Washington Capitals vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, October 29, 1981 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Thursday, October 29, 1981 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Capitals 35–20.
Goals came from Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Greg Terrion, Mike Gartner, Marcel Dionne, Larry Murphy, Gaetan Duchesne and Steve Bozek.
Mario Lessard made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (4)Mike Gartner (4), Bobby Carpenter (6)1–006:57 WSH · 
Greg Terrion (7)Jim Fox (5)1–111:31 LAK
2nd period
Mike Gartner (2)Unassisted2–104:28 WSH
3rd period
Marcel Dionne (10)Steve Bozek (3), Dave Taylor (14)2–205:55 LAK · 
Larry Murphy (5)Dave Taylor (15), Marcel Dionne (11)2–311:33 LAK
Gaetan Duchesne (3)Dennis Maruk (3), Rick Green (3)3–315:06 WSH
Steve Bozek (7)Marcel Dionne (12), Mark Hardy (7)3–419:44 LAK
Team stats
WSHLAK
2035
0%0%
1/51/4
2012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:35 into the first period
Mark Hardy · holding2 min - 12:40 into the first period
Tim Tookey · interference2 min - 16:08 into the first periodHoward Walker · roughing2 min
- 18:48 into the first periodTrevor Johansen · holding2 min
- 7:06 into the second periodDean Hopkins · roughing2 min
- 7:06 into the second periodJohn Paul Kelly · elbowing2 min
- 7:06 into the second periodTim Tookey · roughing2 min
- 14:29 into the second periodLarry Murphy · tripping2 min
- 5:36 into the third periodPat Ribble · interference2 min
- 7:17 into the third periodTimo Blomqvist · holding2 min
- 19:44 into the third periodPat Ribble · misconduct10 min
- 19:50 into the third periodJerry Korab · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Roland StoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Todd BidnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28John GibsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – |