Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, October 11, 1996 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 on Friday, October 11, 1996 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 31–23.
Peter Bondra scored twice. Jason Allison, Michal Pivonka, Aaron Gavey, Phil Housley, Joe Juneau and Brian Bradley also scored.
Jim Carey made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Corey Schwab stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Jason Allison (2)Peter Bondra (1), Sergei Gonchar (1)0–106:04 WSH ·
2nd period
Michal Pivonka (1)Peter Bondra (2), Keith Jones (1)0–200:57 WSH
Aaron Gavey (1)Brian Bellows (1)1–210:07 TBL
Phil Housley (2)Mark Tinordi (1)1–316:20 WSH ·
3rd period
Peter Bondra (1)Phil Housley (2), Keith Jones (2)1–409:56 WSH
Joe Juneau (1)Phil Housley (3), Dale Hunter (3)1–512:18 WSH · 
Brian Bradley (1)Shawn Burr (2), Rudy Poeschek (1)2–515:50 TBL- Peter Bondra (2)Michal Pivonka (1)2–616:27 WSH
Team stats
TBLWSH
2331
0%0%
0/72/7
1616
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:49 into the first period
Jay Wells · hooking2 min - 4:43 into the first periodJohn Cullen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:20 into the first period
Peter Bondra · interference2 min - 18:06 into the first periodKeith Jones · high sticking2 min
- 4:50 into the second periodMark Tinordi · high sticking2 min
- 7:45 into the second periodJohn Cullen · high sticking2 min
- 7:45 into the second periodDale Hunter · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:45 into the second periodMark Tinordi · high sticking2 min
- 11:02 into the second periodCory Cross · interference2 min
- 15:20 into the second periodCalle Johansson · holding the stick2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodJason Wiemer · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:46 into the second periodCory Cross · cross checking2 min
- 6:24 into the third periodRoman Hamrlik · cross checking2 min
- 6:27 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · interference2 min
- 11:53 into the third periodPatrick Poulin · hooking2 min
- 18:54 into the third periodBrendan Witt · charging2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 92Aaron GaveyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Corey SchwabG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 35Derek WilkinsonG | 1 | 1 | .000 |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 26Keith JonesR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Robb StauberG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jim CareyG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |