Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 1996 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime on Thursday, December 26, 1996 at Joe Louis Arena. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 38–33.
Sergei Fedorov scored 5 goals and Peter Bondra scored twice. Andrei Nikolishin and Dale Hunter also scored.
Chris Osgood made 34 saves on 38 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Sergei Fedorov (13)Vladimir Konstantinov (9), Igor Larionov (13)0–107:32 DET
2nd period
Peter Bondra (17)Sylvain Cote (3), Kelly Miller (7)1–103:06 WSH- Sergei Fedorov (14)Vladimir Konstantinov (10)1–203:46 DET
Andrei Nikolishin (7)Ken Klee (5), Joe Reekie (4)2–206:31 WSH- Peter Bondra (18)Michal Pivonka (7), Calle Johansson (6)3–218:40 WSH
3rd period
- Sergei Fedorov (15)Vladimir Konstantinov (11), Brendan Shanahan (22)3–310:33 DET
Dale Hunter (8)Sergei Gonchar (11), Steve Konowalchuk (12)4–311:27 WSH- Sergei Fedorov (16)Igor Larionov (14), Viacheslav Fetisov (7)4–412:08 DET
Overtime
- Sergei Fedorov (17)Vladimir Konstantinov (12), Igor Larionov (15)4–502:39 DET
Team stats
WSHDET
3833
0%0%
0/30/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:52 into the first period
Nicklas Lidstrom · holding obstruction2 min - 15:12 into the first period
Mike Eagles · hooking2 min - 17:35 into the first periodJamie Pushor · interference obstruction2 min
- 8:30 into the second periodPeter Bondra · tripping2 min
- 15:38 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · interference obstruction2 min
- 8:28 into the third periodTim Taylor · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 5 | 0 | 5 | +4 | 7 | – |
| 16Vladimir KonstantinovD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 8Igor LarionovC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 11Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 37Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Chris OsgoodG | W | 38 | 4 | .895 |