Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, November 11, 1981 · Capital Centre

3–2

29–33

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Wednesday, November 11, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 33–29.

Dennis Maruk scored twice. Rick Kehoe, Paul Baxter and Peter Lee also scored.

Michel Dion made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 26 of 29.

Goals
PIT	2	0	1	3	29
WSH	1	1	0	2	33

Scoring

1st period

Rick Kehoe (6)Randy Carlyle (17), Paul Gardner (9)1–004:26 PIT ·
Paul Baxter (3)Gregg Sheppard (3), Randy Carlyle (18)2–009:50 PIT
Dennis Maruk (8)Timo Blomqvist (3), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2)2–112:04 WSH ·

2nd period

Dennis Maruk (9)Timo Blomqvist (4), Darren Veitch (1)2–200:49 WSH ·

3rd period

Peter Lee (4)Paul Mulvey (4), Paul Baxter (8)3–202:03 PIT

Team stats

PITWSH

2933

0%0%

1/62/10

5155

Penalties

1:33 into the first periodRick Green · hooking2 min
3:19 into the first periodHoward Walker · hooking2 min
5:10 into the first periodGregg Sheppard · holding2 min
5:40 into the first periodPaul Baxter · hooking2 min
7:44 into the first periodBob Kelly · holding2 min
10:08 into the first periodRon Stackhouse · hooking2 min
15:47 into the first periodPat Graham · roughing2 min
15:47 into the first periodRick Green · roughing2 min
16:48 into the first periodPeter Lee · hooking2 min
17:27 into the first periodRandy Carlyle · high sticking2 min
17:27 into the first periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
19:21 into the first periodPaul Baxter · slashing2 min
19:59 into the first periodRandy Carlyle · misconduct10 min
19:59 into the first periodPat Price · high sticking2 min
19:59 into the first periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
19:59 into the first periodRick Green · misconduct10 min
1:31 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · holding2 min
6:33 into the second periodMike Gartner · slashing2 min
12:45 into the second periodPat Graham · slashing2 min
12:45 into the second periodGreg Malone · cross checking2 min
14:46 into the second periodTim Tookey · roughing2 min
15:26 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
1:22 into the third periodRandy Carlyle · fighting5 min
1:22 into the third periodRyan Walter · fighting5 min
7:07 into the third periodPat Boutette · slashing2 min
7:07 into the third periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
8:20 into the third periodMike Bullard · misconduct10 min
8:20 into the third periodDennis Maruk · misconduct10 min
8:29 into the third periodDennis Maruk · misconduct10 min
8:43 into the third periodGregg Sheppard · hooking2 min

Season series

Penguins vs Capitals head-to-head →

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

4Paul BaxterD	1	1	2	+2	4	4	–	–
25Randy CarlyleD	0	2	2	+1	3	19	–	–
10Peter LeeR	1	0	1	+2	5	2	–	–
17Rick KehoeR	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
19Gregg SheppardC	0	1	1	+2	1	4	–	–
20Paul GardnerC	0	1	1	0	3	0	–	–
26Paul MulveyL	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
11George FergusonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
12Greg MaloneC	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
15Pat BoutetteL	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
22Mike BullardC	0	0	0	0	1	10	–	–
24Pat GrahamL	0	0	0	0	1	4	–	–
2Pat PriceD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–
3Ron StackhouseD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
5Mario FaubertD	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
7Russ AndersonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Paul HarrisonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
29Michel DionG	W	33	31	2	.939	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

21Dennis MarukC	2	0	2	0	3	20	–	–
17Timo BlomqvistD	0	2	2	−1	5	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	1	1	−1	1	0	–	–
6Darren VeitchD	0	1	1	0	4	0	–	–
8Tim TookeyC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
9Ryan WalterC	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	–
10Bobby CarpenterC	0	0	0	0	7	2	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	0	0	0	5	8	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
15Wes JarvisC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
22Jean PronovostR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
24Bob KellyL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
40Tony CassolatoR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
3Howard WalkerD	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
4Jay JohnstonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
5Rick GreenD	0	0	0	−2	0	14	–	–
25Terry MurrayD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
29Mike PalmateerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Dave ParroG	L	29	26	3	.897	59:43