The New York Rangers decisively defeated the Washington Capitals, 5 to 2, on December 30, 1979.

Final

Capitals

9-23-5

2

Rangers

17-15-5

5

Team

WSH

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

NYR

Guy Charron (EV) assisted by Tom Rowe

Barry Beck (PP) assisted by Steve Vickers and Ulf Nilsson

2nd period

WSH

NYR

Claude Larose (EV) assisted by Ron Duguay and Barry Beck

Eddie Johnstone (EV) assisted by Dave Maloney

Anders Hedberg (EV) assisted by Ulf Nilsson and Barry Beck

3rd period

WSH

NYR

Antero Lehtonen (EV) assisted by Rolf Edberg

Steve Vickers (EV) assisted by Ulf Nilsson and Anders Hedberg

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
Rollie Boutin (L) R. Boutin	0	1	0	29	24	.828	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

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

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Steve Baker (W) S. Baker	1	0	0	25	23	.920	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Frank Beaton F. Beaton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Barry Beck B. Beck	1	2	3	+2	2	1	0	0	2	50.0
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	0
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Eddie Johnstone E. Johnstone	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Claude Larose C. Larose	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Mario Marois M. Marois	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Warren Miller W. Miller	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	0	3	3	+2	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Dean Talafous D. Talafous	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	0	3	33.3