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Wednesday, February 25, 1981 · Chicago Stadium

Capitals 2 at Blackhawks 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 83OVR Mike Palmateer Capitals First Star 43 SV · .956 R 86OVR Tim Higgins Blackhawks Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG C 74OVR Tim Tookey Capitals Third Star 2A · 0 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:32 Ryan Walter (22) PPG Tim Tookey (3), Bob Kelly (29) WSH 1 – 0 CHI

2nd Period

  1. 6:09 Tim Higgins (18) Keith Brown (30) WSH 1 – 1 CHI
  2. 13:08 Denis Savard (23) PPG Tim Higgins (26), Ted Bulley (14) WSH 1 – 2 CHI

3rd Period

  1. 9:49 Al Hangsleben (4) Tim Tookey (4), Mark Lofthouse (1) WSH 2 – 2 CHI

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Tim Tookey C 0 2 0 0 0 +1 0:00 1.25
Al Hangsleben L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Mark Lofthouse R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Ryan Walter C 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.75
Mike Gartner R 0 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.38
Bob Kelly L 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.25
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Jean Pronovost R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
James McTaggart D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Dennis Ververgaert R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Pat Ribble D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.07
Dennis Maruk C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Glen Currie C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Howard Walker D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Darren Veitch D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Rick Smith D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Rick Green D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Palmateer T 45 43 2 .956 60:00 2.80

Chicago Blackhawks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Tim Higgins R 1 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.83
Denis Savard C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Keith Brown D 0 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.93
Ted Bulley L 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Doug Wilson D 0 0 9 0 0 0 0:00 0.52
Bob Murray D 0 0 6 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Al Secord L 0 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.23
Miles Zaharko D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
John Marks R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Terry Ruskowski C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.07
Glen Sharpley C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Reg Kerr C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Rick Paterson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Greg Fox D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Brian Young D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Rich Preston R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Darryl Sutter C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Tony Esposito T 25 23 2 .920 60:00 0.80