New York Rangers at Washington Capitals

Fri, Dec 26, 1980 · Capital Centre · 1980–81 Regular Season

New York Rangers

3 – 7

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 7–3 on Fri, Dec 26, 1980 at Capital Centre. Bob Kelly led the way with 4 points. Mike Palmateer made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–29.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYR	3	32
WSH	7	29

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	2	2	-2	2	8
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	1	1	-2	19	0
9	Doug Sulliman	L	1	0	1	+1	10	3
2	Tom Laidlaw	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1
23	Ed Hospodar	D	0	1	1	+1	27	1
14	Mike Allison	R	1	0	1	-3	0	1
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	1	0	1	+1	4	1
12	Don Maloney	L	0	0	0	-1	5	1
3	Barry Beck	D	0	0	0	0	22	4
19	Dean Talafous	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3
6	Jere Gillis	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1
16	Dave Silk	R	0	0	0	0	2	1
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	0	2	2
24	Chris Kotsopoulos	D	0	0	0	+1	9	1
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Wayne Thomas	L	29	22	7	.759	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
24	Bob Kelly	L	2	2	4	+2	10	3
16	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	L	1	1	2	+3	0	3
18	Tim Tookey	C	0	2	2	0	0	0
21	Dennis Maruk	C	2	0	2	+2	12	5
6	Darren Veitch	D	0	1	1	0	0	0
7	Yvon Labre	D	0	1	1	+1	12	0
22	Jean Pronovost	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1
9	Ryan Walter	C	1	0	1	+2	2	2
3	Howard Walker	D	1	0	1	0	0	2
5	Rick Green	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0
23	Dennis Ververgaert	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1
11	Mike Gartner	R	0	0	0	+1	0	4
17	Wes Jarvis	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1
31	Archie Henderson	R	0	0	0	-1	4	2
12	Al Hangsleben	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2
4	James McTaggart	D	0	0	0	+1	17	2
27	Paul Mulvey	L	0	0	0	0	5	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Mike Palmateer	W	32	29	3	.906	60:00