🦅 Away Capitals 11-25-0 before this game

2–6

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 19-17-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	1	1	2
PIT	3	2	1	6

Capitals at Penguins

Penguins beat Capitals 6–2 at PPG Paints Arena on December 30, 1981.

🗓 Wed, Dec 30, 1981 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1981-82 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Paul Baxter

3 A

1 shots · +2

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Pat Boutette

2 G

5 shots

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Bobby Simpson

2 G

2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Mike Bullard PP Go-ahead 1st · 08:58

Assists: Paul Baxter

0–1

🐧 Peter Lee 1st · 09:28

Assists: Rick MacLeish, Gregg Sheppard

0–2

🐧 Bobby Simpson 1st · 16:13

Assists: Rick Kehoe, Paul Baxter

0–3

2nd period

🐧 Pat Boutette 2nd · 02:01

Assists: Paul Baxter

0–4

🦅 Paul MacKinnon 2nd · 03:43

Assists: Torrie Robertson, Mike Gartner

1–4

🐧 Pat Boutette PP 2nd · 13:05

Assists: Rick Kehoe, Doug Shedden

1–5

3rd period

🦅 Mike Gartner 3rd · 08:45

Assists: Tim Tookey, Darren Veitch

2–5

🐧 Bobby Simpson 3rd · 13:19

Assists: Doug Shedden, Mark Johnson

2–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH PIT🐧

23 Shots on goal 35

0/9 Power play (goals / chances) 2/9

42 Penalty minutes 42

WSH shooting 8.7% (2/23) PIT shooting 17.1% (6/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Dave Parro

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐧Penguins

Paul Harrison

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–3

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–5

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on December 30, 1981?

Penguins won 6–2.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Penguins?

The final score was Capitals 2, Penguins 6.

Who scored for Capitals?

Mike Gartner, Paul MacKinnon.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bobby Simpson (2), Pat Boutette (2), Mike Bullard, Peter Lee.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Dave Parro made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Paul Harrison made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Penguins season series?

Penguins 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

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Dec 27

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Dec 27

Also on December 30, 1981

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