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New York Rangers vs. Washington Capitals Box Score: December 26, 1980

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3

12-18-5

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7

12-12-10

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December 26, 1980

Arena: Capital Centre

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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary Table
1st Period
02:07	WSH		Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (11)
13:17	WSH		Ryan Walter (12)
15:23	NYR	PP	Mike Allison (13)	Anders Hedberg, Dave Maloney
2nd Period
05:01	WSH	PP	Bob Kelly (13)	Rick Green, Bengt-Åke Gustafsson
12:27	WSH	PP	Bob Kelly (14)	Jean Pronovost, Tim Tookey
12:48	WSH		Dennis Maruk (24)	Bob Kelly, Yvon Labre
3rd Period
00:17	NYR		Doug Sulliman (4)	Dave Maloney, Ed Hospodar
11:14	WSH	PP	Howard Walker (1)	Tim Tookey, Darren Veitch
13:49	WSH		Dennis Maruk (25)	Bob Kelly, Dennis Ververgaert
16:41	NYR		Eddie Johnstone (7)	Tom Laidlaw

Penalty Summary

Penalty Summary Table
1st Period
10:10	NYR	Dave Maloney	Holding	2 min
14:43	WSH	Dennis Maruk	Roughing	2 min
14:43	WSH	Archie Henderson	Abuse of Officials	2 min
18:32	NYR	Chris Kotsopoulos	Holding	2 min
2nd Period
01:39	WSH	Archie Henderson	Charging	2 min
03:43	NYR	Dave Silk	Hooking	2 min
06:14	NYR	Don Maloney	Fighting	5 min
06:14	WSH	Yvon Labre	Fighting	5 min
07:28	WSH	Ryan Walter	Tripping	2 min
10:27	NYR	Barry Beck	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2 min
10:27	NYR	Barry Beck	Misconduct	10 min
10:27	WSH	Paul Mulvey	Fighting	5 min
10:27	NYR	Chris Kotsopoulos	Fighting	5 min
11:44	NYR	Anders Hedberg	Holding	2 min
17:13	WSH	Yvon Labre	Cross checking	2 min
3rd Period
02:55	WSH	Rick Green	Slashing	2 min
07:54	NYR	Eddie Johnstone	High sticking	2 min
07:54	NYR	Eddie Johnstone	Roughing	2 min
07:54	WSH	Mike Palmateer	Roughing	2 min
07:54	WSH	Mike Palmateer	High sticking	2 min
09:14	NYR	Carol Vadnais	Charging	2 min
10:52	NYR	Anders Hedberg	Interference	2 min
16:14	NYR	Anders Hedberg	Fighting	5 min
16:14	NYR	Ed Hospodar	Misconduct	10 min
16:14	NYR	Doug Sulliman	Misconduct	10 min
16:14	WSH	Archie Henderson	High sticking	2 min
16:14	WSH	Jim McTaggart	Misconduct	10 min
16:14	WSH	Jim McTaggart	Fighting	5 min
16:14	WSH	Jim McTaggart	Roughing	2 min
16:14	WSH	Dennis Maruk	Misconduct	10 min
16:14	NYR	Barry Beck	Misconduct	10 min
16:14	NYR	Ron Greschner	Player leaves bench	2 min
16:14	WSH	Yvon Labre	Fighting	5 min
16:14	NYR	Anders Hedberg	Misconduct	10 min
16:14	WSH	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	Player leaves bench	2 min
16:14	NYR	Chris Kotsopoulos	High sticking	2 min
16:14	NYR	Ed Hospodar	Roughing	2 min
16:14	NYR	Ed Hospodar	Fighting	5 min
16:14	WSH	Bob Kelly	Misconduct	10 min
16:14	NYR	Ed Hospodar	Game misconduct	10 min

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New York Rangers

New York Rangers Table
		Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	SHFT	TOI
1	Mike Allison	1	0	1	-3	0	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
2	Barry Beck	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
3	Phil Esposito	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
4	Jere Gillis	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
5	Ron Greschner	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Anders Hedberg	0	1	1	-2	19	0	0	0	0	0
7	Ed Hospodar	0	1	1	1	27	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
8	Eddie Johnstone	1	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
9	Chris Kotsopoulos	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
10	Tom Laidlaw	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
11	Dave Maloney	0	2	2	-2	2	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
12	Don Maloney	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
13	Dave Silk	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
14	Doug Sulliman	1	0	1	1	10	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
15	Dean Talafous	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
16	Carol Vadnais	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
17	Steve Vickers	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Wayne Thomas	0	0	0		0				0	0			60:00
	TOTAL	3	5	8		102	2	1	0		32	9.4

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Wayne Thomas	L	7	29	22	.759	0	0	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals Table
		Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	SHFT	TOI
1	Mike Gartner	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
2	Rick Green	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
4	Al Hangsleben	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
5	Archie Henderson	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
6	Wes Jarvis	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
7	Bob Kelly	2	2	4	2	10	0	2	0	1	3	66.7
8	Yvon Labre	0	1	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	0
9	Dennis Maruk	2	0	2	2	12	2	0	0	0	5	40.0
10	Jim McTaggart	0	0	0	1	17	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
11	Paul Mulvey	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
12	Jean Pronovost	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
13	Tim Tookey	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Darren Veitch	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Dennis Ververgaert	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
16	Howard Walker	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
17	Ryan Walter	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
18	Mike Palmateer	0	0	0		4				0	0			60:00
	TOTAL	7	10	17		68	4	3	0		29	24.1

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Mike Palmateer	W	3	32	29	.906	0	4	60:00

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