Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, December 14, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Monday, December 14, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 41–34.
Doug Wickenheiser scored twice. Craig Laughlin, Mike Siltala, Dennis Maruk, Keith Acton, Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson also scored.
Richard Sevigny made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 35 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Laughlin (5)Pierre Mondou (14), Brian Engblom (13)0–103:25 MTL
Mike Siltala (1)Paul MacKinnon (3), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (14)1–110:21 WSH
Dennis Maruk (25)Chris Valentine (11), Ryan Walter (18)2–112:35 WSH
Keith Acton (16)Mark Napier (15), Robert Picard (7)2–217:02 MTL
Doug Wickenheiser (5)Gilbert Delorme (7), Guy Lafleur (26)2–318:34 MTL
Guy Lafleur (13)Keith Acton (22)2–419:55 MTL
2nd period
- Doug Wickenheiser (6)Robert Picard (8), Keith Acton (23)2–506:12 MTL
3rd period
Larry Robinson (5)Craig Laughlin (3), Mario Tremblay (17)2–611:38 MTL · 
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (10)Bobby Carpenter (17), Terry Murray (10)3–618:00 WSH
Team stats
WSHMTL
3441
0%0%
0/21/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:55 into the first period
Terry Murray · interference2 min - 12:14 into the second period
Gilbert Delorme · hooking2 min - 16:14 into the second periodBrian Engblom · hooking2 min
- 7:16 into the third periodMark Hunter · hooking2 min
- 7:16 into the third periodMike Gartner · slashing2 min
- 10:49 into the third periodHarvie Pocza · hooking2 min
- 13:31 into the third periodWes Jarvis · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 12Mike SiltalaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Harvie PoczaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 41 | 6 | .854 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 26Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |