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St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, March 26, 1980 · Capital Centre

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 4–2 on Wednesday, March 26, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Blues 38–27.

Goals came from Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Bernie Federko, Paul Mulvey, Mike Gartner, Rolf Edberg and Perry Turnbull.

Wayne Stephenson made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 34 of 38.

Goals
St. Louis BluesSTL101227
Washington CapitalsWSH112438

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Team stats

STLWSH
2738
0%0%
2/60/5
1719
00
00
00
00

Penalties

  • 1:12 into the first periodHartland Monahan · hooking2 min
  • 7:19 into the first periodPat Ribble · elbowing2 min
  • 10:54 into the first periodLarry Patey · slashing2 min
  • 10:54 into the first periodDennis Maruk · slashing2 min
  • 14:44 into the first periodRyan Walter · hooking2 min
  • 17:22 into the first periodPat Ribble · holding2 min
  • 18:23 into the first periodPerry Turnbull · slashing2 min
  • 4:38 into the second periodLen Frig · tripping2 min
  • 6:05 into the second periodRyan Walter · boarding2 min
  • 9:18 into the second periodRalph Klassen · holding2 min
  • 11:48 into the second periodNeil Komadoski · fighting5 min
  • 11:48 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · fighting5 min
  • 15:46 into the second periodTony Currie · hooking2 min
  • 9:05 into the third periodRolf Edberg · tripping2 min
  • 15:43 into the third periodBob Sirois · tripping2 min