Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, April 2, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 3–2 on Thursday, April 2, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 37–19.
Dwight Foster scored twice. Dennis Maruk, Al Hangsleben and Bob Kelly also scored.
Mike Palmateer made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 16 of 19.
Scoring
2nd period
Dennis Maruk (46)Ryan Walter (43), Rick Green (21)1–004:33 WSH
Al Hangsleben (5)Mike Gartner (45), Rolf Edberg (8)2–017:53 WSH
3rd period
Dwight Foster (22)Mike O'connell (36)2–105:52 BOS- Dwight Foster (23)Mike O'connell (37), Brad Park (52)2–213:46 BOS ·
Bob Kelly (26)Dennis Maruk (47), Darren Veitch (18)3–215:36 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHBOS
1937
0%0%
1/31/4
1715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:46 into the first period
Tim Tookey · tripping2 min - 17:16 into the first period
Brad McCrimmon · interference2 min - 19:25 into the first periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · holding2 min
- 2:30 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · hooking2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodMike Milbury · fighting5 min
- 7:18 into the third periodRyan Walter · fighting5 min
- 8:24 into the third periodDennis Ververgaert · tripping2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodBobby Lalonde · roughing2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodHoward Walker · high sticking2 min
- 11:44 into the third periodSteve Kasper · roughing2 min
- 11:44 into the third periodDennis Maruk · roughing2 min
- 12:20 into the third periodAl Hangsleben · hooking2 min
- 14:33 into the third periodKeith Crowder · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 27Dwight FosterR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | L | 19 | 3 | .842 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |