🦅 Away Capitals 15-29-0 before this game

2–3

Final

⚜️ Home Nordiques 20-24-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	0	0	2
QUE	0	0	0	3

Capitals at Nordiques

Nordiques beat Capitals 3–2 on January 20, 1980.

🗓 Sun, Jan 20, 1980 · 18:30 CST 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚜️ QUE

Real Cloutier

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · +2

2nd star ⚜️ QUE

Dale Hoganson

3 A

2 shots · +1

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Antero Lehtonen

2 A

1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH QUE⚜️

33 Shots on goal 29

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

6 Penalty minutes 10

WSH shooting 6.1% (2/33) QUE shooting 10.3% (3/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Rollie Boutin

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:35 TOI

⚜️Nordiques

Ron Low

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 15-29 (34% win rate, 44 games)

Nordiques

Nordiques — tied after 1st: 20-24 (45% win rate, 44 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 15-29 (34% win rate, 44 games)

Nordiques

Nordiques — tied after 2nd: 20-24 (45% win rate, 44 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ WSH vs QUE, answered

Who won Capitals vs Nordiques on January 20, 1980?

Nordiques won 3–2.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Nordiques?

The final score was Capitals 2, Nordiques 3.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Rollie Boutin made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Ron Low made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Capitals vs Nordiques season series?

Capitals 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 · Jan 19

⚜️Nordiques

Previous game · Jan 19

Also on January 20, 1980

Capitals season page Nordiques season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule