Phoenix Coyotes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, January 3, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3–0 on Friday, January 3, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Coyotes 24–22.
Goals came from Chris Simon, Michal Pivonka and Peter Bondra.
Olie Kolzig made 22 saves on 22 shots for the win; Darcy Wakaluk stopped 21 of 24.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
 WSH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
Scoring
1st period
Chris Simon (8)Peter Bondra (17)0–102:22 WSH
Michal Pivonka (3)Phil Housley (15)0–211:22 WSH ·
3rd period
Peter Bondra (23)Sylvain Cote (5), Michal Pivonka (9)0–301:16 WSH ·
Team stats
PHXWSH
2224
0%0%
0/62/4
2730
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:07 into the first periodDallas Drake · cross checking2 min
- 0:07 into the first periodPeter Bondra · slashing2 min
- 3:11 into the first periodJim McKenzie · roughing2 min
- 3:11 into the first periodCraig Berube · roughing2 min
- 3:11 into the first periodKevin Kaminski · boarding2 min
- 10:41 into the first periodKeith Tkachuk · slashing2 min
- 10:41 into the first periodSteve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
- 10:51 into the first periodDave Manson · slashing2 min
- 13:49 into the first periodJim McKenzie · fighting5 min
- 13:49 into the first periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
- 14:15 into the first periodKen Klee · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodKris King · fighting5 min
- 3:36 into the second periodKevin Kaminski · fighting5 min
- 4:38 into the second periodChris Simon · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodBob Corkum · hooking obstruction2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodChris Simon · interference2 min
- 19:35 into the second periodJim McKenzie · roughing2 min
- 19:35 into the second periodJim McKenzie · fighting5 min
- 19:35 into the second periodJoe Reekie · roughing2 min
- 5:01 into the third periodKen Klee · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:48 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Deron QuintD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Darcy WakalukG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 45Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 22 | 0 | 1.000 |