🦅 Away Capitals 10-24-0 before this game

8–2

Final

🍁 Home Maple Leafs 16-17-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	0	0	8
TOR	0	0	0	2

Capitals at Maple Leafs

Capitals beat Maple Leafs 8–2 at Scotiabank Arena on December 26, 1979.

🗓 Wed, Dec 26, 1979 · 19:00 CST 📍 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Maple Leafs lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Robert Picard

1 G, 3 A

3 shots · +4

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Ryan Walter

4 A

1 shots · +5

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Guy Charron

3 G

4 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH TOR🍁

31 Shots on goal 27

2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1

2 Penalty minutes 10

WSH shooting 25.8% (8/31) TOR shooting 7.4% (2/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Rollie Boutin

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🍁Maple Leafs

Mike Palmateer

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 05:23 TOI

Paul Harrison

0/7

.000 SV% · 7 GA · 54:37 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 10-24 (29% win rate, 34 games)

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 1st: 16-17 (48% win rate, 33 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 10-24 (29% win rate, 34 games)

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 2nd: 16-17 (48% win rate, 33 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Maple Leafs lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

Nov 28, 1979

🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH

4–2 · Maple Leafs won

Oct 19, 1979

🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH

5–3 · Maple Leafs won

❓ WSH vs TOR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Maple Leafs on December 26, 1979?

Capitals won 8–2.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Maple Leafs?

The final score was Capitals 8, Maple Leafs 2.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Rollie Boutin made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Mike Palmateer made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Maple Leafs played?

At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the Maple Leafs home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Maple Leafs season series?

Maple Leafs lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Dec 22

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 23

Also on December 26, 1979

Capitals season page Maple Leafs season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule