Washington Capitals vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Wednesday, March 4, 1981 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Washington Capitals 7–4 on Wednesday, March 4, 1981 at Le Colisée. The Nordiques outshot the Capitals 38–20.
Anton Stastny scored twice, Mike Gartner scored twice and Real Cloutier scored twice. Michel Goulet, Pierre Bouchard, Pierre Lacroix, Bob Kelly and Marc Tardif also scored.
Dan Bouchard made 16 saves on 20 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 31 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Michel Goulet (28)Garry Lariviere (13)0–101:22 QUE
Pierre Bouchard (3)Unassisted1–109:47 WSH
Pierre Lacroix (5)Anton Stastny (37), Jacques Richard (40)1–215:55 QUE ·
2nd period
Bob Kelly (22)Dennis Maruk (34)2–202:00 WSH
Anton Stastny (32)Michel Goulet (32), Pierre Lacroix (28)2–302:45 QUE
Mike Gartner (35)Tim Tookey (9), Darren Veitch (12)3–306:57 WSH · 
Marc Tardif (17)Jacques Richard (41), Dale Hoganson (10)3–411:12 QUE ·
3rd period
Real Cloutier (6)Robbie Ftorek (40)3–503:38 QUE- Mike Gartner (36)Howard Walker (9), Dave Parro (1)4–504:21 WSH
- Real Cloutier (7)Marc Tardif (17), Jacques Richard (42)4–606:27 QUE ·
- Anton Stastny (33)Dale Hoganson (11), Peter Stastny (59)4–719:03 QUE ·
Team stats
WSHQUE
2038
0%0%
1/33/4
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:33 into the first period
Ryan Walter · elbowing2 min - 5:46 into the second period
Dale Hunter · high sticking2 min - 5:46 into the second periodDennis Maruk · high sticking2 min
- 6:38 into the second periodDale Hoganson · holding2 min
- 9:15 into the second periodRick Smith · cross checking2 min
- 13:32 into the second periodBob Kelly · hooking2 min
- 14:26 into the second periodMichel Goulet · interference2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodKim Clackson · high sticking2 min
- 3:54 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 3:54 into the third periodJames McTaggart · roughing2 min
- 6:09 into the third periodTim Tookey · tripping2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodAndre Dupont · high sticking2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodRyan Walter · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 37 | 6 | .838 |
Quebec Nordiques
| 20Anton StastnyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Garry LariviereD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 31Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | W | 20 | 4 | .800 |