Colorado Rockies vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 10, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Rockies 4–3 on Tuesday, March 10, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Rockies 35–15.
Glen Currie scored twice and Paul Gagne scored twice. Rob Ramage, Mike Gartner and Jean Pronovost also scored.
Mike Palmateer made 12 saves on 15 shots for the win; Phil Myre stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Glen Currie (2)Mike Gartner (39), Al Hangsleben (18)0–103:10 WSH
Paul Gagne (17)Merlin Malinowski (33), Trevor Johansen (7)1–110:15 CLR
2nd period
- Glen Currie (3)Mike Gartner (40), Darren Veitch (14)1–208:55 WSH ·
- Paul Gagne (18)Lanny McDonald (37)2–211:41 CLR
Rob Ramage (17)Jack Valiquette (9), David Watson (1)3–212:12 CLR ·
3rd period
Mike Gartner (38)Ryan Walter (35), Rick Green (20)3–305:02 WSH
Jean Pronovost (21)Dennis Maruk (35), Darren Veitch (15)3–409:20 WSH
Team stats
CLRWSH
1535
0%0%
1/41/5
1813
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:10 into the first period
David Watson · slashing2 min - 4:17 into the first periodRon Delorme · fighting5 min
- 4:17 into the first period
Howard Walker · fighting5 min - 6:02 into the first periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 16:32 into the first periodRyan Walter · interference2 min
- 0:55 into the second periodRick Green · hooking2 min
- 3:54 into the second periodMike Kitchen · holding2 min
- 5:41 into the second periodMerlin Malinowski · high sticking5 min
- 9:08 into the second periodRick Green · interference2 min
- 11:53 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · hooking2 min
- 15:15 into the second periodTrevor Johansen · interference2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 17Paul GagneL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29David WatsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Mario GiallonardoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Terry HarperD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Phil MyreG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 15 | 3 | .800 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – |