Quebec Nordiques vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, October 21, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Wednesday, October 21, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Nordiques outshot the Capitals 43–24.
Real Cloutier scored twice and Dale Hunter scored a hat trick. Paul MacKinnon, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Marian Stastny and Dennis Maruk also scored.
Dan Bouchard made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 37 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Paul MacKinnon (1)Ryan Walter (6), Rick Green (2)0–100:55 WSH
Real Cloutier (3)Jacques Richard (6), Marc Tardif (5)1–115:36 QUE ·
2nd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2)Unassisted1–200:55 WSH
Marian Stastny (3)Jacques Richard (7), Peter Stastny (4)2–214:02 QUE ·
3rd period
- Real Cloutier (4)Peter Stastny (5), Mario Marois (3)3–203:59 QUE
Dale Hunter (2)Real Cloutier (7), Pierre Lacroix (1)4–207:30 QUE- Dale Hunter (3)Real Cloutier (8), Jacques Richard (8)5–210:00 QUE
- Dale Hunter (4)Jacques Richard (9), Real Cloutier (9)6–213:01 QUE
Dennis Maruk (4)Bob Kelly (3), Tim Tookey (1)6–317:16 WSH ·
Team stats
QUEWSH
4324
0%0%
2/71/5
1418
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:30 into the first period
Alain Cote · slashing2 min - 0:30 into the first period
Bob Kelly · holding2 min - 6:40 into the first periodDave Pichette · hooking2 min
- 9:51 into the first periodRoland Stoltz · holding2 min
- 14:38 into the first periodMike Palmateer · slashing2 min
- 16:32 into the first periodNormand Rochefort · holding2 min
- 17:21 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · tripping2 min
- 5:26 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 13:20 into the second periodGreg Theberge · delaying game2 min
- 15:13 into the second periodPeter Stastny · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodJames McTaggart · roughing2 min
- 0:50 into the third periodDennis Maruk · interference2 min
- 1:05 into the third periodReal Cloutier · tripping2 min
- 15:22 into the third periodNormand Rochefort · tripping2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodMike Palmateer · slashing2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 9Real CloutierR | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Pierre AubryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Tim TookeyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Roland StoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 43 | 6 | .861 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – |