New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1981 · Capital Centre
Scoring
1st period
Dennis Maruk (26)Ryan Walter (19), Greg Theberge (19)0–107:41 WSH · 
Mike Allison (5)Don Maloney (4), Eddie Johnstone (12)1–112:36 NYR
Darren Veitch (4)Dennis Maruk (30), Mike Gartner (21)1–218:23 WSH ·
2nd period
Pat Hickey (7)Dave Silk (14)2–201:13 NYR
Mike Gartner (12)Lou Franceschetti (1), Bobby Carpenter (19)2–309:16 WSH
3rd period
Dave Maloney (5)Mike Rogers (26)3–309:36 NYR · 
Bobby Gould (7)Tim Tookey (7), Gaetan Duchesne (6)3–411:50 WSH
Eddie Johnstone (7)Reijo Ruotsalainen (11), Steve Weeks (2)4–418:16 NYR
Team stats
NYRWSH
3038
0%0%
1/32/5
2420
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:34 into the first period
Mike Allison · roughing2 min - 3:34 into the first period
Wes Jarvis · roughing2 min - 5:49 into the first periodPat Hickey · tripping2 min
- 8:08 into the first periodRon Duguay · fighting5 min
- 8:08 into the first periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 14:07 into the first periodTom Younghans · fighting5 min
- 14:07 into the first periodRyan Walter · hooking2 min
- 14:07 into the first periodRyan Walter · fighting5 min
- 17:16 into the first periodCarol Vadnais · high sticking2 min
- 17:16 into the first periodWes Jarvis · slashing2 min
- 17:52 into the first periodMark Pavelich · hooking2 min
- 18:23 into the first periodDave Maloney · delaying game2 min
- 5:06 into the second periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 10:08 into the second periodDennis Maruk · tripping2 min
- 4:41 into the third periodMark Pavelich · hooking2 min
- 7:57 into the third periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | T | 38 | 4 | .895 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Tim TookeyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 15Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | T | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |