Colorado Rockies vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, December 6, 1980 · Capital Centre

ColoradoRockiesNow the New Jersey DevilsAway

6–8

33–26

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Rockies 8–6 on Saturday, December 6, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Rockies outshot the Capitals 33–26.

Jean Pronovost scored a hat trick. Paul Mulvey, Lucien DeBlois, Jack Hughes, Dennis Ververgaert, Dennis Maruk, Paul Gagne, Mike Gillis, Rob Ramage, Wes Jarvis, Ron Delorme and Darren Veitch also scored.

Mike Palmateer made 27 saves on 33 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 18 of 25.

Goals
CLR	2	3	1	6	33
WSH	4	0	4	8	26

Scoring

1st period

Paul Mulvey (3)Ryan Walter (12), Al Hangsleben (9)0–100:55 WSH
Lucien DeBlois (6)Mike Kitchen (3)1–103:23 CLR
Jean Pronovost (7)Pat Ribble (6), Al Hangsleben (10)1–203:50 WSH ·
Jack Hughes (2)Ron Delorme (8)2–204:23 CLR
Dennis Ververgaert (6)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (9)2–308:14 WSH
Dennis Maruk (21)Bob Kelly (12)2–414:44 WSH

2nd period

Paul Gagne (11)Mike McEwen (16)3–404:34 CLR
Mike Gillis (4)Lucien DeBlois (8)4–411:32 CLR
Rob Ramage (8)Rene Robert (1), Paul Gagne (9)5–413:44 CLR ·

3rd period

Jean Pronovost (8)Unassisted5–501:51 WSH
Wes Jarvis (5)Dennis Ververgaert (12), Darren Veitch (8)5–602:57 WSH
Ron Delorme (6)Rob Ramage (19), Rene Robert (2)6–607:37 CLR ·
Darren Veitch (2)Bob Kelly (13), Dennis Maruk (16)6–714:32 WSH ·
Jean Pronovost (9)Dennis Maruk (17)6–819:43 WSH · ·

Team stats

CLRWSH

3326

0%0%

2/83/4

95113

Penalties

1:32 into the first periodDennis Ververgaert · interference2 min
2:09 into the first periodMike McEwen · hooking2 min
11:11 into the first periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · holding2 min
7:50 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · high sticking2 min
12:25 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · tripping2 min
16:43 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · elbowing2 min
16:43 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · roughing2 min
1:41 into the third periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
1:41 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodRob Ramage · fighting5 min
1:41 into the third periodEd Cooper · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodEd Cooper · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodMerlin Malinowski · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodMerlin Malinowski · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodLanny McDonald · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodLanny McDonald · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
1:41 into the third periodMike Gartner · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodMike Gartner · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodMike Gartner · game misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodRyan Walter · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodRyan Walter · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodAl Hangsleben · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodAl Hangsleben · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
1:41 into the third periodPat Ribble · misconduct10 min
1:41 into the third periodPat Ribble · misconduct10 min
6:05 into the third periodDennis Maruk · slashing2 min
9:34 into the third periodMike Kitchen · interference2 min
13:25 into the third periodRob Ramage · interference2 min
17:03 into the third periodPierre Bouchard · holding2 min
18:42 into the third periodRon Delorme · interference2 min

Season series

Rockies vs Capitals head-to-head →

Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies skaters

14Rene RobertR	0	2	2	+2	3	0	–	–
17Paul GagneL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
23Lucien DeBloisC	1	1	2	−1	5	0	–	–
27Ron DelormeC	1	1	2	+1	1	2	–	–
5Rob RamageD	1	1	2	−1	3	7	–	–
20Mike GillisL	1	0	1	−2	1	0	–	–
2Jack HughesD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
4Mike McEwenD	0	1	1	−1	5	2	–	–
26Mike KitchenD	0	1	1	−1	3	2	–	–
8Doug BerryC	0	0	0	−4	0	0	–	–
9Lanny McDonaldR	0	0	0	−1	4	20	–	–
11Walt McKechnieC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
12Ed CooperL	0	0	0	−1	0	20	–	–
16Merlin MalinowskiC	0	0	0	0	2	20	–	–
21Barry SmithC	0	0	0	+2	2	0	–	–
29Yvon VautourR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
22Joel QuennevilleD	0	0	0	0	1	20	–	–

Colorado Rockies goalies
Goalie
1Hardy AstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Al SmithG	L	25	18	7	.720	59:53

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

21Dennis MarukC	1	2	3	−1	3	2	–	–
22Jean PronovostR	3	0	3	0	5	0	–	–
12Al HangslebenL	0	2	2	0	0	24	–	–
23Dennis VervergaertR	1	1	2	0	3	2	–	–
24Bob KellyL	0	2	2	0	1	0	–	–
6Darren VeitchD	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
9Ryan WalterC	0	1	1	+1	0	20	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	1	1	−1	2	2	–	–
17Wes JarvisC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
27Paul MulveyL	1	0	1	+1	2	9	–	–
2Pat RibbleD	0	1	1	−1	2	20	–	–
10Rolf EdbergC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	0	0	+1	1	30	–	–
15Guy CharronC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
3Howard WalkerD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
20Rick SmithD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
26Pierre BouchardD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
29Mike PalmateerG	W	33	27	6	.818	60:00
35Wayne StephensonG		0	0	0	–	00:00