Belt game 4,136 · January 12, 1981
Washington Capitals take the belt
Washington Capitals beat Colorado Rockies 2–1 on the road to start reign 1,544 of the NHL belt, the 3rd for the franchise.
Colorado Rockies had held it since January 9, 1981, with 0 defenses over 3 days.
Washington Capitals held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Islanders on January 17, 1981.
1,544Reign number
3Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Colorado Rockies
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt McKechnie | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Ramage | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Joel Quenneville | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lanny McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Sheehan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rene Robert | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Yvon Vautour | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Gillis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Barry Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lucien DeBlois | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Attwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| David Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Dean Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Kitchen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Hardy Astrom | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 21 |
| Al Smith | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Walter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Gartner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dennis Maruk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dennis Ververgaert | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Kelly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Charron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Wes Jarvis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Pronovost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Mulvey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Currie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Ribble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Howard Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| James McTaggart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren Veitch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rollie Boutin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Parro | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 26 | 27 |
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