Washington Capitals vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Monday, January 12, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Rockies 2–1 on Monday, January 12, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Capitals 27–21.
Goals came from Ryan Walter, Joel Quenneville and Dennis Maruk.
Dave Parro made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 19 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Walter (13)Bob Kelly (23), Mike Gartner (22)1–006:31 WSH
Joel Quenneville (7)Rob Ramage (26), Walt McKechnie (19)1–118:43 CLR · 
Dennis Maruk (28)Rick Smith (3), Dennis Ververgaert (17)2–119:04 WSH
Team stats
WSHCLR
2127
0%0%
0/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:07 into the first period
Ed Cooper · tripping2 min - 18:38 into the first period
Pat Ribble · holding2 min - 4:58 into the second periodMike Gillis · interference2 min
- 6:13 into the second periodBob Kelly · interference2 min
- 8:37 into the second periodWes Jarvis · hooking2 min
- 10:51 into the second periodLucien DeBlois · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dave ParroG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
Colorado Rockies
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Bob AttwellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29David WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Dean TurnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |