Los Angeles Kings vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, February 26, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–3 on Tuesday, February 26, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Kings 40–29.
Charlie Simmer scored twice. Wes Jarvis, Ryan Walter, Pat Ribble, Marcel Dionne, Mark Lofthouse and Mike Gartner also scored.
Wayne Stephenson made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Wes Jarvis (10)Paul MacKinnon (8), Robert Picard (29)0–103:54 WSH
2nd period
Ryan Walter (19)Pat Ribble (7)0–201:36 WSH
Charlie Simmer (43)Randy Manery (9)1–202:56 LAK · - Charlie Simmer (44)Butch Goring (44), Andre St. Laurent (14)2–205:08 LAK ·
Pat Ribble (2)Paul Mulvey (12)2–305:48 WSH
3rd period
Marcel Dionne (45)Rob Palmer (27)3–300:13 LAK
Mark Lofthouse (13)Bob Sirois (12), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (26)3–412:36 WSH · 
Mike Gartner (23)Robert Picard (30), Ryan Walter (31)3–519:33 WSH ·
Team stats
LAKWSH
2940
0%0%
2/41/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:26 into the first period
Mike Murphy · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 14:45 into the first periodRob Palmer · tripping2 min
- 16:48 into the first period
Paul Mulvey · holding2 min - 18:58 into the first periodRobert Picard · holding2 min
- 2:37 into the second periodRobert Picard · charging2 min
- 4:34 into the second periodPierre Bouchard · tripping2 min
- 2:24 into the third periodRandy Manery · tripping2 min
- 11:11 into the third periodCharlie Simmer · holding2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Randy ManeryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Syl AppsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Don HowseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Brad SelwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 39 | 4 | .897 |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |