Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, March 15, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–2 on Saturday, March 15, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 37–34.
Bob Sirois scored twice. Mike Gartner, Errol Thompson, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, George Lyle and Pierre Bouchard also scored.
Wayne Stephenson made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (32)Rolf Edberg (15)0–110:27 WSH ·
2nd period
Errol Thompson (27)Unassisted1–103:04 DET
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (18)Al Hangsleben (20), Rolf Edberg (16)1–212:32 WSH
Bob Sirois (12)Dennis Maruk (11)1–319:16 WSH
3rd period
George Lyle (6)Peter Mahovlich (44)2–308:47 DET
Pierre Bouchard (4)Paul MacKinnon (10), Mike Gartner (28)2–411:23 WSH- Bob Sirois (13)Dennis Maruk (12)2–515:00 WSH
Team stats
DETWSH
3437
0%0%
0/31/2
1618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:08 into the first period
Mike Foligno · fighting5 min - 1:08 into the first periodDennis Polonich · high sticking2 min
- 1:08 into the first periodDennis Polonich · fighting5 min
- 1:08 into the first period
Rick Green · fighting5 min - 1:08 into the first periodPaul Mulvey · roughing2 min
- 1:08 into the first periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 4:28 into the first periodAntero Lehtonen · hooking2 min
- 5:46 into the first periodReed Larson · hooking2 min
- 9:18 into the first periodBill Hogaboam · hooking2 min
- 3:48 into the second periodRobert Picard · slashing2 min
- 16:17 into the third periodAl Hangsleben · hooking2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |