🍁 Away Maple Leafs 31-35-0 before this game

3–7

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 30-35-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	0	0	0	3
WSH	0	0	0	7

Maple Leafs at Capitals

Capitals beat Maple Leafs 7–3 at Capital One Arena on March 8, 1981.

🗓 Sun, Mar 8, 1981 · 18:15 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Dennis Maruk

3 G

5 shots · +2

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Rick Green

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · +2

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Ryan Walter

3 A

3 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR WSH🦅

27 Shots on goal 35

2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8

34 Penalty minutes 28

TOR shooting 11.1% (3/27) WSH shooting 20.0% (7/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Jim Rutherford

0/7

.000 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Mike Palmateer

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 1st: 31-35 (47% win rate, 66 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 30-35 (46% win rate, 65 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 2nd: 31-35 (47% win rate, 66 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 30-35 (46% win rate, 65 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

1–6 · Maple Leafs won

4–2 · Maple Leafs won

❓ TOR vs WSH, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Capitals on March 8, 1981?

Capitals won 7–3.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Capitals?

The final score was Maple Leafs 3, Capitals 7.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Jim Rutherford made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Mike Palmateer made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Maple Leafs vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 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

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Mar 7

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Mar 4

Also on March 8, 1981

Maple Leafs season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule