Washington Capitals vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Tuesday, December 30, 1980 · Pacific Coliseum
Scoring
2nd period
Howard Walker (2)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (13), Dennis Maruk (20)1–000:31 WSH · 
Ivan Boldirev (15)Dave Williams (14), Rick Lanz (11)1–108:12 VAN
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (13)Wes Jarvis (9)2–112:18 WSH ·
3rd period
Thomas Gradin (6)Stan Smyl (22), Curt Fraser (18)2–205:22 VAN
Mike Gartner (21)Howard Walker (3), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (14)3–212:57 WSH
Per-Olov Brasar (13)Kevin McCarthy (19), Stan Smyl (23)3–319:49 VAN
Team stats
WSHVAN
2737
0%0%
1/50/6
2322
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:45 into the first period
Yvon Labre · interference2 min - 7:57 into the first period
Mario Marois · hooking2 min - 15:22 into the first periodHarold Snepsts · holding2 min
- 17:05 into the first periodDave Williams · high sticking5 min
- 17:28 into the first periodMike Palmateer · charging2 min
- 19:05 into the first periodMario Marois · high sticking2 min
- 2:31 into the second periodBobby Schmautz · fighting5 min
- 2:31 into the second periodYvon Labre · fighting5 min
- 4:02 into the second periodBrent Ashton · roughing2 min
- 4:02 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · charging2 min
- 6:04 into the second periodJames McTaggart · cross checking2 min
- 11:02 into the second periodMike Palmateer · tripping2 min
- 16:14 into the second periodDennis Kearns · holding2 min
- 18:04 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 0:41 into the third periodDave Williams · high sticking2 min
- 0:41 into the third periodYvon Labre · slashing2 min
- 1:34 into the third periodRyan Walter · tripping2 min
- 10:15 into the third periodAl Hangsleben · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Archie HendersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | T | 37 | 3 | .919 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Gary BromleyG | T | 10 | 1 | .900 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 17 | 2 | .882 |