🦅 Away Capitals 25-36-0 before this game

1–4

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 26-34-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	0	0	1
DET	0	0	0	4

Capitals at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Capitals 4–1 at Little Caesars Arena on February 28, 1980.

🗓 Thu, Feb 28, 1980 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Reed Larson

1 G, 2 A

7 shots · +2

2nd star 🐙 DET

Willie Huber

1 G, 1 A

4 shots

3rd star 🐙 DET

Dan Labraaten

1 G

3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH DET🐙

18 Shots on goal 37

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

4 Penalty minutes 4

WSH shooting 5.6% (1/18) DET shooting 10.8% (4/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Wayne Stephenson

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:51 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Jim Rutherford

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 25-36 (41% win rate, 61 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 26-34 (43% win rate, 60 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 25-36 (41% win rate, 61 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 26-34 (43% win rate, 60 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ WSH vs DET, answered

Who won Capitals vs Red Wings on February 28, 1980?

Red Wings won 4–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Red Wings?

The final score was Capitals 1, Red Wings 4.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Wayne Stephenson made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Jim Rutherford made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings 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 · Feb 26

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Feb 24

Also on February 28, 1980

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