Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 10, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 6–2 on Wednesday, December 10, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 31–18.
Mike Gartner scored twice. Jere Gillis, Walt Tkaczuk, Eddie Johnstone, Don Maloney, Mike Allison and Ron Greschner also scored.
Wayne Thomas made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
2nd period
Jere Gillis (5)Anders Hedberg (14), Dave Maloney (11)0–103:24 NYR
Mike Gartner (17)Unassisted1–112:09 WSH
Walt Tkaczuk (4)Eddie Johnstone (11)1–219:08 NYR
3rd period
Eddie Johnstone (5)Walt Tkaczuk (11), Dave Maloney (12)1–306:22 NYR · 
Don Maloney (5)Ron Greschner (15), Dave Silk (6)1–413:57 NYR- Mike Gartner (18)Dennis Maruk (18), Bob Kelly (15)2–415:36 WSH
Mike Allison (11)Ron Greschner (16), Jere Gillis (8)2–516:31 NYR
Ron Greschner (12)Steve Vickers (12), Walt Tkaczuk (12)2–619:59 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
1831
0%0%
0/50/2
1319
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:13 into the first period
Chris Kotsopoulos · roughing2 min - 0:13 into the first periodChris Kotsopoulos · fighting5 min
- 0:13 into the first period
Bob Kelly · roughing2 min - 0:13 into the first periodBob Kelly · fighting5 min
- 13:21 into the first periodChris Kotsopoulos · roughing2 min
- 14:25 into the first periodRyan Walter · hooking2 min
- 14:25 into the first periodDarren Veitch · tripping2 min
- 15:02 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · tripping2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodEddie Johnstone · elbowing2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodEd Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodJames McTaggart · roughing2 min
- 12:09 into the second periodBarry Beck · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
- 19:42 into the second periodMike Allison · high sticking2 min
- 5:08 into the third periodEd Hospodar · elbowing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
New York Rangers
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | W | 18 | 2 | .889 |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |