson (26)1–401:02 CHI
Bob Sirois (4)Rick Green (14), Paul Mulvey (7)2–407:49 WSH ·
3rd period
Tom Lysiak (14)Tim Trimper (1), Rich Preston (18)2–513:54 CHI ·
Team stats
WSHCHI
3031
0%0%
1/43/4
1020
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:44 into the first period
Paul Mulvey · high sticking2 min - 9:02 into the first period
Tim Trimper · holding2 min - 15:49 into the first periodRick Green · holding2 min
- 18:12 into the first periodJohn Marks · slashing2 min
- 18:12 into the first periodRollie Boutin · slashing2 min
- 7:28 into the second periodBob Murray · hooking2 min
- 10:59 into the second periodRick Green · interference2 min
- 19:20 into the second periodGrant Mulvey · roughing2 min
- 4:44 into the third periodGrant Mulvey · slashing2 min
- 9:13 into the third periodDoug Wilson · misconduct10 min
- 12:26 into the third periodMark Lofthouse · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim CoulisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tim TrimperL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Alain DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |