Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, February 26, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 7–5 on Thursday, February 26, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 37–28.
Mike Gartner scored twice, Greg Malone scored twice and Jean Pronovost scored twice. Ross Lonsberry, Mark Lofthouse, Russ Anderson, Rick Kehoe, Errol Thompson and Randy Carlyle also scored.
Greg Millen made 23 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 30 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Ross Lonsberry (17)Rick Kehoe (29), Paul Gardner (29)1–001:33 PIT · 
Mike Gartner (31)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (24), Pierre Bouchard (5)1–102:56 WSH
Mark Lofthouse (1)Glen Currie (6), Mike Palmateer (8)1–208:23 WSH
Russ Anderson (3)Paul Gardner (30)2–210:58 PIT
Greg Malone (13)Peter Lee (23), Mario Faubert (36)3–215:14 PIT
Rick Kehoe (44)Ross Lonsberry (28), Randy Carlyle (58)4–219:20 PIT ·
2nd period
Jean Pronovost (19)Tim Tookey (5), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (25)4–304:36 WSH · 
Errol Thompson (17)Gregg Sheppard (10)5–305:16 PIT- Greg Malone (14)Pat Hughes (9), Mark Johnson (18)6–309:50 PIT
Randy Carlyle (10)Mario Faubert (37), Gregg Sheppard (11)7–311:39 PIT ·
3rd period
- Mike Gartner (32)Howard Walker (8), Tim Tookey (6)7–407:17 WSH
- Jean Pronovost (20)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (26), Tim Tookey (7)7–511:59 WSH ·
Team stats
PITWSH
3728
0%0%
2/42/5
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:17 into the first period
Pierre Bouchard · cross checking2 min - 5:19 into the first period
Peter Lee · holding2 min - 18:11 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodJames McTaggart · holding2 min
- 3:58 into the second periodDave Burrows · holding2 min
- 10:37 into the second periodPaul Baxter · cross checking2 min
- 11:15 into the third periodRoss Lonsberry · hooking2 min
- 14:26 into the third periodPat Hughes · hooking2 min
- 15:10 into the third periodRandy Carlyle · high sticking2 min
- 15:10 into the third periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
- 19:06 into the third periodPat Ribble · interference2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Greg MaloneC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 28 | 5 | .821 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 37 | 7 | .811 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – |