Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 12, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 7–4 on Saturday, December 12, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 35–30.
Goals came from Rick Kehoe, Ryan Walter, Ron Stackhouse, Randy Holt, Pat Graham, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Paul Gardner, Greg Theberge, Greg Malone, Mike Bullard and Paul Baxter.
Michel Dion made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Kehoe (13)Marc Chorney (1), Paul Gardner (17)0–108:06 PIT
Ryan Walter (17)Dennis Maruk (23), Darren Veitch (13)1–114:09 WSH · 
Ron Stackhouse (1)Rick Kehoe (16), Paul Gardner (18)1–218:32 PIT
2nd period
Randy Holt (1)Torrie Robertson (3), Terry Murray (9)2–210:07 WSH
Pat Graham (4)Greg Malone (12), Doug Shedden (4)2–313:13 PIT
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (9)Bobby Carpenter (16), Bobby Gould (3)3–313:31 WSH
Paul Gardner (16)Ron Stackhouse (6), Pat Boutette (19)3–414:00 PIT
Greg Theberge (5)Gaetan Duchesne (4), Wes Jarvis (9)4–417:20 WSH
3rd period
Greg Malone (8)Pat Graham (3), Doug Shedden (5)4–508:24 PIT
Mike Bullard (11)George Ferguson (14), Pat Price (12)4–616:00 PIT
Paul Baxter (5)Gregg Sheppard (5), George Ferguson (15)4–719:10 PIT ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
3035
0%0%
1/50/4
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:29 into the first period
Greg Malone · cross checking2 min - 3:29 into the first period
Dennis Maruk · slashing2 min - 9:45 into the first periodRandy Holt · slashing2 min
- 11:08 into the first periodPat Price · tripping2 min
- 13:40 into the first periodMarc Chorney · tripping2 min
- 16:26 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · holding2 min
- 4:29 into the second periodPaul Baxter · hooking2 min
- 6:51 into the second periodTerry Murray · hooking2 min
- 7:20 into the second periodPaul Gardner · hooking2 min
- 10:27 into the second periodPaul Baxter · hooking2 min
- 17:42 into the second periodRick Green · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Harvie PoczaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 34 | 6 | .824 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat GrahamL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Michel DionG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |