🐧 Away Penguins 14-14-0 before this game
6–2
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 15-13-0 before this game
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Penguins at Capitals

Penguins beat Capitals 6–2 at Capital One Arena on December 12, 1980.

🗓 Fri, Dec 12, 1980 · 19:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Peter Lee
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · +2
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Gary McAdam
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +2
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Mario Faubert
2 A
2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
35 Shots on goal 32
13 Penalty minutes 15
PIT shooting 17.1% (6/35) WSH shooting 6.2% (2/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Rob Holland
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Mike Palmateer
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 07:02 TOI
Wayne Stephenson
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 52:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 14-14 (50% win rate, 28 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 15-13 (54% win rate, 28 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 14-14 (50% win rate, 28 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 15-13 (54% win rate, 28 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 12, 1980
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–1 · Capitals won
Apr 1, 1980
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–6 · Capitals won
Mar 30, 1980
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
0–4 · Penguins won
Dec 7, 1979
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
5–3 · Penguins won
Oct 20, 1979
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
1–5 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on December 12, 1980?

Penguins won 6–2.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 6, Capitals 2.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Rob Holland made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Mike Palmateer made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Penguins vs Capitals season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Dec 10
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · PIT won
Next game · Dec 13
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
6–5 · PHI won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Dec 10
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
2–6 · NYR won
Next game · Dec 14
🐙DET @ 🦅WSH
5–4 · DET won
Also on December 12, 1980
🗽NYR @ ⛰️CLR
4–3 final
Penguins season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule