Saturday, November 28, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Capitals 2 at Whalers 6
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
1:03
Blaine Stoughton
(15)
Garry Howatt (8), Don Nachbaur (14)
WSH 0 – 1 HFD
2nd Period
-
2:01
Ron Francis
(2)
George Lyle (7), Norm Barnes (3)
WSH 0 – 2 HFD
-
4:49
Garry Howatt
(4)
Norm Barnes (4)
WSH 0 – 3 HFD
-
8:06
Doug Sulliman
(9)
Blake Wesley (9), George Lyle (8)
WSH 0 – 4 HFD
-
11:04
Mark Renaud
(1)
SHG
Rick MacLeish (10), Dave Keon (7)
WSH 0 – 5 HFD
3rd Period
-
4:25
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson
(6)
Ryan Walter (13), Greg Theberge (11)
WSH 1 – 5 HFD
-
8:36
Chris Valentine
(3)
Gaetan Duchesne (3), Terry Murray (5)
WSH 2 – 5 HFD
-
13:02
Doug Sulliman
(10)
Don Nachbaur (15), Paul Shmyr (4)
WSH 2 – 6 HFD
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaetan Duchesne L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Chris Valentine C | 1 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0.83 |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.68 |
| Greg Theberge D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0.55 |
| Terry Murray D | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0.48 |
| Ryan Walter C | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 0.40 |
| Howard Walker D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Darren Veitch D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Tim Tookey C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Mike Gartner R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Wes Jarvis C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Bobby Gould R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Bobby Carpenter C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Dennis Maruk C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Randy Holt D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Rick Green D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -0.38 |
| Timo Blomqvist D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Palmateer | L | 20 | 15 | 5 | .750 | 33:13 | -2.25 |
| Al Jensen | — | 17 | 16 | 1 | .941 | 26:47 | 0.85 |
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Sulliman L | 2 | 0 | 6 | +2 | 2.25 |
| Garry Howatt L | 1 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1.90 |
| George Lyle L | 0 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 1.70 |
| Norm Barnes D | 0 | 2 | 0 | +3 | 1.70 |
| Blake Wesley D | 0 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1.22 |
| Blaine Stoughton L | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 1.13 |
| Don Nachbaur C | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 1.03 |
| Ron Francis C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.98 |
| Mark Renaud D | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.98 |
| Rick MacLeish C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Dave Keon C | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.78 |
| Paul Shmyr D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.70 |
| Don Gillen R | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0.30 |
| Warren Miller R | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 0.30 |
| Rick Meagher C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Mark Howe D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Jack McIlhargey D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Millen | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 60:00 | 1.30 |