Washington Capitals vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, November 28, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Washington Capitals 6–2 on Saturday, November 28, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Capitals 37–30.
Doug Sulliman scored twice. Blaine Stoughton, Ron Francis, Garry Howatt, Mark Renaud, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Chris Valentine also scored.
Greg Millen made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Blaine Stoughton (15)Garry Howatt (8), Don Nachbaur (14)0–101:03 HFD
2nd period
Ron Francis (2)George Lyle (7), Norm Barnes (3)0–202:01 HFD
Garry Howatt (4)Norm Barnes (4)0–304:49 HFD
Doug Sulliman (9)Blake Wesley (9), George Lyle (8)0–408:06 HFD
Mark Renaud (1)Rick MacLeish (10), Dave Keon (7)0–511:04 HFD
3rd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (6)Ryan Walter (13), Greg Theberge (11)1–504:25 WSH
Chris Valentine (3)Gaetan Duchesne (3), Terry Murray (5)2–508:36 WSH- Doug Sulliman (10)Don Nachbaur (15), Paul Shmyr (4)2–613:02 HFD
Team stats
WSHHFD
3037
0%0%
0/40/2
1216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:55 into the first period
Rick Green · hooking2 min - 10:32 into the first periodTimo Blomqvist · interference2 min
- 15:40 into the first period
Don Nachbaur · high sticking2 min - 15:40 into the first periodTimo Blomqvist · roughing2 min
- 16:17 into the first periodWarren Miller · holding2 min
- 16:55 into the first periodPaul Shmyr · boarding2 min
- 16:55 into the first periodDennis Maruk · high sticking2 min
- 5:24 into the second periodDon Nachbaur · roughing double minor4 min
- 5:24 into the second periodRyan Walter · roughing double minor4 min
- 9:09 into the second periodJack McIlhargey · holding2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodDon Nachbaur · interference2 min
- 5:06 into the third periodJack McIlhargey · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |
| 35Al JensenG | 17 | 1 | .941 |
Hartford Whalers
| 8Garry HowattL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16George LyleL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 28Mark RenaudD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Don GillenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |