🦅 Away Capitals 11-9-0 before this game
7–7
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 4-16-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Capitals at Red Wings

Capitals beat Red Wings 7–7 at Little Caesars Arena on November 26, 1980.

🗓 Wed, Nov 26, 1980 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Dennis Maruk
2 G, 1 A
6 shots
2nd star 🐙 DET
Mike Foligno
2 G, 1 A
4 shots
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Dennis Ververgaert
2 G
2 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH DET🐙
24 Shots on goal 31
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
15 Penalty minutes 15
WSH shooting 29.2% (7/24) DET shooting 22.6% (7/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Mike Palmateer
0/7
.000 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Jim Rutherford
0/7
.000 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 11-9 (55% win rate, 20 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 4-16 (20% win rate, 20 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 11-9 (55% win rate, 20 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 4-16 (20% win rate, 20 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 15, 1980
🐙DET @ 🦅WSH
2–5 · Capitals won
Feb 28, 1980
🦅WSH @ 🐙DET
1–4 · Red Wings won
Feb 6, 1980
🦅WSH @ 🐙DET
2–2 · Capitals won
Nov 16, 1979
🐙DET @ 🦅WSH
4–2 · Red Wings won

❓ WSH vs DET, answered

Who won Capitals vs Red Wings on November 26, 1980?

Capitals won 7–7.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Red Wings?

The final score was Capitals 7, Red Wings 7.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Mike Palmateer made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Jim Rutherford made 0 saves on 7 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?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Nov 22
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
2–2 · BOS won
Next game · Nov 28
🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH
2–6 · WSH won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Nov 22
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
2–6 · STL won
Next game · Nov 29
🐙DET @ 🏝️NYI
1–5 · NYI won
Also on November 26, 1980
🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR
4–6 final
✈️WIN @ 🐳HFD
4–8 final
🐋VAN @ 🐧PIT
7–4 final
🌌MNS @ ⚜️QUE
2–5 final
🎵STL @ 🍁TOR
6–4 final
🪶CHI @ 🛢️EDM
3–10 final
🔔PHI @ 👑LAK
4–2 final
Capitals season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule