Minnesota North Stars vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, March 21, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Friday, March 21, 1980 at Capital Centre. The North Stars outshot the Capitals 36–29.
Goals came from Ryan Walter, Rolf Edberg, Tim Young, Kent-Erik Andersson, Pierre Bouchard, Tom McCarthy and Curt Giles.
Gilles Meloche made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 32 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Walter (21)Dennis Maruk (14), Bob Sirois (17)0–104:03 WSH ·
2nd period
Rolf Edberg (19)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (35)0–205:00 WSH
Tim Young (27)Tom McCarthy (17), Don Jackson (3)1–206:49 MNS
Kent-Erik Andersson (8)Tom McCarthy (18), Tim Young (41)2–210:50 MNS
3rd period
Pierre Bouchard (5)Unassisted2–308:15 WSH
Tom McCarthy (14)Tim Young (42), Fred Barrett (13)3–313:59 MNS
Curt Giles (2)Mike Eaves (25), Ron Zanussi (25)4–316:20 MNS
Team stats
MNSWSH
3629
0%0%
0/21/4
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:30 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · hooking2 min - 8:52 into the first period
Paul Mulvey · holding2 min - 14:01 into the first periodGreg Smith · interference2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodTom Younghans · hooking2 min
- 12:18 into the second periodDon Jackson · tripping2 min
- 14:29 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 10 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Don JacksonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10David HansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |