New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, November 7, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Saturday, November 7, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 32–29.
Goals came from Gaetan Duchesne, Mike Rogers, Eddie Johnstone and Ron Duguay.
Steve Weeks made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Gaetan Duchesne (4)Wes Jarvis (1), Roland Stoltz (2)0–106:22 WSH
2nd period
Mike Rogers (7)Dean Talafous (1), Pat Hickey (6)1–101:22 NYR
Eddie Johnstone (6)Ron Greschner (5), Mikko Leinonen (3)2–106:57 NYR
3rd period
Ron Duguay (10)Carol Vadnais (2), Mark Pavelich (7)3–110:34 NYR
Team stats
NYRWSH
2932
0%0%
0/40/5
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:52 into the first period
Darren Veitch · holding2 min - 4:08 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · hooking2 min - 8:33 into the first periodPeter Wallin · tripping2 min
- 10:28 into the first periodBarry Beck · tripping2 min
- 12:05 into the first periodJean Pronovost · high sticking2 min
- 5:07 into the second periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 5:07 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · high sticking2 min
- 13:32 into the second periodDave Silk · holding2 min
- 16:52 into the second periodRoland Stoltz · holding2 min
- 19:06 into the second periodMike Allison · hooking2 min
- 19:39 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Roland StoltzR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |