Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, November 12, 1996 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, November 12, 1996 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 26–20.
Goals came from Denis Pederson, Brian Rolston, Andrei Nikolishin, Joe Juneau and Scott Niedermayer.
Martin Brodeur made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Pederson (1)Randy Mckay (4)0–103:12 NJD
2nd period
Brian Rolston (4)Steve Thomas (4)0–209:40 NJD
Andrei Nikolishin (3)Chris Simon (1), Peter Bondra (7)1–215:00 WSH
Joe Juneau (6)Jason Allison (7), Todd Krygier (6)2–216:20 WSH
Overtime
Scott Niedermayer (2)John MacLean (3), Dave Andreychuk (4)2–303:04 NJD
Team stats
WSHNJD
2026
0%0%
0/10/4
204
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 18:45 into the first period
Craig Berube · cross checking2 min - 2:10 into the second periodJoe Reekie · tripping2 min
- 7:10 into the second period
Steve Thomas · cross checking2 min - 12:21 into the second periodJoe Reekie · slashing2 min
- 19:21 into the second periodJason Allison · hooking2 min
- 4:38 into the third periodBrian Rolston · holding the stick2 min
- 4:38 into the third periodSteve Konowalchuk · high sticking2 min
- 17:43 into the third periodTodd Krygier · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 10Denis PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Mike PelusoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Kevin DeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |