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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, April 1, 1980 · Capital Centre

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 on Tuesday, April 1, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 39–21.

Goals came from Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Paul Mulvey, Dale Tallon, Rolf Edberg, Ryan Walter, Mike Gartner, Al Hangsleben and Rick Kehoe.

Wayne Stephenson made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 33 of 39.

Goals
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT011221
Washington CapitalsWSH123639

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Team stats

PITWSH
2139
0%0%
2/53/6
2412
00
00
00
00

Penalties

  • 0:40 into the first periodBob Stewart · holding2 min
  • 14:17 into the first periodMario Faubert · hooking2 min
  • 14:57 into the first periodPaul Mulvey · tripping2 min
  • 1:02 into the second periodGreg Millen · misconduct10 min
  • 1:46 into the second periodRyan Walter · hooking2 min
  • 11:17 into the second periodBob Sirois · hooking2 min
  • 17:22 into the second periodRyan Walter · tripping2 min
  • 1:59 into the third periodRuss Anderson · hooking2 min
  • 7:55 into the third periodGary McAdam · interference2 min
  • 7:55 into the third periodGary McAdam · roughing2 min
  • 7:55 into the third periodAl Hangsleben · roughing2 min
  • 10:08 into the third periodRod Schutt · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 10:08 into the third periodRon Stackhouse · slashing2 min
  • 15:36 into the third periodPat Ribble · holding2 min