Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, March 26, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 2–0 on Thursday, March 26, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Capitals 25–21.
Goals came from Tim Tookey and Mike Gartner.
Mike Palmateer made 25 saves on 25 shots for the win; Larry Lozinski stopped 19 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Tookey (7)Pat Ribble (14)1–014:15 WSH ·
2nd period
Mike Gartner (45)Dennis Maruk (45), Jean Pronovost (35)2–006:57 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHDET
2125
0%0%
2/50/3
1620
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:47 into the first period
James McTaggart · roughing2 min - 3:32 into the first period
Brad Smith · fighting5 min - 3:32 into the first periodHoward Walker · fighting5 min
- 14:03 into the first periodJean Hamel · high sticking2 min
- 3:21 into the second periodPat Ribble · hooking2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodBrent Peterson · holding2 min
- 10:37 into the second periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 10:37 into the second periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 10:37 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · fighting5 min
- 11:58 into the third periodJames McTaggart · holding2 min
- 15:04 into the third periodJohn Barrett · holding2 min
- 16:25 into the third periodReed Larson · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 25 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Earl IngarfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Claude LegrisG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | L | 21 | 2 | .905 |