Vancouver Canucks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, January 29, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–1 on Thursday, January 29, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Canucks 34–28.
Goals came from Guy Charron, Bob Kelly, Dennis Maruk and Stan Smyl.
Mike Palmateer made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 31 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Charron (4)Dennis Maruk (26), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (17)0–108:53 WSH · 
Bob Kelly (16)Mike Gartner (27), Pat Ribble (10)0–217:15 WSH
2nd period
Dennis Maruk (31)Jean Pronovost (26), Howard Walker (6)0–304:48 WSH
Stan Smyl (21)Darcy Rota (21), Ivan Boldirev (22)1–317:40 VAN ·
Team stats
VANWSH
2834
0%0%
1/41/6
5024
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:05 into the first period
Dave Williams · high sticking2 min - 7:05 into the first period
Mike Palmateer · high sticking2 min - 7:52 into the first periodGerry Minor · tripping2 min
- 9:27 into the first periodRick Smith · interference2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodDave Williams · high sticking2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodJames McTaggart · high sticking2 min
- 3:34 into the second periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 3:34 into the second periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
- 7:36 into the second periodDave Williams · fighting5 min
- 7:36 into the second periodJames McTaggart · game misconduct10 min
- 8:05 into the second periodMario Marois · holding2 min
- 8:36 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · spearing5 min
- 12:55 into the second periodRick Green · holding2 min
- 16:27 into the second periodBob Kelly · tripping2 min
- 18:40 into the second periodCurt Fraser · slashing2 min
- 18:40 into the second periodHoward Walker · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDave Williams · holding2 min
- 3:08 into the third periodMario Marois · holding2 min
- 19:36 into the third periodDennis Kearns · hooking2 min
- 19:36 into the third periodDave Williams · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:36 into the third periodDave Williams · misconduct10 min
- 19:36 into the third periodDave Williams · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Gary BromleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – |