New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 18, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 8–2 on Saturday, October 18, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 28–21.
Mike Gartner scored 4 goals and Dennis Maruk scored twice. Ron Duguay, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Guy Charron and Phil Esposito also scored.
Wayne Stephenson made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Doug Soetaert stopped 15 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (1)Dennis Maruk (1), Rick Green (2)0–109:10 WSH · 
Dennis Maruk (4)Jean Pronovost (2)0–214:49 WSH · 
Ron Duguay (1)Dave Silk (1), Dave Maloney (2)1–216:15 NYR · - Dennis Maruk (5)Unassisted1–319:10 WSH
2nd period
- Mike Gartner (2)Jean Pronovost (3), Dennis Maruk (2)1–409:58 WSH ·
- Mike Gartner (3)Ryan Walter (2)1–511:40 WSH
- Mike Gartner (4)Ryan Walter (3)1–617:12 WSH
3rd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2)Yvon Labre (2), Pierre Bouchard (2)1–703:42 WSH
Guy Charron (1)Al Hangsleben (2), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1)1–810:11 WSH
Phil Esposito (1)Tom Laidlaw (3), Ron Duguay (3)2–819:30 NYR
Team stats
NYRWSH
2128
0%0%
1/52/5
5050
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:04 into the first period
Al Hangsleben · hooking2 min - 7:17 into the first period
Mario Marois · high sticking2 min - 7:17 into the first periodGuy Charron · boarding2 min
- 8:47 into the first periodCam Connor · fighting5 min
- 8:47 into the first periodEddie Johnstone · hooking2 min
- 8:47 into the first periodBob Kelly · fighting5 min
- 14:26 into the first periodYvon Labre · hooking2 min
- 16:30 into the first periodMario Marois · fighting5 min
- 16:30 into the first periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 0:24 into the second periodPaul MacKinnon · holding2 min
- 2:31 into the second periodDave Maloney · boarding2 min
- 5:39 into the second periodCam Connor · charging2 min
- 5:39 into the second periodCam Connor · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:39 into the second periodCam Connor · fighting5 min
- 5:39 into the second periodCam Connor · misconduct10 min
- 5:39 into the second periodYvon Labre · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:39 into the second periodYvon Labre · fighting5 min
- 5:39 into the second periodYvon Labre · misconduct10 min
- 7:13 into the second periodCarol Vadnais · slashing2 min
- 7:13 into the second periodDennis Maruk · slashing2 min
- 8:02 into the second periodWalt Tkaczuk · hooking2 min
- 16:31 into the second periodMario Marois · spearing double minor4 min
- 16:31 into the second periodRolf Edberg · spearing double minor4 min
- 18:59 into the second periodPat Ribble · elbowing2 min
- 8:26 into the third periodDave Silk · fighting5 min
- 8:26 into the third periodMike Gartner · fighting5 min
- 14:53 into the third periodBob Kelly · holding2 min
- 16:03 into the third periodRon Greschner · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 20Cam ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | 7 | 2 | .714 | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | L | 21 | 6 | .714 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 4 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |