Washington Capitals vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, February 28, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Washington Capitals 7–4 on Saturday, February 28, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Capitals 31–25.
Jorgen Pettersson scored a hat trick, Brian Sutter scored twice and Wayne Babych scored twice. Pierre Bouchard, Bob Kelly, Mike Gartner and Darren Veitch also scored.
Ed Staniowski made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 19 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Bouchard (2)Dennis Maruk (32), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (27)1–000:39 WSH
Jorgen Pettersson (28)Joe Micheletti (19), Blake Dunlop (54)1–101:21 STL
Brian Sutter (26)Blair Chapman (20), Larry Patey (16)1–203:26 STL
Bob Kelly (21)Darren Veitch (11), Dennis Maruk (33)2–208:09 WSH
Mike Gartner (33)Tim Tookey (8), Jean Pronovost (30)3–212:19 WSH · - Jorgen Pettersson (29)Blake Dunlop (55)3–317:12 STL
2nd period
- Brian Sutter (27)Bernie Federko (59), Blair Chapman (21)3–408:56 STL
Darren Veitch (3)Glen Currie (7), Dennis Ververgaert (24)4–413:01 WSH
Wayne Babych (44)Jorgen Pettersson (26), Blake Dunlop (56)4–516:33 STL
3rd period
- Jorgen Pettersson (30)Unassisted4–602:38 STL
- Wayne Babych (45)Rick Lapointe (22), Blake Dunlop (57)4–703:05 STL
Team stats
WSHSTL
2531
0%0%
1/50/3
1115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:42 into the first period
Mark Lofthouse · holding2 min - 10:38 into the first period
Mike Zuke · interference2 min - 19:36 into the first periodPat Ribble · tripping2 min
- 2:02 into the second periodEd Kea · tripping2 min
- 3:55 into the second periodRick Lapointe · hooking2 min
- 4:02 into the second periodMark Lofthouse · high sticking2 min
- 3:48 into the third periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
- 3:48 into the third periodDarren Veitch · fighting5 min
- 8:11 into the third periodJoe Micheletti · tripping2 min
- 16:52 into the third periodBill Stewart · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 26 | 7 | .731 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |
St. Louis Blues
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +5 | 5 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |