St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, March 5, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 7–5 on Wednesday, March 5, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Blues outshot the Capitals 35–29.
Mike Gartner scored a hat trick and Bob Sirois scored twice. Robert Picard, Perry Turnbull, Ralph Klassen, Mike Zuke, Rolf Edberg, Wayne Babych and Blair Chapman also scored.
Wayne Stephenson made 30 saves on 35 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 10 of 16.
Scoring
1st period
Robert Picard (9)Paul Mulvey (13), Mike Gartner (25)0–106:52 WSH
Mike Gartner (25)Ryan Walter (32), Paul Mulvey (14)0–213:08 WSH
Perry Turnbull (7)Rick Lapointe (17), Larry Patey (16)1–216:02 STL- Mike Gartner (26)Paul Mulvey (15), Ryan Walter (33)1–317:37 WSH
- Mike Gartner (27)Paul MacKinnon (9), Paul Mulvey (16)1–417:57 WSH
2nd period
Bob Sirois (8)Rolf Edberg (12), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (27)1–507:05 WSH · - Bob Sirois (9)Antero Lehtonen (11), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (28)1–608:53 WSH
Ralph Klassen (8)Ed Kea (14), Blake Dunlop (20)2–615:57 STL
Mike Zuke (20)Wayne Babych (28)3–619:49 STL ·
3rd period
Rolf Edberg (16)Robert Picard (31), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (29)3–710:12 WSH
Wayne Babych (19)Unassisted4–711:02 STL
Blair Chapman (23)Mike Zuke (34), Rick Lapointe (18)5–715:50 STL
Team stats
STLWSH
3529
0%0%
1/41/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:34 into the first period
Ryan Walter · holding2 min - 13:30 into the first periodPat Ribble · holding2 min
- 18:09 into the first periodRyan Walter · tripping2 min
- 5:10 into the second period
Dick Lamby · hooking2 min - 18:54 into the second periodRick Green · holding2 min
- 2:55 into the third periodDick Lamby · high sticking2 min
- 8:09 into the third periodLarry Patey · holding2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 10Wayne BabychR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Dick LambyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 16 | 6 | .625 |
| 30Doug GrantG | 13 | 1 | .923 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | W | 35 | 5 | .857 |