Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, April 3, 1996 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Wednesday, April 3, 1996 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 41–17.
Peter Bondra scored 4 goals. Jason Dawe and Dale Hunter also scored.
Jim Carey made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Andrei Trefilov stopped 36 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Jason Dawe (23)Derek Plante (30), Michal Grosek (4)0–102:27 BUF ·
2nd period
Peter Bondra (47)Michal Pivonka (58), Jeff Nelson (5)1–101:25 WSH- Peter Bondra (48)Jeff Nelson (6), Michal Pivonka (59)2–106:11 WSH
- Peter Bondra (49)Michal Pivonka (60)3–112:49 WSH ·
Dale Hunter (11)Unassisted4–117:39 WSH
3rd period
- Peter Bondra (50)Michal Pivonka (61)5–115:10 WSH
Team stats
WSHBUF
4117
0%0%
0/51/3
1115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:31 into the first period
Sylvain Cote · hooking2 min - 6:39 into the first period
Michal Grosek · holding2 min - 8:13 into the first periodTodd Krygier · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 14:58 into the first periodMark Astley · interference2 min
- 8:42 into the second periodDarryl Shannon · tripping2 min
- 11:31 into the second periodMike Eagles · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:11 into the second periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 15:11 into the second periodKevin Kaminski · fighting5 min
- 1:39 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · interference2 min
- 15:10 into the third periodScott Pearson · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 4 | 0 | 4 | +4 | 10 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 11Jeff NelsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Pat PeakeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Stefan UstorfL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Martin GendronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | W | 17 | 1 | .941 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 43Jason DaweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Dane JacksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Scott PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 21Mark AstleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | L | 41 | 5 | .878 |
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | – |