Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Sun, Dec 30, 1979 · Madison Square Garden · 1979–80 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

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Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Sun, Dec 30, 1979 at Madison Square Garden. Ulf Nilsson led the way with 3 points. Steve Baker made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–29.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
WSH	2	25
NYR	5	29

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
10	Rolf Edberg	C	0	1	1	0	0	0
15	Guy Charron	C	1	0	1	-1	0	5
17	Tom Rowe	R	0	1	1	-1	0	3
14	Antero Lehtonen	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2
11	Mike Gartner	R	0	0	0	0	0	5
9	Ryan Walter	C	0	0	0	0	2	1
5	Rick Green	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0
16	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	L	0	0	0	0	2	3
23	Wes Jarvis	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0
19	Paul MacKinnon	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0
20	Mike Kaszycki	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1
8	Mark Lofthouse	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1
29	Pierre Bouchard	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0
27	Paul Mulvey	L	0	0	0	0	0	2
18	Greg Polis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2
3	Peter Scamurra	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0
4	Leif Svensson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Rollie Boutin	L	29	24	5	.828	60:00

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	0	3	3	+2	0	4
3	Barry Beck	D	1	2	3	+2	2	2
15	Anders Hedberg	R	1	1	2	+2	0	2
8	Steve Vickers	L	1	1	2	+1	0	3
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	1	1	0	0	1
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0
20	Claude Larose	L	1	0	1	0	0	4
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3
24	Warren Miller	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	0	0	+3	0	0
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	Frank Beaton	L	0	0	0	0	0	1
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1
25	Mario Marois	D	0	0	0	-1	2	4
19	Dean Talafous	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1
12	Don Maloney	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Steve Baker	W	25	23	2	.920	60:00