Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, February 23, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–2 on Saturday, February 23, 1980 at Capital Centre.
Mike Gartner scored twice and Mark Lofthouse scored twice. Rich Preston, Tim Higgins, Rick Green and Wes Jarvis also scored.
Wayne Stephenson made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (20)Bob Sirois (10), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (25)0–113:37 WSH · 
Mark Lofthouse (11)Wes Jarvis (12), Al Hangsleben (18)0–213:58 WSH
Rich Preston (20)Doug Wilson (38), Tim Trimper (5)1–216:22 CHI · 
Tim Higgins (10)Doug Wilson (39), Alain Daigle (6)2–219:26 CHI
2nd period
Rick Green (4)Mark Lofthouse (14), Wes Jarvis (13)2–319:20 WSH
3rd period
Wes Jarvis (9)Bob Sirois (11)2–407:15 WSH- Mike Gartner (21)Rick Green (16), Robert Picard (28)2–508:01 WSH
- Mark Lofthouse (12)Wes Jarvis (14), Pat Ribble (5)2–609:37 WSH
Team stats
CHIWSH
3030
0%0%
1/31/4
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:54 into the first period
Ted Bulley · cross checking2 min - 10:31 into the first periodAlain Daigle · roughing2 min
- 10:31 into the first period
Gary Rissling · roughing2 min - 10:31 into the first periodWayne Stephenson · slashing2 min
- 13:07 into the first periodTim Trimper · hooking2 min
- 15:37 into the first periodPaul Mulvey · charging2 min
- 3:53 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · roughing2 min
- 10:11 into the second periodGrant Mulvey · elbowing2 min
- 17:13 into the second periodDave Hutchison · hooking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Alain DaigleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Tim TrimperL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Cliff KorollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |
Washington Capitals
| 23Wes JarvisC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |