Hartford Whalers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, January 1, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday, January 1, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Whalers 25-24.
Peter Bondra scored twice. Steven Rice, Curtis Leschyshyn and Steve Konowalchuk also scored.
Jim Carey made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jason Muzzatti stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Bondra (21)Unassisted0–116:23 WSH
2nd period
- Peter Bondra (22)Phil Housley (14)0–206:08 WSH · PPG
Steven Rice (12)Mark Janssens (4), Kevin Haller (8)1–209:00 HFD · PPG
Curtis Leschyshyn (3)Keith Primeau (13)2–216:39 HFD · SHG
OT period
Steve Konowalchuk (6)Kelly Miller (8), Dale Hunter (17)2–303:01 WSH
Team stats
HFDWSH
24Shots on goal25
0%Faceoff %0%
1/6Power play1/5
37Penalty minutes26
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:55
Stu Grimson · fighting5 min - 1st 01:55
Craig Berube · fighting5 min - 1st 08:04Mark Janssens · fighting5 min
- 1st 08:04Chris Simon · fighting5 min
- 1st 14:15Peter Bondra · cross checking2 min
- 1st 18:14Kelly Miller · tripping2 min
- 2nd 04:37Mark Janssens · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 04:37Kevin Kaminski · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 05:19Keith Primeau · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 07:34Kelly Miller · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:09Geoff Sanderson · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2nd 14:52Kevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:52Mike Eagles · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:26Marek Malik · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:48Kevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 19:22Phil Housley · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:03Keith Primeau · slashing5 min
- 3rd 09:03Keith Primeau · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 14:24Craig Berube · interference2 min
- 3rd 15:17Kelly Miller · high sticking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 12Steven RiceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | L | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 63:01 |
| 47Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 63:01 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |