Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 12, 1980 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 6–2 on Friday, December 12, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 35–32.
Goals came from Peter Lee, Pat Hughes, Greg Theberge, Greg Malone, Gary McAdam, Wes Jarvis, Nick Libett and Paul Gardner.
Rob Holland made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Lee (7)Mark Johnson (6), Randy Carlyle (31)1–003:10 PIT
Pat Hughes (7)Gary McAdam (8), Ron Stackhouse (7)2–005:39 PIT
Greg Theberge (1)Unassisted2–107:34 WSH
Greg Malone (4)Unassisted3–108:06 PIT
2nd period
Gary McAdam (2)Mario Faubert (15)4–109:33 PIT
Wes Jarvis (7)Al Hangsleben (12), Dennis Ververgaert (13)4–210:56 WSH
Nick Libett (3)Peter Lee (8)5–211:12 PIT
3rd period
Paul Gardner (3)Ross Lonsberry (12), Mario Faubert (16)6–202:56 PIT
Team stats
PITWSH
3532
0%0%
0/30/2
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:43 into the first period
Bennett Wolf · roughing2 min - 8:43 into the first periodBennett Wolf · tripping2 min
- 8:43 into the first period
Al Hangsleben · roughing2 min - 16:01 into the first periodJames McTaggart · elbowing2 min
- 19:09 into the first periodMario Faubert · cross checking2 min
- 5:43 into the second periodBennett Wolf · high sticking2 min
- 5:43 into the second periodRyan Walter · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDennis Maruk · cross checking2 min
- 10:19 into the third periodBob Kelly · holding2 min
- 13:36 into the third periodMario Faubert · fighting5 min
- 13:36 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 30Paul GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Bennett WolfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Greg ThebergeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 4 | 2 | .500 | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |