Hartford Whalers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, January 18, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers 3–2 on Sunday, January 18, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Whalers 34–27.
Goals came from Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Mike Rogers, Ryan Walter, Dennis Ververgaert and Pat Boutette.
Dave Parro made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 31 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (15)Rolf Edberg (5), Mike Gartner (25)0–104:24 WSH
Mike Rogers (32)Al Sims (16), Tom Rowe (16)1–117:44 HFD · 
Ryan Walter (16)Glen Currie (3), Rick Green (13)1–218:41 WSH
2nd period
Dennis Ververgaert (8)Wes Jarvis (11)1–308:25 WSH
3rd period
Pat Boutette (18)Mike Rogers (38), Norm Barnes (8)2–301:45 HFD
Team stats
HFDWSH
2734
0%0%
1/50/6
1715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:21 into the first period
Pat Boutette · high sticking2 min - 6:51 into the first period
Paul Mulvey · elbowing2 min - 9:55 into the first periodJeff Brubaker · elbowing2 min
- 12:46 into the first periodRyan Walter · interference2 min
- 17:18 into the first periodJack McIlhargey · fighting5 min
- 17:18 into the first periodPaul Mulvey · roughing2 min
- 17:18 into the first periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 13:26 into the second periodMickey Volcan · hooking2 min
- 14:26 into the second periodPat Ribble · tripping2 min
- 16:00 into the second periodPat Boutette · tripping2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodNorm Barnes · holding2 min
- 5:13 into the third periodBob Kelly · hooking2 min
- 14:20 into the third periodJack McIlhargey · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dave ParroG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |