San Jose Sharks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 20, 1996 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Friday, December 20, 1996 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Sharks 32-21.
Sergei Gonchar scored twice. Marty McSorley, Viktor Kozlov and Phil Housley also scored.
Jim Carey made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Chris Terreri stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Sergei Gonchar (7)Joe Juneau (14), Jason Allison (11)0–103:09 WSH
Marty McSorley (2)Unassisted1–117:05 SJS- Sergei Gonchar (8)Andrei Nikolishin (11), Dale Hunter (11)1–218:24 WSH
2nd period
Viktor Kozlov (6)Michal Sykora (5)2–214:23 SJS
3rd period
Phil Housley (7)Dale Hunter (12), Steve Konowalchuk (11)2–317:33 WSH
Team stats
SJSWSH
21Shots on goal32
0%Faceoff %0%
0/3Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes21
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 00:15
Jeff Friesen · interference2 min - 1st 06:03
Peter Bondra · spearing5 min - 1st 06:03Peter Bondra · game misconduct10 min
- 1st 12:24Michal Sykora · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:53Steve Konowalchuk · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 12:42Owen Nolan · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:42Joe Reekie · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:42Bernie Nicholls · holding2 min
- 3rd 05:21Ken Klee · interference2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 38Michal SykoraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris TerreriG | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 59:15 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Washington Capitals
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | W | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 60:00 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |