Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Monday, December 23, 1996 · Ice Palace
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–1 on Monday, December 23, 1996 at Ice Palace. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 34–24.
Goals came from Peter Bondra, Joe Juneau, Kelly Miller and Daymond Langkow.
Jim Carey made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Rick Tabaracci stopped 31 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Bondra (16)Jason Allison (12), Dale Hunter (13)1–004:39 WSH
Joe Juneau (9)Sylvain Cote (2), Dale Hunter (14)2–017:16 WSH ·
2nd period
Kelly Miller (3)Dale Hunter (15), Joe Reekie (3)3–014:23 WSH
Daymond Langkow (3)Chris Gratton (11), Rob Zamuner (19)3–114:47 TBL
Team stats
WSHTBL
3424
0%0%
1/50/2
612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:33 into the first period
Sergei Gonchar · interference2 min - 6:16 into the first period
John Cullen · roughing2 min - 6:16 into the first periodJoe Reekie · roughing2 min
- 8:16 into the first periodSylvain Cote · hooking2 min
- 11:29 into the first periodRick Tabaracci · delaying game2 min
- 16:39 into the first periodCraig Wolanin · cross checking2 min
- 18:03 into the first periodJohn Cullen · roughing2 min
- 3:25 into the second periodBrantt Myhres · interference2 min
- 10:26 into the second periodChris Gratton · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Paul BrousseauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Allan EgelandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 74Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |