Washington Capitals vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, March 14, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Saturday, March 14, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Capitals outshot the Maple Leafs 41–36.
Darryl Sittler scored a hat trick. Dennis Ververgaert, Errol Rausse, Rick Vaive, Ian Turnbull and Tim Tookey also scored.
Michel Larocque made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Dennis Ververgaert (13)Pat Ribble (13), Glen Currie (8)1–006:58 WSH
Darryl Sittler (37)Wilf Paiement (48), Ron Sedlbauer (5)1–113:26 TOR
2nd period
Errol Rausse (1)Ryan Walter (38), Mike Gartner (42)2–104:12 WSH- Darryl Sittler (38)Bruce Boudreau (11), Barry Melrose (5)2–214:18 TOR ·
Rick Vaive (27)Borje Salming (57)2–318:36 TOR
3rd period
Ian Turnbull (18)Bill Derlago (31)2–403:54 TOR
Tim Tookey (3)Bob Kelly (31), Dennis Maruk (38)3–414:05 WSH- Darryl Sittler (39)Wilf Paiement (49), Terry Martin (14)3–519:48 TOR ·
Team stats
WSHTOR
4136
0%0%
0/60/2
1321
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:21 into the first period
Pierre Bouchard · hooking2 min - 8:27 into the first period
Darryl Sittler · roughing2 min - 11:03 into the first periodJames McTaggart · delaying game2 min
- 15:13 into the first periodBarry Melrose · slashing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodWilf Paiement · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodHoward Walker · fighting5 min
- 12:26 into the second periodRon Zanussi · holding2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodDarryl Sittler · roughing2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodRyan Walter · roughing2 min
- 4:35 into the third periodDarryl Sittler · interference2 min
- 12:01 into the third periodDan Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodIan Turnbull · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 14Errol RausseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 8 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Bruce BoudreauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 32Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Vitezslav DurisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 41 | 3 | .927 |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | 0 | 0 | – |