New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, February 2, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Saturday, February 2, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 34–31.
Steve Vickers scored twice and Phil Esposito scored twice. Tim Coulis, Walt Tkaczuk, Ron Duguay, Rick Green and Rolf Edberg also scored.
Doug Soetaert made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Coulis (1)Robert Picard (25)0–104:30 WSH
Walt Tkaczuk (7)Steve Vickers (21), Ron Duguay (17)1–105:26 NYR
Steve Vickers (19)Tim Bothwell (2), Anders Hedberg (24)2–111:08 NYR
2nd period
- Steve Vickers (20)Walt Tkaczuk (17), Anders Hedberg (25)3–112:15 NYR
Phil Esposito (23)Ron Greschner (23), Steve Vickers (22)4–116:05 NYR · 
Ron Duguay (15)Doug Sulliman (4)5–117:36 NYR
3rd period
- Phil Esposito (24)Don Maloney (32), Tim Bothwell (3)6–101:57 NYR
Rick Green (3)Mike Kaszycki (14), Tim Coulis (2)6–211:57 WSH
Rolf Edberg (12)Unassisted6–313:29 WSH
Team stats
NYRWSH
3134
0%0%
1/20/2
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:48 into the first period
Jocelyn Guevremont · interference2 min - 15:17 into the first periodRon Greschner · slashing2 min
- 15:17 into the first period
Tim Coulis · slashing2 min - 16:28 into the first periodRobert Picard · holding2 min
- 4:12 into the second periodMario Marois · holding2 min
- 14:21 into the second periodPaul MacKinnon · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Steve VickersL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Frank BeatonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Jocelyn GuevremontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Doug SoetaertG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 17Tim CoulisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |