Washington Capitals vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 11, 1996 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Wednesday, December 11, 1996 at San Jose Arena. The Sharks outshot the Capitals 28–22.
Goals came from Vlastimil Kroupa, Joe Juneau, Shean Donovan, Tony Granato and Todd Krygier.
Chris Terreri made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Vlastimil Kroupa (1)Darren Turcotte (8)0–115:48 SJS ·
2nd period
Joe Juneau (7)Chris Simon (6)1–110:59 WSH
Shean Donovan (2)Marty McSorley (1)1–219:01 SJS
3rd period
Tony Granato (10)Bernie Nicholls (18)1–301:23 SJS · 
Todd Krygier (4)Anson Carter (2)2–304:57 WSH
Team stats
WSHSJS
2228
0%0%
0/31/5
2521
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:52 into the first period
Marty McSorley · interference2 min - 14:34 into the first period
Todd Krygier · cross checking2 min - 16:30 into the first periodEric Charron · hooking2 min
- 19:33 into the first periodTodd Ewen · fighting5 min
- 19:33 into the first periodChris Simon · fighting5 min
- 4:05 into the second periodMike Eagles · tripping2 min
- 8:22 into the second periodOwen Nolan · roughing2 min
- 8:22 into the second periodDody Wood · charging2 min
- 8:22 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 8:22 into the second periodEric Charron · roughing2 min
- 8:22 into the second periodEric Charron · roughing2 min
- 11:56 into the second periodMarcus Ragnarsson · roughing2 min
- 11:56 into the second periodPhil Housley · roughing2 min
- 16:23 into the second periodJoe Reekie · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodTodd Ewen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:24 into the third periodTony Granato · tripping obstruction2 min
- 9:38 into the third periodTodd Gill · high sticking2 min
- 9:38 into the third periodMark Tinordi · high sticking2 min
- 12:45 into the third periodOwen Nolan · roughing2 min
- 12:45 into the third periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 45Anson CarterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Eric CharronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Vlastimil KroupaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Dody WoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 91Jan CalounR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris TerreriG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |