The New York Rangers lost to the Washington Capitals, 5 to 3, on October 14, 1979.

Final

Capitals

1-2-0

5

Rangers

1-1-0

3

Team

WSH

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

NYR

Jocelyn Guevremont (PP) assisted by Ulf Nilsson and Ron Greschner

2nd period

WSH

NYR

Dennis Maruk (PP) assisted by Tom Rowe and Robert Picard

Dennis Maruk (EV) assisted by Tom Rowe

Ulf Nilsson (PP) assisted by Carol Vadnais and Mike McEwen

Dennis Maruk (EV) assisted by Robert Picard and Errol Rausse

Rolf Edberg (EV) assisted by Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Bob Sirois

3rd period

WSH

NYR

Anders Hedberg (EV) assisted by Mike McEwen and Ulf Nilsson

Dennis Maruk (EV-EN) unassisted

Capitals

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gary Inness (W) G. Inness	1	0	0	46	43	.935	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Guy Charron G. Charron	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rolf Edberg R. Edberg	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Yvon Labre Y. Labre	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Paul MacKinnon P. MacKinnon	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	4	0	4	+3	0	1	0	0	5	80.0
Robert Picard R. Picard	0	2	2	+2	2	0	1	0	4	0.0
Greg Polis G. Polis	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Errol Rausse E. Rausse	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	0	2	2	+2	2	0	1	0	0
Peter Scamurra P. Scamurra	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Sirois B. Sirois	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Leif Svensson L. Svensson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ryan Walter R. Walter	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Wayne Thomas (L) W. Thomas	0	1	0	25	21	.840	4	4.06	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Lucien DeBlois L. DeBlois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	3	0.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	5	0.0
Jocelyn Guevremont J. Guevremont	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	3	33.3
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	3	33.3
Eddie Johnstone E. Johnstone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	3	0.0
Mario Marois M. Marois	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	4	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	2	2	-2	2	0	1	3	0.0
Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	1	2	3	-2	0	1	1	3	33.3
Doug Sulliman D. Sulliman	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	3	0.0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0