Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, November 26, 1980 · Joe Louis Arena
Scoring
1st period
Mal Davis (2)Peter Mahovlich (2), Glenn Hicks (2)0–106:34 DET
Dennis Maruk (16)Darren Veitch (5)1–118:15 WSH ·
2nd period
Paul Woods (3)Unassisted1–214:48 DET · 
Dennis Polonich (1)Willie Huber (10)1–315:34 DET
Mike Foligno (8)John Ogrodnick (10), Reed Larson (6)1–417:31 DET
3rd period
Ryan Walter (9)Paul Mulvey (9), Mike Gartner (13)2–400:58 WSH
Bob Kelly (5)Jean Pronovost (12), Dennis Maruk (13)3–401:14 WSH- Dennis Polonich (2)George Lyle (11)3–504:09 DET
Mike Gartner (13)Paul Mulvey (10), Ryan Walter (8)4–505:36 WSH
Dennis Ververgaert (4)Pat Ribble (4), Wes Jarvis (4)5–510:28 WSH- Dennis Ververgaert (5)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (5)6–510:41 WSH
- Mike Foligno (9)Reed Larson (7)6–612:13 DET
- Dennis Maruk (17)Jean Pronovost (13), Bob Kelly (11)7–614:27 WSH
George Lyle (9)Mike Foligno (10), Dale McCourt (15)7–716:53 DET ·
Team stats
WSHDET
2431
0%0%
1/51/5
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:06 into the first period
Mike Foligno · hooking2 min - 16:35 into the first periodJohn Ogrodnick · hooking2 min
- 16:58 into the first periodJean Hamel · fighting5 min
- 16:58 into the first period
Paul Mulvey · fighting5 min - 18:21 into the first periodHoward Walker · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodAl Hangsleben · cross checking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodAl Hangsleben · roughing2 min
- 12:39 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:50 into the second periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 18:13 into the second periodGlenn Hicks · cross checking2 min
- 16:41 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · hooking2 min
- 18:29 into the third periodAl Hangsleben · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | T | 31 | 7 | .774 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 17Mike FolignoR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Mal DavisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | T | 24 | 7 | .708 |
| 30Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – |