🏝️ Away Islanders 27-19-0 before this game

1–7

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 16-31-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	0	0	1
WSH	0	0	0	7

Islanders at Capitals

Capitals beat Islanders 7–1 at Capital One Arena on January 27, 1980.

🗓 Sun, Jan 27, 1980 · 18:15 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Ryan Walter

2 G, 3 A

7 shots · +4

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

2 G, 1 A

4 shots · +4

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Mike Gartner

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · +4

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI WSH🦅

26 Shots on goal 34

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

10 Penalty minutes 12

NYI shooting 3.8% (1/26) WSH shooting 20.6% (7/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Billy Smith

0/7

.000 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Wayne Stephenson

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 27-19 (59% win rate, 46 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 16-31 (34% win rate, 47 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 27-19 (59% win rate, 46 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 16-31 (34% win rate, 47 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ NYI vs WSH, answered

Who won Islanders vs Capitals on January 27, 1980?

Capitals won 7–1.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Capitals?

The final score was Islanders 1, Capitals 7.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Wayne Stephenson made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Capitals season series?

Islanders 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

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Jan 26

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Jan 26

Also on January 27, 1980

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