Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 7, 1996 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 2–1 on Wednesday, February 7, 1996 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 33–30.
Goals came from Glenn Anderson, Michal Pivonka and Peter Bondra.
Jim Carey made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 31 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Glenn Anderson (2)Doug Weight (51), Jeff Norton (12)0–113:03 EDM
3rd period
Michal Pivonka (9)Mike Eagles (3), Sylvain Cote (19)1–103:26 WSH · 
Peter Bondra (33)Calle Johansson (17), Michal Pivonka (39)2–105:44 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHEDM
3330
0%0%
1/60/8
2218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:37 into the first period
Scott Thornton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 3:37 into the first period
Craig Berube · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 7:35 into the first periodPeter Bondra · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:27 into the first periodBryan Marchment · interference obstruction2 min
- 15:08 into the first periodTodd Marchant · hooking obstruction2 min
- 16:43 into the first periodLuke Richardson · interference obstruction2 min
- 19:56 into the first periodLuke Richardson · roughing2 min
- 19:56 into the first periodKevin Kaminski · roughing2 min
- 0:57 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:17 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 9:14 into the second periodCraig Berube · roughing2 min
- 10:46 into the second periodMike Eagles · interference obstruction2 min
- 19:29 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · holding obstruction2 min
- 2:25 into the third periodKen Klee · interference obstruction2 min
- 4:36 into the third periodCurtis Joseph · delaying game2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodSteve Konowalchuk · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 12:50 into the third periodPeter Bondra · interference obstruction2 min
- 15:36 into the third periodDonald Dufresne · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:36 into the third periodKeith Jones · holding obstruction2 min
- 16:36 into the third periodJoe Reekie · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 9Keith JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Pat PeakeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Stefan UstorfL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Zdeno CigerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20David OliverR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brett HauerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 40Fred BrathwaiteG | 0 | 0 | – |