Washington Capitals vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, November 25, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Scoring
1st period
Steve Payne (8)Dino Ciccarelli (14), Bobby Smith (21)0–104:38 MNS · 
Steve Christoff (8)Neal Broten (10), Brad Palmer (7)0–206:50 MNS
Dino Ciccarelli (14)Bobby Smith (22)0–307:56 MNS
2nd period
Bobby Carpenter (7)Mike Gartner (13), Wes Jarvis (4)1–309:44 WSH
Dennis Maruk (16)Darren Veitch (6), Ryan Walter (11)2–311:07 WSH · - Dino Ciccarelli (15)Craig Hartsburg (16), Neal Broten (11)2–412:12 MNS ·
3rd period
Darren Veitch (2)Dennis Maruk (12), Greg Theberge (10)3–408:16 WSH · - Darren Veitch (3)Dennis Maruk (13), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (9)4–419:15 WSH
Team stats
WSHMNS
4935
0%0%
2/52/4
2224
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:25 into the first period
Ryan Walter · hooking2 min - 10:04 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · hooking2 min
- 16:00 into the first period
Fred Barrett · tripping2 min - 16:31 into the first periodGilles Meloche · roughing2 min
- 16:31 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · interference2 min
- 2:54 into the second periodBrad Palmer · roughing2 min
- 2:54 into the second periodBrad Palmer · fighting5 min
- 2:54 into the second periodTim Tookey · roughing2 min
- 2:54 into the second periodTim Tookey · fighting5 min
- 10:09 into the second periodKevin Maxwell · tripping2 min
- 11:41 into the second periodMike Gartner · cross checking2 min
- 14:13 into the second periodFred Barrett · interference2 min
- 4:15 into the third periodDennis Maruk · slashing2 min
- 7:08 into the third periodCurt Giles · holding2 min
- 9:00 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · fighting5 min
- 9:00 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · fighting5 min
- 19:50 into the third periodBobby Smith · charging2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | T | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Mike AntonovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill NyropD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | T | 49 | 4 | .918 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |