Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Sunday, December 14, 1980 · Capital Centre

5–4

19–30

Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 on Sunday, December 14, 1980 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 30–19.

Errol Thompson scored twice, John Ogrodnick scored twice and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored twice. Ryan Walter, Dennis Ververgaert and Dale McCourt also scored.

Gilles Gilbert made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 14 of 19.

Goals
DET	2	0	3	5	19
WSH	0	2	2	4	30

Scoring

1st period

Errol Thompson (10)Jim Korn (2), George Lyle (13)1–002:51 DET ·
John Ogrodnick (14)Mike Foligno (13), Dale McCourt (21)2–007:42 DET

2nd period

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (8)Mike Gartner (15), Ryan Walter (15)2–108:24 WSH
Ryan Walter (10)Mike Gartner (16), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (10)2–218:52 WSH

3rd period

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (9)Ryan Walter (16), Mike Gartner (17)2–304:41 WSH
Dennis Ververgaert (7)Guy Charron (8), Howard Walker (2)2–409:20 WSH
Dale McCourt (10)Mike Foligno (14), Vaclav Nedomansky (5)3–413:10 DET ·
John Ogrodnick (15)Unassisted4–416:09 DET
Errol Thompson (11)Unassisted5–416:52 DET

Team stats

DETWSH

1930

0%0%

2/40/4

2929

Penalties

1:26 into the first periodDan Labraaten · hooking2 min
11:26 into the first periodWes Jarvis · tripping2 min
14:49 into the first periodDennis Polonich · elbowing2 min
14:49 into the first periodAl Hangsleben · slashing2 min
16:57 into the first periodGlenn Hicks · fighting5 min
16:57 into the first periodYvon Labre · fighting5 min
18:40 into the first periodJohn Barrett · holding2 min
8:09 into the second periodMike Foligno · high sticking2 min
8:09 into the second periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
8:09 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · high sticking2 min
8:09 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · fighting5 min
9:33 into the second periodGeorge Lyle · hooking2 min
12:37 into the second periodMark Kirton · roughing2 min
12:37 into the second periodReed Larson · fighting5 min
12:37 into the second periodBob Kelly · fighting5 min
12:37 into the second periodJames McTaggart · roughing2 min
5:57 into the third periodAl Hangsleben · cross checking2 min
8:03 into the third periodDennis Polonich · hooking2 min
9:08 into the third periodPat Ribble · tripping2 min
12:35 into the third periodYvon Labre · holding2 min

Season series

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Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

10Dale McCourtC	1	1	2	−1	3	0	–	–
12Errol ThompsonL	2	0	2	+1	3	0	–	–
17Mike FolignoR	0	2	2	0	2	7	–	–
25John OgrodnickL	2	0	2	0	4	0	–	–
18George LyleL	0	1	1	0	0	2	–	–
20Vaclav NedomanskyC	0	1	1	−1	0	0	–	–
26Jim KornD	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
8Dennis PolonichC	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	–
15Paul WoodsC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
21Dan LabraatenL	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–
22Glenn HicksL	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	–
23Mark KirtonC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
2John BarrettD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
3Perry MillerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
5Jean HamelD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
7Willie HuberD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
28Reed LarsonD	0	0	0	0	4	5	–	–

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
1Gilles GilbertG	W	30	26	4	.867	60:00
30Larry LozinskiG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

9Ryan WalterC	1	2	3	+2	2	0	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	3	3	+2	2	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	2	1	3	+2	6	0	–	–
15Guy CharronC	0	1	1	0	6	0	–	–
23Dennis VervergaertR	1	0	1	−1	2	0	–	–
3Howard WalkerD	0	1	1	−1	3	0	–	–
10Rolf EdbergC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
12Al HangslebenL	0	0	0	0	0	11	–	–
17Wes JarvisC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
21Dennis MarukC	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
22Jean PronovostR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
24Bob KellyL	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	–
27Paul MulveyL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
2Pat RibbleD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
4James McTaggartD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
5Rick GreenD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–
7Yvon LabreD	0	0	0	+1	0	7	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
29Mike PalmateerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Wayne StephensonG	L	19	14	5	.737	59:12