Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, December 20, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Sunday, December 20, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 29–28.
Goals came from Ryan Walter, Torrie Robertson, Lou Franceschetti, Andre Dore and Mark Pavelich.
Dave Parro made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Walter (18)Dennis Maruk (25), Torrie Robertson (4)1–011:15 WSH
Torrie Robertson (5)Wes Jarvis (11), Mike Gartner (18)2–015:21 WSH
Lou Franceschetti (1)Mike Gartner (19)3–019:46 WSH
2nd period
Andre Dore (1)Mike Allison (7)3–106:32 NYR
3rd period
Mark Pavelich (13)Dave Silk (12), Ron Duguay (15)3–207:08 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
2928
0%0%
0/40/5
3129
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:14 into the first period
Ed Hospodar · elbowing2 min - 1:38 into the first period
Terry Murray · holding2 min - 8:52 into the first periodPat Hickey · slashing2 min
- 8:52 into the first periodEd Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 8:52 into the first periodDennis Maruk · roughing2 min
- 11:53 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · interference2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodAndre Dore · high sticking2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodAndre Dore · fighting5 min
- 14:43 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · high sticking2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · fighting5 min
- 17:13 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · cross checking2 min
- 3:10 into the second periodMike Allison · roughing2 min
- 3:10 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · misconduct10 min
- 3:10 into the second periodRandy Holt · roughing2 min
- 3:10 into the second periodRandy Holt · misconduct10 min
- 11:32 into the second periodDennis Maruk · cross checking2 min
- 13:59 into the second periodCarol Vadnais · cross checking2 min
- 3:32 into the third periodDave Maloney · slashing2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodRandy Holt · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |