Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 1996 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Saturday, December 21, 1996 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 33–31.
Rob DiMaio scored twice. Steve Staios, Andrew Brunette, Sheldon Kennedy, Sergei Gonchar and Dale Hunter also scored.
Robbie Tallas made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
2nd period
Steve Staios (1)Adam Oates (19), Jozef Stumpel (19)0–100:46 BOS
Rob DiMaio (7)Jon Rohloff (3), Todd Elik (11)0–204:33 BOS
Andrew Brunette (2)Sylvain Cote (1)1–208:38 WSH
Sheldon Kennedy (3)Brett Harkins (9)1–317:17 BOS
3rd period
Sergei Gonchar (9)Andrew Brunette (1), Joe Juneau (15)2–302:12 WSH
Dale Hunter (7)Michal Pivonka (6), Ken Klee (4)3–306:38 WSH- Rob DiMaio (8)Jozef Stumpel (20), Adam Oates (20)3–419:04 BOS
Team stats
WSHBOS
3133
0%0%
0/10/1
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:54 into the second period
Andrei Nikolishin · hooking2 min - 4:03 into the third period
Jon Rohloff · charging2 min - 6:00 into the third periodRob DiMaio · slashing2 min
- 6:00 into the third periodAndrei Nikolishin · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 12Adam OatesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 20Todd ElikL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Sheldon KennedyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 65Brett HarkinsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 48Steve StaiosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Trent McClearyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Anders MyrvoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 46Barry RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 47Mattias TimanderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Robbie TallasG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |