Winnipeg Jets vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 4, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets 7–3 on Friday, December 4, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Jets outshot the Capitals 40–37.
Dennis Maruk scored 4 goals. Chris Valentine, Dave Christian, Ryan Walter, Mike Gartner, Paul MacLean and Lucien DeBlois also scored.
Al Jensen made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Ed Staniowski stopped 30 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Dennis Maruk (18)Chris Valentine (4), Darren Veitch (8)0–101:57 WSH · 
Chris Valentine (4)Dennis Maruk (16), Ryan Walter (14)0–206:23 WSH · 
Dave Christian (10)Norm Dupont (16), Lucien DeBlois (14)1–206:42 WIN
2nd period
Ryan Walter (12)Dennis Maruk (17), Terry Murray (8)1–300:28 WSH
Mike Gartner (9)Bobby Carpenter (13), Greg Theberge (13)1–400:52 WSH- Dennis Maruk (19)Chris Valentine (5), Ryan Walter (15)1–502:17 WSH
- Dennis Maruk (20)Greg Theberge (14)1–603:18 WSH
- Dennis Maruk (21)Ryan Walter (16), Greg Theberge (15)1–712:44 WSH
3rd period
Paul MacLean (7)Moe Mantha (10), Tim Trimper (4)2–706:19 WIN
Lucien DeBlois (12)Dave Christian (15), Norm Dupont (17)3–714:31 WIN
Team stats
WINWSH
4037
0%0%
0/62/6
4525
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:34 into the first period
Dave Babych · hooking2 min - 6:02 into the first periodMoe Mantha · holding2 min
- 9:15 into the first period
Greg Theberge · tripping2 min - 15:32 into the first periodChris Valentine · hooking2 min
- 2:28 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · roughing2 min
- 2:28 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · roughing2 min
- 2:28 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · fighting5 min
- 2:28 into the second periodDale Hawerchuk · fighting5 min
- 2:28 into the second periodBarry Legge · roughing2 min
- 2:28 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · roughing2 min
- 5:48 into the second periodDave Christian · high sticking2 min
- 9:19 into the second periodTerry Murray · hooking2 min
- 13:32 into the second periodGreg Theberge · holding2 min
- 18:57 into the second periodDennis Maruk · high sticking2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodNorm Dupont · hooking2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · misconduct10 min
- 1:54 into the third periodPaul MacLean · hooking2 min
- 3:03 into the third periodChris Valentine · roughing2 min
- 3:03 into the third periodTim Watters · roughing2 min
- 3:03 into the third periodMorris Lukowich · game misconduct10 min
- 4:11 into the third periodDarren Veitch · holding2 min
- 7:52 into the third periodMike Gartner · holding2 min
- 7:52 into the third periodMoe Mantha · high sticking2 min
- 9:08 into the third periodDave Babych · tripping2 min
Season series
Winnipeg Jets
| 13Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Norm DupontL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Tim TrimperL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 11Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Ron WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Thomas SteenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Barry LeggeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Don SpringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 8 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | L | 37 | 7 | .811 |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 4 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 40 | 3 | .925 |