Hartford Whalers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, March 27, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Friday, March 27, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Whalers outshot the Capitals 37–35.
Blaine Stoughton scored twice. Mike Gartner, Dave Keon, Mike Fidler, Dennis Ververgaert, Tim Tookey and Tom Rowe also scored.
John Garrett made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Gary Inness stopped 32 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (46)Glen Currie (12), Darren Veitch (17)0–100:26 WSH
Dave Keon (13)Warren Miller (21)1–102:14 HFD
Blaine Stoughton (40)Mark Howe (40), Pat Boutette (52)2–113:22 HFD · 
Mike Fidler (13)Tom Rowe (28), Al Sims (34)3–118:39 HFD ·
2nd period
Dennis Ververgaert (14)Dennis Maruk (46), Pat Ribble (15)3–210:59 WSH
3rd period
- Blaine Stoughton (41)Rick Meagher (9), Mark Howe (41)4–215:10 HFD
Tim Tookey (8)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (32)4–317:38 WSH
Tom Rowe (13)Unassisted5–319:59 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDWSH
3735
0%0%
2/20/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:27 into the first period
Bob Kelly · hooking2 min - 17:28 into the first periodBob Kelly · tripping2 min
- 0:50 into the second period
Mike Fidler · holding2 min - 11:22 into the second periodGilles Lupien · tripping2 min
- 16:25 into the second periodJack McIlhargey · holding2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 12Tom RoweR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Mike FidlerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Al SimsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Gary InnessG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |