Washington Capitals vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, February 12, 1980 · The Forum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–2 on Tuesday, February 12, 1980 at The Forum. The Capitals outshot the Kings 28–19.
Ryan Walter scored twice. Rob Palmer, Charlie Simmer, Rolf Edberg, Bob Sirois and Mark Lofthouse also scored.
Wayne Stephenson made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Ron Grahame stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Rob Palmer (4)Glenn Goldup (9), Marcel Dionne (62)0–105:44 LAK
Ryan Walter (16)Mike Gartner (22)1–119:07 WSH
2nd period
Charlie Simmer (37)Marcel Dionne (63)1–205:17 LAK- Ryan Walter (17)Bob Sirois (8), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (24)2–209:11 WSH ·
Rolf Edberg (15)Ryan Walter (28), Antero Lehtonen (9)3–210:01 WSH · 
Bob Sirois (6)Unassisted4–215:03 WSH
3rd period
Mark Lofthouse (9)Rolf Edberg (7), Pierre Bouchard (8)5–219:53 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHLAK
2819
0%0%
2/40/2
48
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:02 into the first period
Robert Picard · tripping2 min - 12:16 into the first period
Jay Wells · holding2 min - 17:15 into the first periodJay Wells · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
- 8:36 into the second periodRob Palmer · hooking2 min
- 8:36 into the second periodAndre St. Laurent · high sticking2 min
- 4:01 into the third periodRandy Manery · tripping2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodRolf Edberg · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim CoulisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Syl AppsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Don HowseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Randy ManeryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Brad SelwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron GrahameG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |