⚜️ Away Nordiques 31-40-0 before this game
6–4
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 33-37-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Nordiques at Capitals

Nordiques beat Capitals 6–4 at Capital One Arena on March 18, 1981.

🗓 Wed, Mar 18, 1981 · 18:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Nordiques lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚜️ QUE
Robbie Ftorek
3 G
5 shots · +1
2nd star ⚜️ QUE
Jacques Richard
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · +2
3rd star ⚜️ QUE
Marc Tardif
3 A
2 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚜️QUE WSH🦅
22 Shots on goal 38
4 Penalty minutes 0
QUE shooting 27.3% (6/22) WSH shooting 10.5% (4/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚜️Nordiques
Dan Bouchard
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Mike Palmateer
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 34:38 TOI
Dave Parro
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 24:23 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Nordiques
Nordiques — tied after 1st: 31-39 (44% win rate, 70 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 33-36 (48% win rate, 69 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Nordiques
Nordiques — tied after 2nd: 31-39 (44% win rate, 70 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 33-36 (48% win rate, 69 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Nordiques lead the season series 4–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 4, 1981
🦅WSH @ ⚜️QUE
4–7 · Nordiques won
Feb 22, 1981
⚜️QUE @ 🦅WSH
11–7 · Nordiques won
Nov 18, 1980
🦅WSH @ ⚜️QUE
2–6 · Nordiques won
Jan 26, 1980
⚜️QUE @ 🦅WSH
1–1 · Nordiques won
Jan 20, 1980
🦅WSH @ ⚜️QUE
2–3 · Nordiques won

❓ QUE vs WSH, answered

Who won Nordiques vs Capitals on March 18, 1981?

Nordiques won 6–4.

What was the final score of Nordiques vs Capitals?

The final score was Nordiques 6, Capitals 4.

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Dan Bouchard made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Mike Palmateer made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Nordiques vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Nordiques vs Capitals season series?

Nordiques lead the season series 4–0 after 4 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
⚜️Nordiques
Previous game · Mar 17
⚜️QUE @ 🐙DET
4–3 · QUE won
Next game · Mar 22
⚜️QUE @ 🗽NYR
7–7 · QUE won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Mar 14
🦅WSH @ 🍁TOR
3–5 · TOR won
Next game · Mar 21
🎵STL @ 🦅WSH
3–3 · STL won
Also on March 18, 1981
🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR
2–3 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
3–9 final
🎵STL @ 🍁TOR
2–6 final
🔔PHI @ 🪶CHI
1–5 final
🛢️EDM @ 🌌MNS
5–3 final
⛰️CLR @ ✈️WIN
3–4 final
Nordiques season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule