Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, February 28, 1980 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Thursday, February 28, 1980 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Capitals 37–18.
Goals came from Dan Labraaten, Willie Huber, Bob Sirois, Reed Larson and Thommie Bergman.
Jim Rutherford made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 33 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Dan Labraaten (26)Reed Larson (33), Mike Foligno (29)0–102:36 DET
Willie Huber (14)Reed Larson (34), Vaclav Nedomansky (32)0–210:37 DET ·
2nd period
Bob Sirois (7)Unassisted1–200:26 WSH
Reed Larson (16)John Ogrodnick (14), Barry Long (12)1–303:38 DET
3rd period
Thommie Bergman (1)Willie Huber (19), Errol Thompson (11)1–419:23 DET ·
Team stats
WSHDET
1837
0%0%
0/21/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:05 into the first period
Al Hangsleben · interference2 min - 10:08 into the second period
Vaclav Nedomansky · holding2 min - 17:48 into the second periodWes Jarvis · hooking2 min
- 2:49 into the third periodPaul Woods · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 25Bob SiroisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 36 | 3 | .917 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Thommie BergmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Dan BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | W | 18 | 1 | .944 |
| 30Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – |