Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, February 1, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–4 on Sunday, February 1, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 33–32.
Dennis Maruk scored twice and Rolf Edberg scored twice. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Jean Pronovost, Blair MacDonald, Al Hangsleben, Stan Weir, Lee Fogolin and Brett Callighen also scored.
Mike Palmateer made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 6 of 11.
Scoring
1st period
Dennis Maruk (34)Mike Gartner (29)0–104:33 WSH · 
Rolf Edberg (5)Unassisted0–208:56 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (16)James McTaggart (3)0–309:41 WSH- Rolf Edberg (6)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (18), Dennis Ververgaert (20)0–412:23 WSH
Jean Pronovost (16)Howard Walker (7)0–514:50 WSH
2nd period
Blair MacDonald (12)Matti Hagman (21), Risto Siltanen (17)1–504:09 EDM · 
Al Hangsleben (3)Mike Gartner (30), Ryan Walter (27)1–610:11 WSH
Stan Weir (11)Dave Hunter (11), Risto Siltanen (18)2–617:24 EDM
3rd period
Lee Fogolin (7)Wayne Gretzky (65), Jari Kurri (23)3–602:21 EDM
Brett Callighen (13)Wayne Gretzky (66), Pat Price (19)4–605:07 EDM- Dennis Maruk (35)Rick Smith (4), Guy Charron (12)4–709:29 WSH ·
Team stats
EDMWSH
3332
0%0%
1/52/5
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:28 into the first period
Doug Hicks · interference2 min - 16:51 into the first periodRoy Sommer · high sticking2 min
- 3:09 into the second period
Ryan Walter · hooking2 min - 7:59 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · interference2 min
- 11:47 into the second periodLee Fogolin · holding2 min
- 15:13 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:15 into the second periodDave Hunter · elbowing2 min
- 7:51 into the third periodStan Weir · hooking2 min
- 13:27 into the third periodPat Ribble · roughing2 min
- 15:30 into the third periodPierre Bouchard · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Roy SommerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete LoprestiG | 21 | 2 | .905 | |
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 11 | 5 | .545 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – |