Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 6, 1996 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Friday, December 6, 1996 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 29–28.
Dale Hunter scored twice and Jaromir Jagr scored twice. Andrei Nikolishin, Ron Francis, Mario Lemieux and Petr Nedved also scored.
Patrick Lalime made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Dale Hunter (5)Unassisted0–110:56 WSH
Andrei Nikolishin (5)Kelly Miller (4), Steve Konowalchuk (8)0–219:31 WSH
2nd period
Jaromir Jagr (25)J.J. Daigneault (9)1–205:01 PIT · 
Ron Francis (9)Kevin Hatcher (14), Jaromir Jagr (10)2–210:18 PIT
3rd period
Mario Lemieux (11)Andreas Johansson (4), Stu Barnes (11)3–203:13 PIT
Petr Nedved (13)Alek Stojanov (3)4–205:17 PIT- Dale Hunter (6)Steve Konowalchuk (9), Kelly Miller (5)4–305:50 WSH
- Jaromir Jagr (26)Petr Nedved (12), Alek Stojanov (4)5–315:19 PIT
Team stats
PITWSH
2829
0%0%
1/30/5
228
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:04 into the first period
Petr Nedved · slashing2 min - 6:04 into the first period
Craig Berube · hooking obstruction2 min - 6:04 into the first periodKevin Kaminski · high sticking2 min
- 7:19 into the first periodJason Woolley · holding2 min
- 7:58 into the first periodAndreas Johansson · tripping2 min
- 3:15 into the second periodAndrew Brunette · tripping2 min
- 16:07 into the second periodChris Simon · charging2 min
- 17:08 into the second periodJaromir Jagr · roughing2 min
- 17:08 into the second periodJaromir Jagr · misconduct10 min
- 11:54 into the third periodStu Barnes · holding2 min
- 16:41 into the third periodFredrik Olausson · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Alek StojanovR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 12 | 2 | .833 | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | W | 17 | 1 | .941 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 45Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |