Calgary Flames vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 3, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Tuesday, March 3, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Flames 29–23.
Goals came from Guy Chouinard, Kent Nilsson, Don Lever, Ken Houston, Darren Veitch, Dan Labraaten, Ryan Walter, Mike Gartner and Willi Plett.
Pat Riggin made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 9 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Chouinard (26)Dan Labraaten (14), Bob Murdoch (17)1–004:22 CGY
Kent Nilsson (37)Pekka Rautakallio (41)2–007:03 CGY · 
Don Lever (22)Paul Reinhart (35), Kent Nilsson (66)3–017:42 CGY
2nd period
Ken Houston (12)Phil Russell (21), Kent Nilsson (67)4–005:42 CGY
Darren Veitch (4)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (28)4–109:50 WSH
Dan Labraaten (8)Kent Nilsson (68), Paul Reinhart (36)5–114:14 CGY
Ryan Walter (23)James McTaggart (5), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (29)5–215:37 WSH
3rd period
Mike Gartner (34)Ryan Walter (31), Pat Ribble (12)5–304:21 WSH
Willi Plett (32)Jim Peplinski (20), Don Lever (24)6–314:20 CGY
Team stats
CGYWSH
2329
0%0%
1/20/4
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:25 into the first period
Pekka Rautakallio · holding2 min - 5:31 into the first period
Mike Gartner · hooking2 min - 16:54 into the first periodGuy Chouinard · charging2 min
- 17:02 into the first periodPat Ribble · holding2 min
- 0:51 into the second periodPhil Russell · hooking2 min
- 16:31 into the third periodEric Vail · tripping2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 12 | 3 | .750 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 11 | 3 | .727 |