Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, October 21, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2–0 on Tuesday, October 21, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 37–24.
Goals came from Pat Ribble and Mike Gartner.
Wayne Stephenson made 24 saves on 24 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 35 of 36.
Scoring
2nd period
Pat Ribble (1)Darren Veitch (2), Guy Charron (2)0–110:26 WSH ·
3rd period
Mike Gartner (6)Paul Mulvey (2), Rick Green (3)0–219:59 WSH ·
Team stats
CHIWSH
2437
0%0%
0/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:00 into the first period
Tom Lysiak · cross checking2 min - 5:55 into the first period
Darren Veitch · tripping2 min - 8:32 into the first periodPierre Bouchard · holding2 min
- 18:44 into the first periodBob Murray · hooking2 min
- 9:11 into the second periodGreg Fox · tripping2 min
- 16:11 into the second periodDarren Veitch · high sticking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Florent RobidouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 36 | 1 | .972 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | W | 24 | 0 | 1.000 |