Hartford Whalers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, February 27, 1982 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers 7–1 on Saturday, February 27, 1982 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Whalers 45–26.
Chris Valentine scored 4 goals and Mike Gartner scored twice. Don Nachbaur and Bobby Gould also scored.
Al Jensen made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 38 of 45.
Scoring
1st period
Don Nachbaur (2)Blaine Stoughton (31), Garry Howatt (28)1–000:31 HFD
Chris Valentine (19)Darren Veitch (30), Ryan Walter (39)1–101:51 WSH · 
Bobby Gould (14)Gaetan Duchesne (11), Greg Theberge (25)1–202:55 WSH
2nd period
Mike Gartner (29)Dennis Maruk (56)1–300:14 WSH- Chris Valentine (20)Dennis Maruk (57), Darren Veitch (31)1–401:52 WSH ·
- Chris Valentine (21)Dennis Maruk (58), Darren Veitch (32)1–506:40 WSH ·
- Mike Gartner (30)Rick Green (16)1–615:11 WSH ·
- Chris Valentine (22)Dennis Maruk (59), Greg Theberge (26)1–719:43 WSH ·
Team stats
HFDWSH
2645
0%0%
0/54/7
5242
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:47 into the first period
Chris Kotsopoulos · cross checking2 min - 8:06 into the first period
Chris Valentine · hooking2 min - 10:57 into the first periodWarren Miller · hooking2 min
- 14:01 into the first periodRandy Holt · roughing2 min
- 14:01 into the first periodRandy Holt · misconduct10 min
- 17:24 into the first periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 18:36 into the first periodGarry Howatt · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:36 into the first periodGarry Howatt · fighting5 min
- 18:36 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 1:17 into the second periodRon Francis · fighting5 min
- 1:17 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 6:27 into the second periodPierre Larouche · tripping2 min
- 7:46 into the second periodGarry Howatt · holding2 min
- 13:41 into the second periodTodd Bidner · hooking2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodRandy Holt · cross checking2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · boarding5 min
- 0:00 into the third periodChris Kotsopoulos · fighting5 min
- 0:00 into the third periodChris Kotsopoulos · game misconduct10 min
- 0:00 into the third periodLee Norwood · fighting5 min
- 0:00 into the third periodLee Norwood · game misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodRick Meagher · gross misconduct10 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 4Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 45 | 7 | .844 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 4 | 0 | 4 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 18Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Todd BidnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |