The Hartford Whalers managed to stay ahead of the Washington Capitals, 5 to 4, on December 19, 1979.

Final

Capitals

6-21-5

4

Whalers

9-13-8

5

Team

WSH

HFD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

HFD

Blaine Stoughton (EV) assisted by Mike Rogers and Jordy Douglas

Robert Picard (EV) assisted by Guy Charron

Leif Svensson (EV) assisted by Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

2nd period

WSH

HFD

Al Sims (EV) assisted by Dave Keon and Jordy Douglas

Jordy Douglas (EV) assisted by Gordie Roberts

Ryan Walter (EV) assisted by Guy Charron

3rd period

WSH

HFD

Dave Debol (EV) assisted by Al Hangsleben and Ray Allison

Mike Gartner (EV) assisted by Guy Charron

Blaine Stoughton (EV) assisted by Dave Keon

Capitals

Whalers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Whalers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Wayne Stephenson (L) W. Stephenson	0	1	0	28	23	.821	5	5.14	0	58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Pierre Bouchard P. Bouchard	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0
Guy Charron G. Charron	0	3	3	+1	0	3	0.0
Rolf Edberg R. Edberg	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	-2	2	0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Kaszycki M. Kaszycki	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Mark Lofthouse M. Lofthouse	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Paul MacKinnon P. MacKinnon	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Paul Mulvey P. Mulvey	0	0	0	-3	2	2	0.0
Robert Picard R. Picard	1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0.0
Peter Scamurra P. Scamurra	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Leif Svensson L. Svensson	1	0	1	+1	0	1	100.0
Ryan Walter R. Walter	1	0	1	-1	0	3	33.3

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Garrett (W) J. Garrett	1	0	0	21	17	.810	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Steve Alley S. Alley	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Ray Allison R. Allison	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Jeff Brubaker J. Brubaker	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Greg Carroll G. Carroll	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Dave Debol D. Debol	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	100.0
Jordy Douglas J. Douglas	1	2	3	+1	0	0	4	25.0
Al Hangsleben A. Hangsleben	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0.0
Rick Hodgson R. Hodgson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Gordie Howe G. Howe	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0.0
Dave Keon D. Keon	0	2	2	-1	2	0	2	0.0
Ronald Plumb R. Plumb	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Gordie Roberts G. Roberts	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0.0
Mike Rogers M. Rogers	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Al Sims A. Sims	1	0	1	+2	0	0	6	16.7
Robert Stephenson R. Stephenson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Blaine Stoughton B. Stoughton	2	0	2	+1	2	1	3	66.7