Quebec Nordiques vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, March 18, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Washington Capitals 6–4 on Wednesday, March 18, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Nordiques 38–22.
Jacques Richard scored twice, Robbie Ftorek scored a hat trick and Bob Kelly scored twice. Dale Hunter, Rolf Edberg and Mike Gartner also scored.
Dan Bouchard made 34 saves on 38 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 8 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Jacques Richard (45)Marc Tardif (24), Mario Marois (17)1–009:12 QUE
Robbie Ftorek (22)Alain Cote (16)2–012:43 QUE
Bob Kelly (24)Jean Pronovost (32), Dennis Maruk (39)2–119:29 WSH
2nd period
Dale Hunter (16)Marc Tardif (25), Jacques Richard (46)3–104:24 QUE- Bob Kelly (25)Ryan Walter (39), Dennis Maruk (40)3–208:28 WSH
Rolf Edberg (7)Al Hangsleben (19), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (31)3–313:36 WSH- Jacques Richard (46)Marc Tardif (26), Normand Rochefort (6)4–314:25 QUE
- Robbie Ftorek (23)Wally Weir (7)5–314:38 QUE
3rd period
Mike Gartner (40)Glen Currie (9), Ryan Walter (40)5–406:35 WSH- Robbie Ftorek (24)Wally Weir (8)6–409:40 QUE
Team stats
QUEWSH
2238
0%0%
0/00/2
40
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:24 into the second period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 0:58 into the third periodDale Hunter · hooking2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 31Normand RochefortD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Serge BernierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | W | 38 | 4 | .895 |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 13 | 5 | .615 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 9 | 1 | .889 |