St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, October 24, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Friday, October 24, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Blues 30–25.
Goals came from Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Tony Currie, Perry Turnbull, Al Hangsleben and Rick Lapointe.
Mike Liut made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (3)Mike Palmateer (2)0–102:02 WSH · 
Tony Currie (1)Jorgen Pettersson (1), Bryan Maxwell (3)1–107:01 STL
2nd period
Perry Turnbull (4)Jack Brownschidle (3)2–104:22 STL
Al Hangsleben (2)Guy Charron (3), Pierre Bouchard (4)2–207:49 WSH
3rd period
Rick Lapointe (1)Bernie Federko (6), Brian Sutter (5)3–217:33 STL
Team stats
STLWSH
2530
0%0%
0/60/5
1719
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:58 into the first period
Wes Jarvis · interference2 min - 2:39 into the first period
Perry Turnbull · fighting5 min - 2:39 into the first periodRick Green · fighting5 min
- 4:21 into the first periodBernie Federko · slashing2 min
- 8:01 into the first periodYvon Labre · holding2 min
- 12:10 into the first periodDennis Ververgaert · hooking2 min
- 12:31 into the first periodMike Zuke · elbowing2 min
- 19:34 into the first periodLarry Patey · hooking2 min
- 2:21 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · tripping2 min
- 8:03 into the second periodBlair Chapman · tripping2 min
- 14:43 into the second periodDarren Veitch · tripping2 min
- 15:54 into the second periodPerry Turnbull · hooking2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodPerry Turnbull · high sticking2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodYvon Labre · holding2 min
- 1:59 into the third periodPaul MacKinnon · hooking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Craig NorwichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 12Al HangslebenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |