Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, November 30, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 2–0 on Saturday, November 30, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 27–20.
Goals came from Dale Hunter and Peter Bondra.
Jim Carey made 27 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 18 of 19.
Scoring
2nd period
Dale Hunter (4)Jason Allison (10), Steve Konowalchuk (7)1–004:44 WSH
3rd period
Peter Bondra (10)Chris Simon (5), Andrei Nikolishin (10)2–019:57 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHMTL
2027
0%0%
0/10/5
146
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:58 into the first period
Andrei Nikolishin · interference obstruction2 min - 7:15 into the first periodKelly Miller · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:51 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:05 into the second period
Murray Baron · cross checking2 min - 8:05 into the second periodDale Hunter · cross checking2 min
- 8:49 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · roughing2 min
- 11:40 into the second periodMurray Baron · roughing2 min
- 11:40 into the second periodKevin Kaminski · roughing2 min
- 12:01 into the second periodMark Tinordi · holding2 min
- 13:49 into the second periodJoe Reekie · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Stefan UstorfL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | W | 27 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Pierre SevignyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 19 | 1 | .947 |