Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, October 15, 1981 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Thursday, October 15, 1981 at Spectrum. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 32–20.
Reggie Leach scored twice. Bobby Clarke, Glen Currie, Behn Wilson, Ron Flockhart and Dennis Maruk also scored.
Rick St. Croix made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Reggie Leach (5)Bobby Clarke (3), Al Hill (3)0–100:49 PHI
Bobby Clarke (2)Bob Dailey (2), Ilkka Sinisalo (2)0–209:33 PHI ·
2nd period
- Reggie Leach (6)Bobby Clarke (4), Jimmy Watson (1)0–304:44 PHI
Glen Currie (1)Bobby Carpenter (2)1–316:29 WSH
3rd period
Behn Wilson (2)Bill Barber (2), Brian Propp (3)1–409:55 PHI · 
Ron Flockhart (1)Bill Barber (3)1–512:05 PHI
Dennis Maruk (3)Bobby Carpenter (3), Greg Theberge (3)2–518:24 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHPHI
3220
0%0%
1/72/3
5563
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:18 into the first period
Al Hill · holding2 min - 4:43 into the first periodFrank Bathe · elbowing2 min
- 6:17 into the first periodFred Arthur · cross checking2 min
- 8:22 into the first period
Glen Currie · tripping2 min - 13:59 into the first periodKen Linseman · elbowing2 min
- 9:11 into the second periodGlen Cochrane · holding2 min
- 11:35 into the second periodTim Kerr · misconduct10 min
- 11:35 into the second periodKen Linseman · misconduct10 min
- 11:35 into the second periodBrian Propp · misconduct10 min
- 11:35 into the second periodGlen Cochrane · fighting5 min
- 11:35 into the second periodJimmy Watson · misconduct10 min
- 11:35 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · misconduct10 min
- 11:35 into the second periodPierre Bouchard · misconduct10 min
- 11:35 into the second periodDennis Maruk · fighting5 min
- 11:35 into the second periodTerry Murray · misconduct10 min
- 11:35 into the second periodRoland Stoltz · misconduct10 min
- 11:57 into the second periodRick Green · hooking2 min
- 8:39 into the third periodBob Kelly · holding2 min
- 13:42 into the third periodKen Linseman · slashing2 min
- 13:42 into the third periodMike Palmateer · slashing2 min
- 16:17 into the third periodAl Hill · high sticking2 min
- 16:34 into the third periodFrank Bathe · holding2 min
- 18:04 into the third periodGlen Cochrane · roughing2 min
- 18:04 into the third periodGlen Currie · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Roland StoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Bob DaileyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Frank BatheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Fred ArthurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – |