Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 1, 1980 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 41–25.
Steve Shutt scored twice. Al Hangsleben, Rod Langway, Antero Lehtonen, Mark Napier, Yvon Lambert, Pierre Larouche and Pierre Bouchard also scored.
Michel Larocque made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 35 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Shutt (35)Mark Napier (20), Larry Robinson (49)0–106:41 MTL · 
Al Hangsleben (8)Dennis Maruk (5), Pierre Bouchard (9)1–108:35 WSH
Rod Langway (4)Gaston Gingras (4), Yvon Lambert (20)1–213:19 MTL
2nd period
Antero Lehtonen (8)Unassisted2–201:27 WSH · 
Mark Napier (9)Unassisted2–310:45 MTL
3rd period
Yvon Lambert (14)Larry Robinson (50), Pierre Larouche (33)2–405:33 MTL · 
Pierre Larouche (41)Steve Shutt (36), Rod Langway (23)2–507:56 MTL
Pierre Bouchard (3)Mark Lofthouse (15)3–510:23 WSH- Steve Shutt (36)Mark Napier (21), Larry Robinson (51)3–613:55 MTL
Team stats
WSHMTL
2541
0%0%
1/32/3
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:59 into the first period
Rick Chartraw · slashing2 min - 5:57 into the first period
Gary Rissling · interference2 min - 11:17 into the first periodRobert Picard · tripping2 min
- 15:39 into the first periodMario Tremblay · high sticking2 min
- 1:02 into the second periodRick Chartraw · tripping2 min
- 7:13 into the second periodGilles Lupien · high sticking2 min
- 7:13 into the second periodAntero Lehtonen · high sticking2 min
- 5:22 into the third periodRobert Picard · high sticking2 min
- 14:52 into the third periodSteve Shutt · roughing2 min
- 14:52 into the third periodDennis Maruk · roughing2 min
- 16:47 into the third periodLarry Robinson · high sticking2 min
- 16:47 into the third periodAl Hangsleben · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 41 | 6 | .854 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 22Steve ShuttL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |