The Washington Capitals eked out a victory over the New York Rangers, 5 to 4, on December 15, 1979.

Final

Rangers

14-14-4

4

Capitals

6-20-5

5

Team

NYR

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

WSH

Steve Vickers (EV) assisted by Ron Greschner and Barry Beck

Phil Esposito (PP) assisted by Don Maloney and Barry Beck

2nd period

NYR

WSH

Dave Maloney (EV) assisted by Carol Vadnais and Phil Esposito

Dave Maloney (PP) assisted by Ulf Nilsson and Steve Vickers

3rd period

NYR

WSH

Rick Green (EV) assisted by Mike Gartner

Wes Jarvis (EV) assisted by Mark Lofthouse and Greg Polis

Mike Gartner (EV) assisted by Mike Kaszycki and Robert Picard

Rolf Edberg (PP) assisted by Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Robert Picard

Paul Mulvey (EV) assisted by Mike Gartner and Mike Kaszycki

Rangers

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Davidson (L) J. Davidson	0	1	0	26	21	.808	5	5.05	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Barry Beck B. Beck	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	0.0
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	5	20.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Eddie Johnstone E. Johnstone	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Claude Larose C. Larose	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	2	0	2	0	4	1	0	4	50.0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0.0
Mario Marois M. Marois	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Warren Miller W. Miller	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Dean Talafous D. Talafous	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	50.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Rollie Boutin (W) R. Boutin	1	0	0	36	32	.889	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Pierre Bouchard P. Bouchard	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Guy Charron G. Charron	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Rolf Edberg R. Edberg	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	5	20.0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	1	2	3	+3	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Rick Green R. Green	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Wes Jarvis W. Jarvis	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Mike Kaszycki M. Kaszycki	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Lofthouse M. Lofthouse	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Paul MacKinnon P. MacKinnon	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Mulvey P. Mulvey	1	0	1	+3	0	0	0	1	3	33.3
Robert Picard R. Picard	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	2	0.0
Greg Polis G. Polis	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Peter Scamurra P. Scamurra	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Leif Svensson L. Svensson	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ryan Walter R. Walter	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0