Minnesota North Stars vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, January 21, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Washington Capitals 2–1 on Wednesday, January 21, 1981 at Capital Centre. The North Stars outshot the Capitals 24–18.
Goals came from Wes Jarvis, Tim Young and Al MacAdam.
Gilles Meloche made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 22 of 24.
Scoring
2nd period
Wes Jarvis (9)Rick Green (14), Dennis Maruk (23)0–103:09 WSH
Tim Young (16)Bobby Smith (33)1–106:06 MNS · 
Al MacAdam (12)Bobby Smith (34), Steve Payne (17)2–108:15 MNS
Team stats
MNSWSH
2418
0%0%
1/20/4
139
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:31 into the first period
Bobby Smith · hooking2 min - 8:59 into the first periodGreg Smith · holding2 min
- 10:20 into the first period
Jean Pronovost · hooking2 min - 5:04 into the second periodTom McCarthy · fighting5 min
- 5:04 into the second periodJames McTaggart · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:04 into the second periodJames McTaggart · fighting5 min
- 12:27 into the second periodGordie Roberts · tripping2 min
- 12:50 into the third periodTom McCarthy · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 18 | 1 | .944 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 17Wes JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 24 | 2 | .917 |