Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 30, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 6–2 on Wednesday, December 30, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 35–23.
Bobby Simpson scored twice and Pat Boutette scored twice. Mike Bullard, Peter Lee, Paul MacKinnon and Mike Gartner also scored.
Paul Harrison made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bullard (13)Paul Baxter (15)0–108:58 PIT · 
Peter Lee (12)Rick MacLeish (17), Gregg Sheppard (7)0–209:28 PIT
Bobby Simpson (1)Rick Kehoe (21), Paul Baxter (16)0–316:13 PIT
2nd period
Pat Boutette (12)Paul Baxter (17)0–402:01 PIT
Paul MacKinnon (2)Torrie Robertson (5), Mike Gartner (22)1–403:43 WSH- Pat Boutette (13)Rick Kehoe (22), Doug Shedden (10)1–513:05 PIT ·
3rd period
Mike Gartner (14)Tim Tookey (8), Darren Veitch (16)2–508:45 WSH- Bobby Simpson (2)Doug Shedden (11), Mark Johnson (9)2–613:19 PIT
Team stats
WSHPIT
2335
0%0%
0/92/9
4242
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:28 into the first period
Rick Kehoe · tripping2 min - 4:28 into the first periodGregg Sheppard · tripping2 min
- 7:25 into the first period
Darren Veitch · interference2 min - 9:37 into the first periodMike Gartner · interference2 min
- 11:11 into the first periodPaul Baxter · elbowing2 min
- 18:13 into the first periodPat Boutette · interference2 min
- 3:05 into the second periodMarc Chorney · fighting5 min
- 3:05 into the second periodRandy Holt · fighting5 min
- 4:59 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · slashing2 min
- 9:13 into the second periodMarc Chorney · hooking2 min
- 12:00 into the second periodPeter Lee · fighting5 min
- 12:00 into the second periodPeter Lee · misconduct10 min
- 12:00 into the second periodRandy Holt · roughing2 min
- 12:00 into the second periodRandy Holt · fighting5 min
- 12:00 into the second periodRandy Holt · misconduct10 min
- 12:42 into the second periodPaul MacKinnon · elbowing2 min
- 15:35 into the second periodMike Bullard · slashing2 min
- 1:01 into the third periodRon Stackhouse · interference2 min
- 2:49 into the third periodPat Boutette · high sticking2 min
- 2:49 into the third periodTimo Blomqvist · high sticking2 min
- 3:05 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · elbowing2 min
- 3:05 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3:56 into the third periodRick MacLeish · hooking2 min
- 7:04 into the third periodPaul Baxter · holding2 min
- 7:04 into the third periodDennis Maruk · roughing2 min
- 9:44 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · elbowing2 min
- 17:13 into the third periodMarc Chorney · slashing2 min
- 19:15 into the third periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Tim TookeyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 35 | 6 | .829 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Bobby SimpsonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat GrahamL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |