Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, January 3, 1982 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Sunday, January 3, 1982 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 37–24.
Goals came from Mark Pavelich, Dennis Maruk, Tony Cassolato, Mike Gartner, Bobby Carpenter, Ron Duguay and Dave Maloney.
Dave Parro made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Pavelich (16)Eddie Johnstone (13), Andre Dore (7)0–105:24 NYR · 
Dennis Maruk (28)Ryan Walter (21)1–109:40 WSH ·
2nd period
Tony Cassolato (1)Lou Franceschetti (2), James McTaggart (2)2–108:40 WSH
Mike Gartner (17)Dennis Maruk (34)3–110:41 WSH ·
3rd period
Bobby Carpenter (14)Lou Franceschetti (3), Darren Veitch (18)4–112:41 WSH · 
Ron Duguay (23)Mike Rogers (29), Mark Pavelich (20)4–214:59 NYR
Dave Maloney (6)Mark Pavelich (21), Pat Hickey (10)4–318:07 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
2437
0%0%
2/61/6
1626
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:47 into the first period
Mike Gartner · hooking2 min - 3:14 into the first period
Barry Beck · roughing2 min - 4:11 into the first periodChris Valentine · tripping2 min
- 8:42 into the first periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 13:32 into the first periodPaul MacKinnon · interference2 min
- 14:21 into the first periodDon Maloney · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:36 into the first periodBobby Gould · tripping2 min
- 4:16 into the second periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 4:16 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 6:08 into the second periodMike Allison · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:59 into the second periodChris Valentine · hooking2 min
- 13:42 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 11:50 into the third periodNick Fotiu · slashing2 min
- 12:18 into the third periodBarry Beck · roughing2 min
- 12:18 into the third periodRyan Walter · roughing2 min
- 19:30 into the third periodBarry Beck · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:30 into the third periodBarry Beck · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 18Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 40Tony CassolatoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3James McTaggartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Tony CamazzolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | W | 37 | 3 | .919 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |