Toronto Maple Leafs vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7–3 on Sunday, March 8, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Maple Leafs 35–27.
Wilf Paiement scored twice, Rick Green scored twice and Dennis Maruk scored a hat trick. Mike Gartner, Bruce Boudreau and Dennis Ververgaert also scored.
Mike Palmateer made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jim Rutherford stopped 28 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (37)Pierre Bouchard (6)0–104:24 WSH
Wilf Paiement (33)Ian Turnbull (36), Darryl Sittler (41)1–111:05 TOR · 
Rick Green (7)Ryan Walter (32), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (30)1–211:20 WSH
Bruce Boudreau (9)Rocky Saganiuk (18), Ron Sedlbauer (4)2–218:07 TOR
2nd period
Dennis Maruk (38)Darren Veitch (13), Rick Green (19)2–315:48 WSH ·
3rd period
Dennis Ververgaert (12)Ryan Walter (33), Pierre Bouchard (7)2–402:25 WSH- Dennis Maruk (39)Ryan Walter (34), Tim Tookey (10)2–504:39 WSH ·
- Dennis Maruk (40)Jean Pronovost (31), Bob Kelly (30)2–605:18 WSH
- Wilf Paiement (34)Darryl Sittler (42), Borje Salming (53)3–610:25 TOR ·
- Rick Green (8)Unassisted3–716:11 WSH
Team stats
TORWSH
2735
0%0%
2/52/8
3428
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:10 into the first period
Wilf Paiement · interference2 min - 8:23 into the first periodBarry Melrose · cross checking2 min
- 9:57 into the first period
Darren Veitch · tripping2 min - 10:22 into the first periodRobert Picard · slashing2 min
- 10:22 into the first periodPat Ribble · slashing2 min
- 12:08 into the first periodJames McTaggart · interference2 min
- 12:36 into the first periodIan Turnbull · interference2 min
- 19:46 into the first periodBorje Salming · high sticking2 min
- 19:46 into the first periodBob Kelly · elbowing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBarry Melrose · tripping2 min
- 9:36 into the second periodBarry Melrose · holding2 min
- 9:36 into the second periodBarry Melrose · fighting5 min
- 9:36 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · fighting5 min
- 14:21 into the second periodDave Farrish · tripping2 min
- 14:47 into the second periodBob Kelly · interference2 min
- 15:33 into the second periodWilf Paiement · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDarryl Sittler · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDarryl Sittler · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the second periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodMike Gartner · fighting5 min
- 4:36 into the third periodRick Vaive · tripping2 min
- 9:07 into the third periodJames McTaggart · hooking2 min
- 9:46 into the third periodRick Green · hooking2 min
- 14:50 into the third periodBarry Melrose · roughing2 min
- 14:50 into the third periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bruce BoudreauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 24Vitezslav DurisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | L | 35 | 7 | .800 |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – |