Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, March 12, 1980 · Capital Centre

4–6

26–24

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 6–4 on Wednesday, March 12, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 26–24.

Jean Ratelle scored twice and Rick Middleton scored twice. Ryan Walter, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Al Hangsleben, Paul Mulvey, Rolf Edberg and Mike Gartner also scored.

Wayne Stephenson made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Gerry Cheevers stopped 18 of 23.

Goals
BOS	1	2	1	4	26
WSH	0	2	4	6	24

Scoring

1st period

Jean Ratelle (26)Ray Bourque (41), Rick Middleton (41)1–015:01 BOS ·

2nd period

Ryan Walter (20)Dennis Maruk (9), Bob Sirois (14)1–103:36 WSH ·
Jean Ratelle (27)Rick Middleton (42), Mike Milbury (11)2–104:36 BOS
Rick Middleton (32)Jean Ratelle (44)3–106:16 BOS
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (17)Dennis Maruk (10)3–212:32 WSH ·

3rd period

Al Hangsleben (10)Rick Green (17)3–308:15 WSH
Paul Mulvey (11)Ryan Walter (36), Mike Gartner (27)3–409:20 WSH
Rolf Edberg (18)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (32), Al Hangsleben (19)3–510:08 WSH
Rick Middleton (33)Jean Ratelle (45)4–516:26 BOS
Mike Gartner (31)Ryan Walter (37)4–619:33 WSH ·

Team stats

BOSWSH

2624

0%0%

1/42/5

4139

Penalties

3:16 into the first periodRick Middleton · hooking2 min
10:37 into the first periodRyan Walter · hooking2 min
13:26 into the first periodTerry O'Reilly · high sticking2 min
13:26 into the first periodRobert Picard · high sticking2 min
14:28 into the first periodRyan Walter · hooking2 min
0:15 into the second periodRay Bourque · holding2 min
0:15 into the second periodRay Bourque · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
5:18 into the second periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
5:18 into the second periodPat Ribble · roughing2 min
6:32 into the second periodPeter McNab · tripping2 min
12:02 into the second periodBrad Park · holding2 min
14:51 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · holding2 min
18:16 into the second periodStan Jonathan · fighting5 min
18:16 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · fighting5 min
18:53 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · fighting5 min
18:53 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
9:05 into the third periodDwight Foster · misconduct10 min
11:37 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · fighting5 min
11:37 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · interference2 min
11:37 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
16:23 into the third periodBrad Park · roughing2 min
16:23 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · boarding2 min
16:23 into the third periodPat Ribble · misconduct10 min

Season series

Bruins vs Capitals head-to-head →

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

10Jean RatelleC	2	2	4	+1	5	0	–	–
16Rick MiddletonR	2	2	4	0	3	2	–	–
7Ray BourqueD	0	1	1	0	1	4	–	–
26Mike MilburyD	0	1	1	−1	1	0	–	–
8Peter McNabC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
14Bob MillerC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
17Stan JonathanL	0	0	0	−2	0	5	–	–
18John WensinkL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
19Bobby LalondeC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
20Al SecordL	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
24Terry O'ReillyR	0	0	0	−2	0	12	–	–
27Dwight FosterR	0	0	0	0	0	10	–	–
32Craig MacTavishC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
6Dick RedmondD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	–	–
22Brad ParkD	0	0	0	−1	7	4	–	–
23Rick SmithD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
29Brad McCrimmonD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
30Gerry CheeversG	L	23	18	5	.783	59:38
31Yves BelangerG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

9Ryan WalterC	1	2	3	+1	1	4	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	1	1	2	+1	1	0	–	–
12Al HangslebenL	1	1	2	+1	7	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	1	1	2	+2	5	7	–	–
21Dennis MarukC	0	2	2	−1	0	0	–	–
10Rolf EdbergC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
25Bob SiroisR	0	1	1	−1	1	0	–	–
27Paul MulveyL	1	0	1	+2	2	14	–	–
5Rick GreenD	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
8Mark LofthouseR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
14Antero LehtonenR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
23Wes JarvisC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
28Glen CurrieC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
2Pat RibbleD	0	0	0	+1	0	12	–	–
19Paul MacKinnonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
24Robert PicardD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–
29Pierre BouchardD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Rollie BoutinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Wayne StephensonG	W	26	22	4	.846	60:00