Washington Capitals vs Vancouver Canucks

Regular season · Saturday, February 16, 1980 · Pacific Coliseum

5–3

31–32

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–3 on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Capitals 32–31.

Curt Fraser scored twice. Ryan Walter, Al Hangsleben, Pierre Bouchard, Paul Mulvey, Mark Lofthouse and Rick Vaive also scored.

Wayne Stephenson made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 26 of 31.

Goals
WSH	1	2	2	5	31
VAN	1	0	2	3	32

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Walter (18)Robert Picard (26)1–010:30 WSH
Curt Fraser (10)Stan Smyl (27)1–111:06 VAN

2nd period

Al Hangsleben (7)Mark Lofthouse (13), Rolf Edberg (9)2–106:08 WSH
Pierre Bouchard (2)Ryan Walter (29), Mike Gartner (24)3–109:33 WSH

3rd period

Paul Mulvey (10)Rick Green (15), Robert Picard (27)4–100:37 WSH ·
Curt Fraser (11)Stan Smyl (28), Harold Snepsts (16)4–201:25 VAN
Mark Lofthouse (10)Rolf Edberg (10)5–210:08 WSH
Rick Vaive (13)Unassisted5–318:00 VAN

Team stats

WSHVAN

3132

0%0%

1/50/5

5050

Penalties

3:13 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
4:26 into the first periodAntero Lehtonen · interference2 min
5:14 into the first periodRick Vaive · tripping2 min
11:20 into the first periodThomas Gradin · tripping2 min
17:14 into the first periodAl Hangsleben · tripping2 min
9:17 into the second periodRick Vaive · roughing2 min
9:17 into the second periodRick Green · hooking2 min
9:17 into the second periodRick Green · roughing2 min
12:13 into the second periodWayne Stephenson · cross checking2 min
12:33 into the second periodWayne Stephenson · slashing2 min
16:32 into the second periodJohn Hughes · high sticking2 min
16:32 into the second periodTim Coulis · high sticking2 min
17:42 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · interference2 min
19:12 into the second periodChris Oddleifson · roughing2 min
3:50 into the third periodRick Vaive · fighting5 min
3:50 into the third periodDennis Kearns · slashing2 min
3:50 into the third periodMike Gartner · slashing2 min
3:50 into the third periodMike Gartner · fighting5 min
6:41 into the third periodStan Smyl · slashing2 min
6:41 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · holding2 min
9:04 into the third periodStan Smyl · roughing2 min
9:04 into the third periodStan Smyl · misconduct10 min
9:04 into the third periodHarold Snepsts · fighting5 min
9:04 into the third periodHarold Snepsts · misconduct10 min
9:04 into the third periodTim Coulis · roughing2 min
9:04 into the third periodTim Coulis · misconduct10 min
9:04 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
9:04 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · misconduct10 min

Season series

Capitals vs Canucks head-to-head →

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Mark LofthouseR	1	1	2	0	3	0	–	–
9Ryan WalterC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
10Rolf EdbergC	0	2	2	0	3	0	–	–
24Robert PicardD	0	2	2	+2	0	0	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	1	1	+1	4	7	–	–
12Al HangslebenL	1	0	1	−1	4	2	–	–
27Paul MulveyL	1	0	1	+1	2	17	–	–
5Rick GreenD	0	1	1	+2	2	4	–	–
29Pierre BouchardD	1	0	1	−1	1	0	–	–
14Antero LehtonenR	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
17Tim CoulisL	0	0	0	0	1	14	–	–
18Glen CurrieC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
23Wes JarvisC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
25Bob SiroisR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
19Paul MacKinnonD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Rollie BoutinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Wayne StephensonG	W	32	29	3	.906	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters

12Stan SmylR	0	2	2	+2	5	14	–	–
24Curt FraserL	2	0	2	+2	2	0	–	–
28Rick VaiveR	1	0	1	−1	3	9	–	–
27Harold SnepstsD	0	1	1	+1	0	17	–	–
7Gary LupulC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
9Ivan BoldirevC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
14Chris OddleifsonC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
16Per-Olov BrasarC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
18Darcy RotaL	0	0	0	−1	4	0	–	–
21Jere GillisL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
23Thomas GradinC	0	0	0	+2	2	2	–	–
29Kris ManeryR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
2David LoganD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
3Lars LindgrenD	0	0	0	−1	5	0	–	–
6Dennis KearnsD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
20John HughesD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
25Kevin McCarthyD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	–	–

Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie
1Glen HanlonG	L	31	26	5	.839	60:00
30Gary BromleyG		0	0	0	–	00:00