Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 10, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–3 on Saturday, October 10, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Red Wings outshot the Capitals 40–34.
Goals came from Mike Gartner, Dennis Maruk, Reed Larson, Don Murdoch, Roland Stoltz, James McTaggart, Ryan Walter, Mark Kirton and Gaetan Duchesne.
Dave Parro made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (1)Greg Theberge (1), Ryan Walter (2)0–109:31 WSH · 
Dennis Maruk (1)Pat Ribble (1), Terry Murray (2)0–210:46 WSH
2nd period
Reed Larson (2)Mike Blaisdell (1)1–205:48 DET
Don Murdoch (2)Dale McCourt (4), Reed Larson (1)2–211:45 DET ·
3rd period
Roland Stoltz (1)Paul MacKinnon (2), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1)2–302:47 WSH
James McTaggart (1)Dennis Maruk (1), Jean Pronovost (1)2–405:10 WSH
Ryan Walter (3)Unassisted2–508:19 WSH
Mark Kirton (1)Reed Larson (2), Greg Smith (1)3–517:01 DET
Gaetan Duchesne (1)Jean Pronovost (2), Terry Murray (3)3–618:24 WSH ·
Team stats
DETWSH
4034
0%0%
1/51/5
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:58 into the first period
Willie Huber · kneeing2 min - 5:54 into the first period
Gaetan Duchesne · holding2 min - 8:06 into the first periodWillie Huber · slashing2 min
- 12:37 into the first periodJohn Ogrodnick · slashing2 min
- 12:37 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · slashing2 min
- 3:06 into the second periodBob Kelly · holding2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 17:44 into the second periodMark Osborne · interference2 min
- 0:25 into the third periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 5:21 into the third periodWalt McKechnie · interference2 min
- 13:20 into the third periodBob Kelly · hooking2 min
- 14:55 into the third periodRick Green · holding2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 22Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 30Corrado MicalefG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Roland StoltzR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dave ParroG | W | 40 | 3 | .925 |