The Washington Capitals came up just a bit short against the Minnesota North Stars, 5 to 4, on December 12, 1979.

1979-80 Washington Capitals

Final

WSH

Capitals

5-20-5

4

1

2

0

2

0

1

3

3

3

Total

5

4

1st period

MNS

WSH

North Stars

Tim Young (EV) assisted by Gary Sargent

1

0

North Stars

Mike Fidler (EV) assisted by Glen Sharpley and Gary Sargent

2

0

2nd period

MNS

WSH

Capitals

Mike Kaszycki (PP) assisted by Ryan Walter and Tom Rowe

2

1

3rd period

MNS

WSH

North Stars

Steve Payne (EV) assisted by Tim Young and Paul Shmyr

3

1

Capitals

Wes Jarvis (EV) assisted by Tom Rowe

3

2

North Stars

Tom Younghans (EV) assisted by Kris Manery

4

2

North Stars

Tim Young (EV) assisted by Al MacAdam and Steve Payne

5

2

Capitals

Paul Mulvey (EV) assisted by Mike Gartner and Mike Kaszycki

5

3

Capitals

Mike Kaszycki (EV) assisted by Mike Gartner and Robert Picard

5

4

North Stars

Capitals

Goals

5

4

Shots

30

31

Penalty Minutes

22

24

Power-Play Goals

0

1

Power-Play Opportunities

2

1

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Gilles Meloche (W) 31 4 27 .871 60:00

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Kent-Erik Andersson 0 0 -2 0 1
Fred Barrett 0 0 +2 0 2
Mike Eaves 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Fidler 1 0 0 0 3
Craig Hartsburg 0 0 -2 0 2
Al MacAdam 0 1 +3 0 1
Kris Manery 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Payne 1 1 +3 0 3
Mike Polich 0 0 -2 2 1
Gary Sargent 0 2 +2 2 3
Glen Sharpley 0 1 +1 2 2
Paul Shmyr 0 1 +3 2 0
Greg Smith 0 0 -1 0 2
Tim Young 2 1 +3 0 4
Tom Younghans 1 0 -1 14 3
Ron Zanussi 0 0 +1 0 1

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Gary Inness (L) 30 5 25 .833 59:00

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Rolf Edberg 0 0 -1 0 1
Mike Gartner 0 2 +1 0 2
Rick Green 0 0 -3 0 1
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 0 0 -1 0 4
Wes Jarvis 1 0 -1 0 2
Mike Kaszycki 2 1 0 0 4
Paul Mulvey 1 0 0 14 4
Robert Picard 0 1 0 0 2
Greg Polis 0 0 -2 0 3
Tom Rowe 0 2 -1 8 2
Peter Scamurra 0 0 -1 0 0
Leif Svensson 0 0 -2 0 0
Greg Theberge 0 0 +2 0 1
Ryan Walter 0 1 -1 0 5

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Team Leaders

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G

30

Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin

A

43

Carlson

John Carlson

+/-

+5

Mantha

Anthony Mantha

Team Rankings

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G/GP

2.64

28th

GA/GP

3.10

16th

PP%

20.6

17th

PK%

78.9

18th

2023-24 Division Standings

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TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Rangers Rangers
55 23 4 114 53
Hurricanes Hurricanes
52 22 7 111 66
Islanders Islanders
38 27 16 92 -18
Capitals Capitals
39 31 11 89 -38
Penguins Penguins
38 31 12 88 5
Flyers Flyers
38 32 11 87 -25
Devils Devils
38 39 5 81 -19
Blue Jackets Blue Jackets
26 43 12 64 -66

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/16
WSH WSH
@
PHI PHI
7:00 PM

Last Game

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WSH Capitals

39-31-11

2

Final

0

BOS Bruins

47-19-15

Mon 15 Apr 2024

NHL 2023-24 Leaders

NHL 2023-24 Rankings

Goals Rankings

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Avalanche

3.67

Maple Leafs

3.65

Stars

3.62

Goals Against Rankings

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Jets

2.41

Panthers

2.42

Hurricanes

2.53

Power Play Rankings

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Lightning

28.7

Hurricanes

27.0

Rangers

26.4

Penalty Kill Rankings

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Hurricanes

86.3

Kings

84.9

Rangers

84.5

NHL 2023-24 Division Standings

Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Rangers Rangers
55 23 4 114 53
2
Hurricanes Hurricanes
52 22 7 111 66
3
Islanders Islanders
38 27 16 92 -18
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Bruins Bruins
47 19 15 109 45
2
Panthers Panthers
51 24 6 108 65
3
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
46 24 10 102 45
Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Stars Stars
51 21 9 111 63
2
Jets Jets
50 24 6 106 57
3
Avalanche Avalanche
49 25 7 105 46
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Canucks Canucks
49 22 9 107 55
2
Oilers Oilers
49 25 6 104 64
3
Kings Kings
43 27 11 97 40

NHL 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
4/14
MIN MIN
@
LAK LAK
3-1
Sun
4/14
SJS SJS
@
EDM EDM
2-9
Sun
4/14
OTT OTT
@
NYR NYR
0-4
Sun
4/14
BUF BUF
@
TBL TBL
4-2
Sun
4/14
NYI NYI
@
NJD NJD
4-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/16
CAR CAR
@
CBJ CBJ
7:00 PM
Tue
4/16
DET DET
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Tue
4/16
OTT OTT
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Tue
4/16
WSH WSH
@
PHI PHI
7:00 PM
Tue
4/16
TOR TOR
@
FLA FLA
7:30 PM