Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 5, 1996 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Saturday, October 5, 1996 at Capital Centre. The Blackhawks outshot the Capitals 27–23.
Goals came from Sergei Krivokrasov, Richard Zednik, Eric Weinrich, James Black, Keith Jones, Ethan Moreau and Denis Savard.
Ed Belfour made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
2nd period
Sergei Krivokrasov (1)Gary Suter (1), Denis Savard (1)1–005:04 CHI · 
Richard Zednik (1)Unassisted1–105:27 WSH
Eric Weinrich (1)Tony Amonte (1), Murray Craven (1)2–109:37 CHI
James Black (1)Unassisted3–119:28 CHI
3rd period
Keith Jones (1)Kelly Miller (1), Dale Hunter (1)3–212:08 WSH
Ethan Moreau (1)Keith Carney (1)4–213:53 CHI
Denis Savard (1)Unassisted5–217:43 CHI
Team stats
CHIWSH
2723
0%0%
1/40/6
2824
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:02 into the first period
Jim Cummins · slashing2 min - 7:02 into the first periodJim Cummins · fighting5 min
- 7:02 into the first period
Craig Berube · fighting5 min - 12:28 into the first periodSergei Krivokrasov · slashing2 min
- 19:25 into the first periodEthan Moreau · fighting5 min
- 19:25 into the first periodKelly Miller · charging2 min
- 19:25 into the first periodBrendan Witt · fighting5 min
- 1:23 into the second periodGary Suter · interference obstruction2 min
- 4:34 into the second periodKeith Jones · holding obstruction2 min
- 9:12 into the second periodTuomas Gronman · roughing2 min
- 9:12 into the second periodBrendan Witt · roughing2 min
- 11:48 into the second periodTony Amonte · cross checking2 min
- 11:48 into the second periodTony Amonte · roughing2 min
- 11:48 into the second periodKeith Jones · roughing2 min
- 15:18 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodGary Suter · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 6:21 into the third periodTodd Krygier · roughing2 min
- 8:40 into the third periodJeff Shantz · boarding2 min
- 15:01 into the third periodJames Black · high sticking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Ethan MoreauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Sergei KrivokrasovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 38James BlackL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Keith CarneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jeff ShantzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Mike ProkopecR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 46Tuomas GronmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ed BelfourG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 31Jeff HackettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Keith JonesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 45Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |