Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 24, 1981 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 on Tuesday, March 24, 1981 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 36–25.
Rick MacLeish scored twice and Mike Gartner scored a hat trick. Tim Tookey and Dennis Maruk also scored.
Mike Palmateer made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Rick MacLeish (37)Tom Gorence (18), Al Hill (15)0–101:23 PHI
Tim Tookey (6)Dennis Maruk (43), Jean Pronovost (34)1–104:34 WSH ·
2nd period
Mike Gartner (42)Darren Veitch (16), Dennis Maruk (44)2–104:38 WSH · - Mike Gartner (43)Glen Currie (10), Ryan Walter (41)3–112:20 WSH
3rd period
Dennis Maruk (45)Dennis Ververgaert (25), Bob Kelly (33)4–103:41 WSH- Rick MacLeish (38)Terry Murray (17), Behn Wilson (46)4–207:19 PHI
- Mike Gartner (44)Glen Currie (11), James McTaggart (6)5–213:52 WSH
Team stats
WSHPHI
2536
0%0%
2/70/4
1016
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:04 into the first period
Paul Holmgren · high sticking2 min - 3:04 into the first period
Ryan Walter · high sticking2 min - 3:57 into the first periodBehn Wilson · holding2 min
- 5:17 into the first periodJames McTaggart · holding2 min
- 7:50 into the first periodBehn Wilson · elbowing2 min
- 14:33 into the first periodPaul Holmgren · high sticking2 min
- 19:58 into the first periodDennis Maruk · hooking2 min
- 2:47 into the second periodAl Hill · elbowing2 min
- 9:13 into the second periodBrian Propp · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:13 into the second periodPaul Holmgren · high sticking2 min
- 13:58 into the second periodBobby Clarke · slashing2 min
- 16:35 into the second periodRyan Walter · interference2 min
- 9:41 into the third periodJames McTaggart · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 24Terry MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Frank BatheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Thomas ErikssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Reid BaileyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Pete PeetersG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |