Washington Capitals vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Thursday, February 5, 1981 · Stampede Corral
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Thursday, February 5, 1981 at Stampede Corral. The Flames outshot the Capitals 38–32.
Mike Gartner scored twice and Don Lever scored twice. Jim Peplinski, Paul Reinhart and Kent Nilsson also scored.
Rejean Lemelin made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 13 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Peplinski (7)Eric Vail (23), Willi Plett (17)0–107:39 CGY
2nd period
Mike Gartner (28)Jean Pronovost (28), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (20)1–107:14 WSH · 
Paul Reinhart (10)Kent Nilsson (51)1–218:04 CGY
3rd period
Don Lever (16)Guy Chouinard (19), Bob MacMillan (17)1–309:37 CGY- Don Lever (17)Bob MacMillan (18), Phil Russell (16)1–416:20 CGY
- Mike Gartner (29)Dwayne Lowdermilk (1)2–417:40 WSH
Kent Nilsson (27)Ken Houston (4), Phil Russell (17)2–518:38 CGY
Team stats
WSHCGY
3238
0%0%
1/40/2
913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 16:49 into the first period
Rick Smith · hooking2 min - 18:21 into the first period
Guy Chouinard · hooking2 min - 7:03 into the second periodPhil Russell · high sticking2 min
- 15:16 into the second periodRejean Lemelin · delaying game2 min
- 0:16 into the third periodWilli Plett · high sticking2 min
- 4:08 into the third periodDwayne Lowdermilk · holding2 min
- 14:35 into the third periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 14:35 into the third periodJay Johnston · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Dwayne LowdermilkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 8Jay JohnstonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | 21 | 1 | .952 | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |
Calgary Flames
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |