Philadelphia Flyers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, January 4, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 8–1 on Sunday, January 4, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 41–23.
Bill Barber scored twice. Brian Propp, Archie Henderson, Paul Holmgren, Rick MacLeish, Ken Linseman, Tom Gorence and Mel Bridgman also scored.
Pete Peeters made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Propp (12)Ken Linseman (2), Paul Holmgren (17)1–000:30 PHI
Archie Henderson (1)Wes Jarvis (10)1–117:12 WSH
Paul Holmgren (8)Brian Propp (20), Ken Linseman (3)2–117:58 PHI
2nd period
Rick MacLeish (22)Bob Dailey (19), Bill Barber (22)3–103:25 PHI · 
Bill Barber (28)Rick MacLeish (14), Behn Wilson (23)4–108:19 PHI
Ken Linseman (2)Unassisted5–115:36 PHI
Tom Gorence (12)Unassisted6–115:50 PHI
3rd period
- Bill Barber (29)Tom Gorence (9), Ken Linseman (4)7–111:46 PHI
Mel Bridgman (8)Bobby Clarke (31), Blake Wesley (5)8–113:55 PHI
Team stats
PHIWSH
4123
0%0%
1/40/7
7076
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:02 into the first period
Paul Mulvey · boarding2 min - 6:05 into the first period
Bill Barber · hooking2 min - 6:59 into the first periodRick Green · hooking2 min
- 1:49 into the second periodHoward Walker · hooking2 min
- 5:29 into the second periodTerry Murray · hooking2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodBench · player leaves bench2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodFrank Bathe · misconduct10 min
- 6:33 into the second periodBobby Clarke · fighting5 min
- 6:33 into the second periodBob Dailey · high sticking2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodBob Dailey · misconduct10 min
- 6:33 into the second periodReggie Leach · misconduct10 min
- 6:33 into the second periodBench · player leaves bench2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodMike Gartner · fighting5 min
- 6:33 into the second periodTim Tookey · misconduct10 min
- 6:33 into the second periodRyan Walter · misconduct10 min
- 6:33 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · misconduct10 min
- 6:33 into the second periodHoward Walker · misconduct10 min
- 7:06 into the second periodKen Linseman · interference2 min
- 14:40 into the second periodGary Morrison · elbowing2 min
- 14:40 into the second periodGary Morrison · fighting5 min
- 14:40 into the second periodJames McTaggart · roughing2 min
- 14:40 into the second periodJames McTaggart · fighting5 min
- 1:11 into the third periodAl Hangsleben · holding2 min
- 2:49 into the third periodPaul Holmgren · roughing2 min
- 2:49 into the third periodPaul Holmgren · fighting5 min
- 2:49 into the third periodYvon Labre · fighting5 min
- 4:50 into the third periodFrank Bathe · hooking2 min
- 6:07 into the third periodMel Bridgman · fighting5 min
- 6:07 into the third periodAl Hill · elbowing2 min
- 6:07 into the third periodRyan Walter · fighting5 min
- 16:08 into the third periodTom Gorence · slashing2 min
- 16:08 into the third periodYvon Labre · slashing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Bob DaileyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Gary MorrisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Frank BatheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Pete PeetersG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |
Washington Capitals
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Archie HendersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 21 | 4 | .809 |