The Washington Capitals were defeated by the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5 to 3, on December 7, 1979.

Final

Penguins

11-8-5

5

Capitals

5-18-5

3

Team

PIT

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PIT

WSH

Nick Libett (EV) assisted by George Ferguson

Rick Kehoe (EV) assisted by Randy Carlyle and Ross Lonsberry

George Ferguson (EV) assisted by Gregg Sheppard

Paul Mulvey (EV) assisted by Wes Jarvis and Tony Cassolato

2nd period

PIT

WSH

Tom Bladon (EV) assisted by Nick Libett

Mike Gartner (EV) assisted by Wes Jarvis and Paul Mulvey

3rd period

PIT

WSH

Wes Jarvis (EV) assisted by Paul Mulvey and Mike Gartner

Greg Malone (EV) assisted by Rod Schutt

Penguins

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Penguins

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Greg Millen (W) G. Millen	1	0	0	24	21	.875	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Russ Anderson R. Anderson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Tom Bladon T. Bladon	1	0	1	+2	2	1	1	100.0
Randy Carlyle R. Carlyle	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kim Clackson K. Clackson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
George Ferguson G. Ferguson	1	1	2	+2	0	0	4	25.0
Rick Kehoe R. Kehoe	1	0	1	+1	0	0	2	50.0
Orest Kindrachuk O. Kindrachuk	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0.0
Peter Lee P. Lee	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Nick Libett N. Libett	1	1	2	+2	0	0	2	50.0
Ross Lonsberry R. Lonsberry	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Greg Malone G. Malone	1	0	1	-1	5	0	4	25.0
Gary Mcadam G. Mcadam	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Rod Schutt R. Schutt	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Gregg Sheppard G. Sheppard	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Ron Stackhouse R. Stackhouse	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Stewart B. Stewart	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gary Inness (L) G. Inness	0	1	0	24	22	.917	2	2.38	0	50
Wayne Stephenson W. Stephenson				6	3	.500	3	18.88	0	10

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Tony Cassolato T. Cassolato	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	1	1	2	+2	2	5	20.0
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Wes Jarvis W. Jarvis	1	2	3	+3	0	1	100.0
Mike Kaszycki M. Kaszycki	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0.0
Mark Lofthouse M. Lofthouse	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Paul Mulvey P. Mulvey	1	2	3	+3	4	1	100.0
Robert Picard R. Picard	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0
Greg Polis G. Polis	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Errol Rausse E. Rausse	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	0	0	0	-4	5	3	0.0
Peter Scamurra P. Scamurra	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Leif Svensson L. Svensson	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Greg Theberge G. Theberge	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brent Tremblay B. Tremblay	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Ryan Walter R. Walter	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0.0