Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Monday, December 30, 1996 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Monday, December 30, 1996 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 30-28.
Tomas Sandstrom scored twice and Mario Lemieux scored twice. Peter Bondra, Sylvain Cote, Joe Mullen and Joe Juneau also scored.
Patrick Lalime made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Bondra (20)Unassisted1–015:18 WSH · SHG
Tomas Sandstrom (6)Fredrik Olausson (15), Joe Mullen (5)1–116:14 PIT
Sylvain Cote (1)Michal Pivonka (8), Phil Housley (12)2–116:31 WSH
2nd period
Mario Lemieux (26)Jaromir Jagr (24), Francois Leroux (1)2–203:59 PIT
3rd period
- Tomas Sandstrom (7)Craig Muni (3), Petr Nedved (20)2–310:20 PIT
Joe Mullen (1)Stu Barnes (14), Alex Hicks (8)2–413:22 PIT
Joe Juneau (10)Phil Housley (13), Sylvain Cote (4)3–416:52 WSH- Mario Lemieux (27)Unassisted3–519:43 PIT · EN
Team stats
WSHPIT
28Shots on goal30
0%Faceoff %0%
0/1Power play0/6
14Penalty minutes4
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 05:26
Francois Leroux · roughing2 min - 1st 13:06Alex Hicks · slashing2 min
- 1st 13:06
Peter Bondra · slashing2 min - 1st 13:57Ken Klee · tripping obstruction2 min
- 1st 16:49Phil Housley · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2nd 06:12Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 08:26Peter Bondra · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2nd 14:08Michal Pivonka · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 3rd 10:20Bench · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 58:24 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Philippe De RouvilleG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 60:00 |