Calgary Flames vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, November 20, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 4–2 on Thursday, November 20, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Flames outshot the Capitals 27–26.
Mike Gartner scored twice. Darren Veitch, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Willi Plett and Eric Vail also scored.
Mike Palmateer made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Darren Veitch (1)Dennis Maruk (11), Mike Gartner (12)0–104:20 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (6)Unassisted0–215:52 WSH
2nd period
Mike Gartner (11)Paul Mulvey (8), Pat Ribble (2)0–304:16 WSH
Willi Plett (10)Pekka Rautakallio (13), Don Lever (5)1–315:54 CGY
3rd period
Eric Vail (8)Brad Marsh (2)2–301:00 CGY- Mike Gartner (12)Unassisted2–409:53 WSH
Team stats
CGYWSH
2726
0%0%
0/40/5
2220
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
Willi Plett · elbowing2 min - 9:06 into the first period
Mike Gartner · hooking2 min - 14:21 into the first periodRandy Holt · roughing2 min
- 14:21 into the first periodAl Hangsleben · roughing2 min
- 16:27 into the first periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
- 18:43 into the first periodPekka Rautakallio · tripping2 min
- 8:09 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · charging2 min
- 12:55 into the second periodRandy Holt · holding2 min
- 13:45 into the second periodDennis Maruk · tripping2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodRandy Holt · fighting5 min
- 7:03 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 10:26 into the third periodBrad Smith · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:26 into the third periodBrad Smith · fighting5 min
- 10:26 into the third periodBob Kelly · fighting5 min
- 18:02 into the third periodEric Vail · tripping2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 12Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Alex McKendryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |