Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Sun, Oct 14, 1979 · Madison Square Garden · 1979–80 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 3

Final

New York Rangers

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Sun, Oct 14, 1979 at Madison Square Garden. Dennis Maruk led the way with 4 points. Gary Inness made 43 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–46.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
WSH	5	26
NYR	3	46

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
21	Dennis Maruk	C	4	0	4	+3	0	5
17	Tom Rowe	R	0	2	2	+2	2	0
24	Robert Picard	D	0	2	2	+2	2	4
6	Errol Rausse	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2
10	Rolf Edberg	C	1	0	1	0	0	2
16	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	L	0	1	1	0	0	1
25	Bob Sirois	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3
11	Mike Gartner	R	0	0	0	0	2	4
9	Ryan Walter	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1
28	Gord Lane	D	0	0	0	0	4	0
19	Paul MacKinnon	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1
15	Guy Charron	C	0	0	0	0	2	2
7	Yvon Labre	D	0	0	0	0	19	0
22	Dennis Hextall	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Greg Polis	R	0	0	0	0	15	0
3	Peter Scamurra	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0
4	Leif Svensson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Gary Inness	W	46	43	3	.935	60:00

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	1	2	3	-2	0	3
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	2	2	-2	2	3
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	-2	2	5
15	Anders Hedberg	R	1	0	1	-2	0	3
2	Jocelyn Guevremont	D	1	0	1	-2	0	3
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	1	1	0	2	3
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	0	0	0	0	4
9	Doug Sulliman	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	0	12	0
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4
12	Don Maloney	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	Mario Marois	D	0	0	0	0	7	4
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	0	0	-2	5	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Wayne Thomas	L	25	21	4	.840	59:06