Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 1981 · Civic Arena
Scoring
1st period
Gregg Sheppard (3)Errol Thompson (13), Paul Baxter (4)0–102:26 PIT · 
Rick Smith (4)Guy Charron (11), Bob Kelly (25)1–112:46 WSH ·
2nd period
Peter Lee (16)Randy Carlyle (50), Ron Stackhouse (18)1–210:52 PIT · 
Nick Libett (5)Mark Johnson (15), Ron Stackhouse (19)1–317:21 PIT
3rd period
Pat Ribble (3)Mike Gartner (28), Ryan Walter (26)2–302:45 WSH · 
Dennis Maruk (32)Jean Pronovost (27)3–308:01 WSH- Dennis Maruk (33)Al Hangsleben (16)4–312:24 WSH
George Ferguson (18)Ross Lonsberry (24), Mark Johnson (16)4–413:26 PIT
Team stats
WSHPIT
3035
0%0%
2/52/4
1022
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:44 into the first period
Rick Green · high sticking2 min - 6:04 into the first periodAl Hangsleben · hooking2 min
- 9:59 into the first period
Dave Burrows · hooking2 min - 11:21 into the first periodRandy Carlyle · holding2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodRoss Lonsberry · charging2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodRoss Lonsberry · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodRoss Lonsberry · misconduct10 min
- 14:43 into the first periodAl Hangsleben · charging2 min
- 16:31 into the first periodPierre Bouchard · holding2 min
- 7:07 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · tripping2 min
- 10:25 into the second periodJames McTaggart · holding2 min
- 0:52 into the third periodPeter Lee · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dave ParroG | T | 35 | 4 | .886 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | T | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |