New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, March 9, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3–1 on Sunday, March 9, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 27–19.
Goals came from Wes Jarvis, Mike Bossy, Rolf Edberg and Mike Gartner.
Wayne Stephenson made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
2nd period
Wes Jarvis (11)Mark Lofthouse (17), Antero Lehtonen (12)0–114:34 WSH
3rd period
Mike Bossy (47)Bryan Trottier (53)1–110:38 NYI
Rolf Edberg (17)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (31)1–212:55 WSH
Mike Gartner (30)Unassisted1–319:42 WSH
Team stats
NYIWSH
1927
0%0%
0/20/5
159
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:51 into the first period
Garry Howatt · slashing2 min - 10:04 into the first period
Paul Mulvey · interference2 min - 15:15 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · hooking2 min
- 6:19 into the second periodPierre Bouchard · slashing2 min
- 10:05 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · high sticking2 min
- 10:05 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · fighting5 min
- 10:05 into the second periodRyan Walter · fighting5 min
- 1:56 into the third periodGarry Howatt · tripping2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | W | 19 | 1 | .947 |