Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, November 22, 1996 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5–1 on Friday, November 22, 1996 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 39–27.
Chris Simon scored twice. Steve Konowalchuk, Kelly Miller, Peter Bondra and Bill Guerin also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 38 saves on 39 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Simon (4)Peter Bondra (13), Phil Housley (9)1–006:38 WSH ·
2nd period
Steve Konowalchuk (4)Dale Hunter (7)2–003:18 WSH- Chris Simon (5)Peter Bondra (14), Sergei Gonchar (6)3–003:52 WSH ·
Kelly Miller (2)Unassisted4–013:56 WSH ·
3rd period
Peter Bondra (7)Andrei Nikolishin (8)5–001:19 WSH
Bill Guerin (8)Sergei Brylin (2), Valeri Zelepukin (8)5–113:12 NJD
Team stats
WSHNJD
2739
0%0%
2/70/7
2919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:42 into the first period
Randy Mckay · fighting5 min - 3:42 into the first period
Craig Berube · fighting5 min - 4:08 into the first periodChris Simon · high sticking2 min
- 5:55 into the first periodBill Guerin · slashing2 min
- 8:17 into the first periodJoe Reekie · tripping2 min
- 11:16 into the first periodCraig Berube · hooking obstruction2 min
- 14:57 into the first periodJason Allison · holding2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodJason Smith · interference2 min
- 3:25 into the second periodMike Peluso · roughing2 min
- 3:25 into the second periodDenis Pederson · slashing2 min
- 4:38 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · holding2 min
- 8:03 into the second periodCraig Berube · misconduct10 min
- 11:05 into the second periodValeri Zelepukin · high sticking2 min
- 12:55 into the second periodAndrei Nikolishin · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2:53 into the third periodMike Peluso · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:38 into the third periodSergei Brylin · roughing2 min
- 16:48 into the third periodStefan Ustorf · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Stefan UstorfL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 28Eric CharronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 39 | 1 | .974 |
New Jersey Devils
| 12Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 8Mike PelusoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Kevin DeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |