Minnesota North Stars vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, December 3, 1980 · Capital Centre
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Smith (12)Craig Hartsburg (7), Al MacAdam (16)1–013:21 MNS · 
Paul Mulvey (2)Ryan Walter (11), Mike Gartner (14)1–114:42 WSH
Ron Zanussi (4)Mike Fidler (9)2–117:16 MNS
2nd period
Tim Young (10)Bobby Smith (17), Mike Fidler (10)3–105:28 MNS ·
3rd period
Bob Kelly (9)Dennis Maruk (14), Jean Pronovost (18)3–212:10 WSH · - Bob Kelly (10)Dennis Maruk (15)3–312:23 WSH
Team stats
MNSWSH
2434
0%0%
2/61/6
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:12 into the first period
Curt Giles · holding2 min - 7:49 into the first periodTim Young · tripping2 min
- 11:58 into the first period
Jean Pronovost · holding2 min - 1:11 into the second periodDennis Maruk · hooking2 min
- 3:50 into the second periodRyan Walter · cross checking2 min
- 6:08 into the second periodCurt Giles · slashing2 min
- 12:57 into the second periodGreg Smith · holding2 min
- 13:23 into the second periodDennis Maruk · roughing2 min
- 14:32 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · hooking2 min
- 5:34 into the third periodRon Zanussi · hooking2 min
- 6:50 into the third periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 10:24 into the third periodGreg Smith · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 12Mike FidlerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim DobsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | T | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | T | 24 | 3 | .875 |