Friday, November 16, 1979 · Capital Centre
Red Wings 4 at Capitals 2
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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9:59
Vaclav Nedomansky (8) Dale McCourt (8), Barry Long (2) DET 1 – 0 WSH
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12:43
Reed Larson (2) PPG Peter Mahovlich (10) DET 2 – 0 WSH
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13:54
Reed Larson (3) Greg Joly (1) DET 3 – 0 WSH
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18:45
Ryan Walter (4) Rick Green (5), Mark Lofthouse (2) DET 3 – 1 WSH
2nd Period
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2:34
Vaclav Nedomansky (9) Dale McCourt (9), Dan Labraaten (9) DET 4 – 1 WSH
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5:44
Tom Rowe (7) Peter Scamurra (3) DET 4 – 2 WSH
3rd Period
No scoring
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaclav Nedomansky C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 2.10 |
| Dale McCourt C | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 1.63 |
| Reed Larson D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.42 |
| Dan Labraaten L | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 1.38 |
| Barry Long D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.00 |
| Greg Joly D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Peter Mahovlich C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.33 |
| Dennis Polonich C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Dennis Sobchuk C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Paul Woods C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Glenn Hicks L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Bill Hogaboam C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Willie Huber D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Perry Miller D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Errol Thompson L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.22 |
| Jean Hamel D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Mike Foligno R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogie Vachon | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 60:00 | 0.50 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Lofthouse R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.93 |
| Peter Scamurra D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.70 |
| Ryan Walter C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.68 |
| Rick Green D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.48 |
| Tom Rowe R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.38 |
| Robert Picard D | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Mike Gartner R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Dennis Hextall C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Yvon Labre D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Errol Rausse L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Antero Lehtonen R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Wes Jarvis C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Greg Polis R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Leif Svensson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Gord Lane D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Paul Mulvey L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.83 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Inness | L | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 20:00 | -1.75 |
| Wayne Stephenson | — | 10 | 9 | 1 | .900 | 39:27 | 0.15 |