🐳 Away Whalers 19-25-0 before this game
2–3
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 22-23-0 before this game
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Whalers at Capitals

Capitals beat Whalers 3–2 at Capital One Arena on January 18, 1981.

🗓 Sun, Jan 18, 1981 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐳 HFD
Mike Rogers
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · -2
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Ryan Walter
1 G
5 shots · +1
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson
1 G
3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐳HFD WSH🦅
27 Shots on goal 34
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
17 Penalty minutes 15
HFD shooting 7.4% (2/27) WSH shooting 8.8% (3/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐳Whalers
John Garrett
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:56 TOI
🦅Capitals
Dave Parro
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 1st: 18-25 (42% win rate, 43 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 22-22 (50% win rate, 44 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 2nd: 18-25 (42% win rate, 43 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 22-22 (50% win rate, 44 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 15, 1980
🦅WSH @ 🐳HFD
8–4 · Capitals won
Mar 8, 1980
🐳HFD @ 🦅WSH
5–9 · Capitals won
Jan 4, 1980
🦅WSH @ 🐳HFD
6–3 · Capitals won
Dec 19, 1979
🦅WSH @ 🐳HFD
4–5 · Whalers won
Dec 4, 1979
🐳HFD @ 🦅WSH
3–3 · Whalers won

❓ HFD vs WSH, answered

Who won Whalers vs Capitals on January 18, 1981?

Capitals won 3–2.

What was the final score of Whalers vs Capitals?

The final score was Whalers 2, Capitals 3.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

John Garrett made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Dave Parro made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Whalers vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Whalers vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Jan 17
🪶CHI @ 🐳HFD
3–2 · CHI won
Next game · Jan 21
🎵STL @ 🐳HFD
6–6 · STL won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Jan 17
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
4–6 · NYI won
Next game · Jan 21
🌌MNS @ 🦅WSH
2–1 · MNS won
Also on January 18, 1981
🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF
0–4 final
👑LAK @ 🔔PHI
2–7 final
⚜️QUE @ 🪶CHI
2–7 final
🍁TOR @ ✈️WIN
5–4 final
Whalers season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule