New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, October 12, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 2–1 on Sunday, October 12, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 27–24.
Goals came from Wayne Merrick, Mike Bossy and Dennis Ververgaert.
Glenn Resch made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 22 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Merrick (1)Dave Langevin (1)1–001:07 NYI
3rd period
Mike Bossy (1)Bryan Trottier (1), Stefan Persson (3)2–001:46 NYI
Dennis Ververgaert (1)Guy Charron (1), Darren Veitch (1)2–108:34 WSH ·
Team stats
NYIWSH
2427
0%0%
0/31/4
2927
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:37 into the first period
Gord Lane · slashing2 min - 7:09 into the first period
Darren Veitch · holding2 min - 11:48 into the first periodBryan Trottier · charging2 min
- 11:48 into the first periodMike Gartner · elbowing2 min
- 12:20 into the first periodGord Lane · roughing2 min
- 12:20 into the first periodBob Kelly · roughing2 min
- 17:54 into the first periodRyan Walter · interference2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodBob Kelly · holding2 min
- 13:08 into the second periodBryan Trottier · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · game misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBob Kelly · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the second periodYvon Labre · fighting5 min
- 6:57 into the third periodWayne Merrick · hooking2 min
- 18:38 into the third periodBob Lorimer · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 24 | 2 | .917 |