Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 7, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 2–0 on Saturday, December 7, 1996 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 24–23.
Goals came from Bryan Smolinski and Niklas Andersson.
Tommy Salo made 24 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 21 of 22.
Scoring
3rd period
Bryan Smolinski (3)Ziggy Palffy (13), Niklas Andersson (7)0–104:22 NYI
Niklas Andersson (2)Unassisted0–219:14 NYI ·
Team stats
WSHNYI
2423
0%0%
0/40/4
3424
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:22 into the first period
Bryan Berard · interference2 min - 4:14 into the first periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 4:14 into the first periodBryan McCabe · roughing2 min
- 4:14 into the first period
Craig Berube · roughing2 min - 4:14 into the first periodKevin Kaminski · roughing2 min
- 4:35 into the first periodScott Lachance · cross checking2 min
- 5:23 into the first periodSteve Konowalchuk · tripping2 min
- 10:27 into the first periodDoug Houda · charging2 min
- 13:11 into the first periodDoug Houda · fighting5 min
- 13:11 into the first periodChris Simon · fighting5 min
- 15:23 into the first periodBryan Smolinski · fighting5 min
- 15:23 into the first periodCraig Berube · slashing2 min
- 15:23 into the first periodMike Eagles · fighting5 min
- 15:23 into the first periodKevin Kaminski · misconduct10 min
- 5:26 into the second periodScott Lachance · holding2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodKen Klee · hooking2 min
- 19:25 into the second periodPaul Kruse · roughing2 min
- 19:25 into the second periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 12:37 into the third periodAnson Carter · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 45Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Eric CharronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 22 | 1 | .955 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | W | 24 | 0 | 1.000 |