8–1

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 20-18-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
PHI	0	0	0	8
WSH	0	0	0	1

Flyers at Capitals

Flyers beat Capitals 8–1 at Capital One Arena on January 4, 1981.

🗓 Sun, Jan 4, 1981 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Flyers lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🔔 PHI

Ken Linseman

1 G, 3 A

4 shots · +4

2nd star 🔔 PHI

Bill Barber

2 G, 1 A

7 shots · +2

3rd star 🔔 PHI

Tom Gorence

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🔔PHI WSH🦅

41 Shots on goal 23

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/7

70 Penalty minutes 76

PHI shooting 19.5% (8/41) WSH shooting 4.3% (1/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🔔Flyers

Pete Peeters

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Mike Palmateer

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 33:11 TOI

Wayne Stephenson

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 26:49 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Flyers

Flyers — tied after 1st: 27-12 (69% win rate, 39 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 20-18 (53% win rate, 38 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Flyers

Flyers — tied after 2nd: 27-12 (69% win rate, 39 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 20-18 (53% win rate, 38 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Flyers lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ PHI vs WSH, answered

Who won Flyers vs Capitals on January 4, 1981?

Flyers won 8–1.

What was the final score of Flyers vs Capitals?

The final score was Flyers 8, Capitals 1.

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Pete Peeters made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Mike Palmateer made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Flyers vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Flyers vs Capitals season series?

Flyers lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🔔Flyers

Previous game · Jan 2

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Jan 3

Also on January 4, 1981

Flyers season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule