Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Washington Capitals 6–4 on Saturday, December 19, 1981 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 30–23.
Denis Savard scored twice. Al Secord, Darryl Sutter, Rich Preston, Torrie Robertson, Tom Lysiak, Tim Tookey, Bobby Carpenter and Bobby Gould also scored.
Murray Bannerman made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 9 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Al Secord (23)Tim Higgins (18), Denis Savard (37)1–001:18 CHI
Darryl Sutter (18)Unassisted2–003:06 CHI · 
Rich Preston (8)Greg Fox (8)3–003:25 CHI · 
Torrie Robertson (4)Tim Tookey (6), Bobby Carpenter (18)3–104:06 WSH
Tom Lysiak (10)Darryl Sutter (8), Rich Preston (12)4–109:31 CHI
Tim Tookey (8)Dennis Maruk (24), Darren Veitch (14)4–213:45 WSH ·
2nd period
Bobby Carpenter (11)Wes Jarvis (10), Timo Blomqvist (6)4–302:59 WSH
Denis Savard (16)Tim Higgins (19), Keith Brown (19)5–316:09 CHI- Denis Savard (17)Ted Bulley (6)6–318:36 CHI
3rd period
Bobby Gould (6)Gaetan Duchesne (5)6–405:54 WSH
Team stats
CHIWSH
2330
0%0%
0/31/8
100107
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:02 into the first period
Doug Wilson · tripping2 min - 10:14 into the first periodKeith Brown · fighting5 min
- 10:14 into the first period
Torrie Robertson · fighting5 min - 12:27 into the first periodDave Hutchison · roughing2 min
- 17:05 into the first periodGreg Theberge · holding2 min
- 0:20 into the second periodGreg Fox · hooking2 min
- 3:33 into the second periodGrant Mulvey · charging2 min
- 5:30 into the second periodRandy Holt · misconduct10 min
- 6:22 into the second periodGrant Mulvey · cross checking2 min
- 7:57 into the second periodKeith Brown · charging2 min
- 7:57 into the second periodKeith Brown · fighting5 min
- 7:57 into the second periodDave Hutchison · fighting5 min
- 7:57 into the second periodDave Hutchison · misconduct10 min
- 7:57 into the second periodDave Hutchison · game misconduct10 min
- 7:57 into the second periodTim Tookey · roughing2 min
- 7:57 into the second periodTim Tookey · misconduct10 min
- 7:57 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · elbowing2 min
- 7:57 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 14:00 into the second periodAl Secord · fighting5 min
- 14:00 into the second periodBobby Gould · fighting5 min
- 15:15 into the second periodReg Kerr · fighting5 min
- 15:15 into the second periodGrant Mulvey · roughing2 min
- 15:15 into the second periodGrant Mulvey · misconduct10 min
- 15:15 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 15:15 into the second periodRyan Walter · fighting5 min
- 15:15 into the second periodRyan Walter · misconduct10 min
- 18:15 into the second periodTim Higgins · fighting5 min
- 18:15 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 18:15 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · game misconduct10 min
- 18:57 into the second periodGreg Fox · roughing2 min
- 18:57 into the second periodRandy Holt · roughing2 min
- 18:57 into the second periodRandy Holt · misconduct10 min
- 18:57 into the second periodRandy Holt · game misconduct10 min
- 3:00 into the third periodKeith Brown · interference2 min
- 7:53 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · holding2 min
- 8:07 into the third periodAl Secord · fighting5 min
- 8:07 into the third periodTimo Blomqvist · fighting5 min
- 8:20 into the third periodDenis Savard · roughing2 min
- 17:09 into the third periodAl Secord · fighting5 min
- 17:09 into the third periodAl Secord · game misconduct10 min
- 17:09 into the third periodTimo Blomqvist · fighting5 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 8Tim TookeyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 15 | 6 | .600 |
| 35Al JensenG | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |