Washington Capitals vs Colorado Rockies

Regular season · Saturday, October 31, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena

4–6

27–34

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Game summary

The Colorado Rockies beat the Washington Capitals 6–4 on Saturday, October 31, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Capitals 34–27.

Bob Miller scored twice and Ryan Walter scored twice. Paul Gagne, Tapio Levo, Todd Bidner, Steve Tambellini, Dennis Maruk and Aaron Broten also scored.

Glenn Resch made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 28 of 33.

Goals
WSH	1	2	1	4	27
CLR	3	0	3	6	34

Scoring

1st period

Paul Gagne (1)Tapio Levo (5), Steve Tambellini (7)0–106:29 CLR ·
Tapio Levo (3)Bob Miller (4), Dave Cameron (2)0–208:20 CLR
Todd Bidner (1)Dennis Maruk (4), Howard Walker (1)1–214:34 WSH
Bob Miller (2)Unassisted1–315:07 CLR

2nd period

Ryan Walter (6)Rick Green (4)2–302:03 WSH ·
Ryan Walter (7)Bobby Carpenter (7), Timo Blomqvist (1)3–311:51 WSH ·

3rd period

Steve Tambellini (6)Lanny McDonald (7)3–406:32 CLR
Dennis Maruk (7)Ryan Walter (7), Timo Blomqvist (2)4–409:50 WSH ·
Aaron Broten (1)Tapio Levo (6), Yvon Vautour (1)4–512:28 CLR
Bob Miller (3)Yvon Vautour (2), Brent Ashton (9)4–619:34 CLR ·

Team stats

WSHCLR

2734

0%0%

3/51/5

2222

Penalties

5:36 into the first periodHoward Walker · high sticking2 min
8:57 into the first periodLanny McDonald · hooking2 min
11:01 into the first periodMike Gartner · elbowing2 min
15:25 into the first periodBrent Ashton · fighting5 min
15:25 into the first periodGreg Theberge · fighting5 min
15:52 into the first periodLanny McDonald · interference2 min
18:53 into the first periodAl Hangsleben · high sticking2 min
0:33 into the second periodRob Ramage · cross checking2 min
6:51 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · charging2 min
9:52 into the second periodDwight Foster · interference2 min
15:35 into the second periodPaul MacKinnon · holding2 min
8:45 into the third periodTapio Levo · interference2 min
13:02 into the third periodDave Cameron · high sticking2 min
13:02 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · high sticking2 min
15:13 into the third periodDave Cameron · fighting5 min
15:13 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · fighting5 min

Season series

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Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

9Ryan WalterC	2	1	3	−3	7	0	–	–
21Dennis MarukC	1	1	2	−2	3	0	–	–
17Timo BlomqvistD	0	2	2	−2	3	0	–	–
10Bobby CarpenterC	0	1	1	−2	2	7	–	–
23Todd BidnerL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
3Howard WalkerD	0	1	1	0	1	2	–	–
5Rick GreenD	0	1	1	−4	2	0	–	–
8Tim TookeyC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	0	0	−4	2	2	–	–
12Al HangslebenL	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
15Wes JarvisC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
18Roland StoltzR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
24Bob KellyL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
19Paul MacKinnonD	0	0	0	−3	0	2	–	–
20Greg ThebergeD	0	0	0	+1	0	5	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
29Mike PalmateerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Dave ParroG	L	33	28	5	.849	59:43

Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies skaters

18Bob MillerC	2	1	3	+3	3	0	–	–
8Tapio LevoD	1	2	3	+4	1	2	–	–
14Steve TambelliniC	1	1	2	+1	5	0	–	–
19Yvon VautourR	0	2	2	+1	2	0	–	–
9Lanny McDonaldR	0	1	1	+1	4	4	–	–
10Dave CameronC	0	1	1	+2	2	7	–	–
15Brent AshtonL	0	1	1	+1	4	5	–	–
17Paul GagneL	1	0	1	+1	4	0	–	–
24Aaron BrotenC	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
11Jukka PorvariR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
16Merlin MalinowskiC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
20Dwight FosterR	0	0	0	+2	2	2	–	–
2Joe CirellaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
4Bob LorimerD	0	0	0	+5	0	0	–	–
5Rob RamageD	0	0	0	−1	3	2	–	–
6Bill BakerD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
22Joel QuennevilleD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–

Colorado Rockies goalies
Goalie
1Glenn ReschG	W	27	23	4	.852	60:00
30Phil MyreG		0	0	0	–	00:00