Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, October 11, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Sunday, October 11, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 29–27.
Wayne Cashman scored twice and Rick Middleton scored twice. Dennis Maruk, Orest Kindrachuk, Peter McNab, Bobby Carpenter and Mike Gillis also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 23 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Dennis Maruk (2)Pat Ribble (2)1–001:10 WSH
Wayne Cashman (1)Rick Middleton (1), Mike Milbury (1)1–102:09 BOS
Orest Kindrachuk (1)Roland Stoltz (1), Bob Kelly (1)2–104:38 WSH · 
Rick Middleton (1)Barry Pederson (1), Ray Bourque (3)2–211:28 BOS ·
2nd period
Peter McNab (3)Brad Park (3), Rick Middleton (2)2–316:03 BOS
3rd period
- Rick Middleton (2)Unassisted2–407:35 BOS
- Wayne Cashman (2)Barry Pederson (2), Keith Crowder (1)2–508:08 BOS
Bobby Carpenter (2)Ryan Walter (3)3–508:36 WSH
Mike Gillis (1)Brad McCrimmon (1), Peter McNab (2)3–616:00 BOS
Team stats
WSHBOS
2729
0%0%
1/40/3
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:19 into the first period
Mike Milbury · elbowing2 min - 9:28 into the first periodPeter McNab · tripping2 min
- 9:54 into the first periodMike O'connell · roughing2 min
- 9:54 into the first period
Mike Gartner · roughing2 min - 14:08 into the first periodGreg Theberge · tripping2 min
- 16:47 into the first periodMike Gartner · holding2 min
- 4:10 into the second periodPaul MacKinnon · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
- 3:35 into the third periodWayne Cashman · tripping2 min
- 5:14 into the third periodDon Marcotte · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Roland StoltzR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Orest KindrachukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 29 | 6 | .793 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +5 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |