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Wednesday, March 11, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center

Capitals 5 at Whalers 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 96OVR Dennis Maruk Capitals First Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG R 72OVR Jean Pronovost Capitals Second Star 1G · 3 SOG L 74OVR Bob Kelly Capitals Third Star 1G · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:46 Dennis Maruk (41) Unassisted WSH 1 – 0 HFD
  2. 10:37 Bob Kelly (23) Dennis Maruk (36), Errol Rausse (1) WSH 2 – 0 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 1:01 Jean Pronovost (22) Dennis Maruk (37) WSH 3 – 0 HFD
  2. 3:17 Glen Currie (4) SHG Unassisted WSH 4 – 0 HFD
  3. 15:49 Dave Keon (11) Pat Boutette (47), Norm Barnes (11) WSH 4 – 1 HFD
  4. 19:32 Mark Howe (18) Unassisted WSH 4 – 2 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 0:27 Mike Gartner (39) Ryan Walter (36), Tim Tookey (11) WSH 5 – 2 HFD

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Dennis Maruk C 1 2 3 +2 2.53
Jean Pronovost R 1 0 3 +2 1.28
Bob Kelly L 1 0 2 +2 1.20
Mike Gartner R 1 0 3 0 0.98
Ryan Walter C 0 1 4 0 0.93
Tim Tookey C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Glen Currie C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Rick Green D 0 0 5 +2 0.68
Errol Rausse L 0 1 0 0 0.63
Dennis Ververgaert R 0 0 5 +1 0.53
Darren Veitch D 0 0 4 +1 0.45
Al Hangsleben L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Pat Ribble D 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Howard Walker D 0 0 1 +2 0.00
James McTaggart D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Pierre Bouchard D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Palmateer W 26 24 2 .923 60:00 0.90

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mark Howe D 1 0 3 -1 0.83
Norm Barnes D 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Dave Keon C 1 0 1 -2 0.53
Pat Boutette L 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Blaine Stoughton L 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Rick Meagher C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Al Sims D 0 0 5 -2 0.08
Jeff Brubaker L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Warren Miller R 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Mike Rogers C 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Don Nachbaur C 0 0 0 +1 -0.15
Gilles Lupien D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Stuart Smith D 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Dave Debol C 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Mike Fidler L 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Tom Rowe R 0 0 2 0 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Garrett L 37 32 5 .865 60:00 -0.55