Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 27, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Sunday, December 27, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 29–24.
Goals came from Mike Foligno, Mike Gartner, Dale McCourt, Richie Dunn and Dennis Maruk.
Don Edwards made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Foligno (18)Yvon Lambert (19), John Van Boxmeer (38)0–104:44 BUF · 
Mike Gartner (13)Wes Jarvis (12)1–108:09 WSH
2nd period
Dale McCourt (17)Mike Foligno (20), Gilbert Perreault (9)1–202:16 BUF
3rd period
Richie Dunn (2)Brent Peterson (2)1–300:48 BUF
Dennis Maruk (27)Chris Valentine (14), Ryan Walter (20)2–304:28 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHBUF
2429
0%0%
1/41/3
2325
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:42 into the first period
Darren Veitch · holding2 min - 13:13 into the first periodBobby Gould · slashing2 min
- 2:38 into the second period
Bob Hess · hooking2 min - 6:25 into the second periodBob Hess · hooking2 min
- 3:30 into the third periodLarry Playfair · elbowing2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodRichie Dunn · misconduct10 min
- 10:04 into the third periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
- 10:04 into the third periodWes Jarvis · misconduct10 min
- 10:04 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 11:34 into the third periodBob Hess · tripping2 min
- 15:56 into the third periodBobby Gould · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 15Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 29Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – |