NHL game summary from December 22, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Washington Capitals (7-22-5) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 New York Islanders (12-13-6) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1: | NYI, | Clark Gillies 8 (Anders Kallur), 3:50 - PP |
| WAS, | Ryan Walter 9 (Robert Picard, Mike Kaszycki), 15:25 - PP | |
| 2: | NYI, | Garry Howatt 3 (Mike Bossy, Wayne Merrick), 11:11 |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gord Lane, NYI [Slashing] 0:26 | |
| Paul MacKinnon, WAS [Tripping] 2:53 | ||
| Robert Picard, WAS [Tripping] 4:19 | ||
| Gord Lane, NYI [Roughing] 7:56 | ||
| Dave Lewis, NYI [Holding] 13:52 | ||
| 2: | Jean Potvin, NYI [Tripping] 11:42 | |
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: WAS: 4 minutes
NYI: 8 minutes
| WAS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollie Boutin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Scamurra | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leif Svensson | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Green | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Lofthouse | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Walter | 9 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Rolf Edberg | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mike Gartner | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Antero Lehtonen | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Charron | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bengt Gustafsson | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Rowe | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul MacKinnon | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Kaszycki | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Jarvis | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Picard | 24 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| Paul Mulvey | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 31 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 31 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Potvin | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex McKendry | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: WAS: 15-12- 4-31
NYI: 8- 8- 8-24
Goalies: WAS: Rollie Boutin (L, 2-1-0)
NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 5-6-2)
Referee: Alf Lejeune
Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Gordon Broseker
Attendance: 14,855
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