Washington Capitals vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Tuesday, December 17, 1996 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Tuesday, December 17, 1996 at America West Arena. The Capitals outshot the Coyotes 34-26.
Keith Tkachuk scored twice. Peter Bondra, Sergei Gonchar, Jim Johnson, Oleg Tverdovsky and Chris Simon also scored.
Darcy Wakaluk made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 22 of 26.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 WSH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34 |
 PHX | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 26 |
Scoring
1st period
Peter Bondra (15)Steve Konowalchuk (10), Phil Housley (11)1–011:44 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Keith Tkachuk (15)Brad McCrimmon (4)1–108:00 PHX · SHG
Sergei Gonchar (6)Joe Juneau (13), Chris Simon (8)2–119:29 WSH
3rd period
Jim Johnson (1)Kris King (4)2–202:54 PHX
Oleg Tverdovsky (8)Jeremy Roenick (14), Mike Gartner (9)2–310:23 PHX- Keith Tkachuk (16)Teppo Numminen (8), Craig Janney (12)2–414:10 PHX
Chris Simon (7)Peter Bondra (16), Sergei Gonchar (10)3–419:42 WSH · PPG
Team stats
WSHPHX
34Shots on goal26
0%Faceoff %0%
2/4Power play0/5
17Penalty minutes15
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:29Ken Klee · interference2 min
- 1st 07:13Jaroslav Svejkovsky · hooking2 min
- 1st 10:22Jim Johnson · holding2 min
- 1st 12:45Shane Doan · holding2 min
- 2nd 03:43Andrei Nikolishin · holding2 min
- 2nd 07:00Bob Corkum · tripping2 min
- 2nd 10:28Kris King · fighting5 min
- 2nd 10:28Mark Tinordi · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:42Chris Simon · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:17Brad McCrimmon · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 19:17Peter Bondra · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 15:09Chris Simon · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 19:17Bob Corkum · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 4Stewart MalgunasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 58:55 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 7Keith TkachukL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Kris KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Oleg TverdovskyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Igor KorolevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 43Darcy WakalukG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 60:00 |