Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, February 14, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6–1 on Saturday, February 14, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 37–21.
Goals came from Pierre Larouche, Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson, Rejean Houle, Doug Risebrough, Steve Shutt and Ryan Walter.
Richard Sevigny made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Larouche (18)Larry Robinson (28), Rod Langway (22)0–106:41 MTL
Guy Lafleur (15)Pierre Larouche (20), Gaston Gingras (14)0–209:37 MTL
2nd period
Larry Robinson (9)Guy Lafleur (34), Bob Gainey (21)0–310:03 MTL · 
Rejean Houle (21)Guy Lafleur (35), Larry Robinson (29)0–410:53 MTL ·
3rd period
Doug Risebrough (11)Mark Napier (22)0–508:26 MTL
Steve Shutt (27)Mark Napier (23), Rod Langway (23)0–612:17 MTL
Ryan Walter (18)Dennis Ververgaert (22), Glen Currie (4)1–615:56 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHMTL
2137
0%0%
1/52/3
9599
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:27 into the first period
Brian Engblom · holding2 min - 2:30 into the second period
Al Hangsleben · elbowing2 min - 5:58 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · tripping2 min
- 8:27 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · delaying game smothering puck2 min
- 9:58 into the second periodJames McTaggart · delaying game smothering puck2 min
- 13:24 into the second periodLarry Robinson · holding2 min
- 5:45 into the third periodBench · player leaves bench2 min
- 5:45 into the third periodChris Nilan · roughing double minor4 min
- 5:45 into the third periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 5:45 into the third periodChris Nilan · misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodChris Nilan · game misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodChris Nilan · game misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodLarry Robinson · fighting5 min
- 5:45 into the third periodLarry Robinson · misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodRejean Houle · misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodPierre Larouche · misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodMario Tremblay · fighting5 min
- 5:45 into the third periodMario Tremblay · misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodBench · player leaves bench2 min
- 5:45 into the third periodRick Green · misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodAl Hangsleben · fighting5 min
- 5:45 into the third periodAl Hangsleben · misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodWes Jarvis · misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodJames McTaggart · roughing2 min
- 5:45 into the third periodJames McTaggart · fighting5 min
- 5:45 into the third periodJames McTaggart · misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 5:45 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodJean Pronovost · misconduct10 min
- 14:41 into the third periodRod Langway · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 11 | 2 | .818 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |