Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, April 5, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 7–2 on Sunday, April 5, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 32–30.
Tim Tookey scored twice and Dennis Maruk scored a hat trick. Glen Currie, Brad Smith, Mark Kirton and Mike Gartner also scored.
Mike Palmateer made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Larry Lozinski stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Glen Currie (5)Ryan Walter (44), Rick Green (23)0–100:11 WSH
Brad Smith (12)Jim Korn (15)1–101:53 DET
Tim Tookey (9)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (34), Darren Veitch (20)1–203:21 WSH · 
Dennis Maruk (48)Bob Kelly (34), Mike Gartner (46)1–313:31 WSH- Dennis Maruk (49)Howard Walker (10), Bob Kelly (35)1–419:19 WSH ·
2nd period
Mark Kirton (18)Mike Foligno (35), Willie Huber (34)2–404:22 DET ·
3rd period
Mike Gartner (48)Tim Tookey (13)2–501:33 WSH · - Dennis Maruk (50)Bob Kelly (36), Howard Walker (11)2–613:05 WSH
- Tim Tookey (10)Dennis Ververgaert (27), Darren Veitch (21)2–719:06 WSH
Team stats
DETWSH
3032
0%0%
1/63/8
2117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:48 into the first period
Reed Larson · high sticking2 min - 6:31 into the first period
Dennis Ververgaert · holding2 min - 9:11 into the first periodDennis Ververgaert · interference2 min
- 17:25 into the first periodBrad Smith · fighting5 min
- 17:25 into the first periodJames McTaggart · fighting5 min
- 17:43 into the first periodJoe Paterson · holding2 min
- 3:41 into the second periodBob Kelly · tripping2 min
- 11:23 into the second periodJohn Barrett · interference2 min
- 13:37 into the second periodTim Tookey · holding2 min
- 15:46 into the second periodReed Larson · holding2 min
- 19:14 into the second periodPaul MacKinnon · holding2 min
- 1:27 into the third periodMark Kirton · hooking2 min
- 3:11 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 5:37 into the third periodPaul MacKinnon · tripping2 min
- 6:57 into the third periodMike Foligno · holding2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodPerry Miller · tripping2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Claude LegrisG | 2 | 2 | .000 | |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
Washington Capitals
| 18Tim TookeyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – |