Washington Capitals vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Wednesday, January 15, 1997 · Corel Centre
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Washington Capitals 5–1 on Wednesday, January 15, 1997 at Corel Centre. The Senators outshot the Capitals 28–22.
Goals came from Alexandre Daigle, Randy Cunneyworth, Daniel Alfredsson, Alexei Yashin, Chris Simon and Sergei Zholtok.
Ron Tugnutt made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
2nd period
Alexandre Daigle (19)Sergei Zholtok (7), Randy Cunneyworth (15)0–108:06 OTT
Randy Cunneyworth (7)Daniel Alfredsson (27), Sergei Zholtok (8)0–217:18 OTT ·
3rd period
Daniel Alfredsson (16)Andreas Dackell (9)0–301:22 OTT
Alexei Yashin (19)Daniel Alfredsson (28), Steve Duchesne (18)0–403:43 OTT · 
Chris Simon (9)Joe Juneau (18)1–413:04 WSH
Sergei Zholtok (6)Randy Cunneyworth (16)1–518:37 OTT ·
Team stats
WSHOTT
2228
0%0%
0/33/7
5832
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:04 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 14:17 into the first period
Janne Laukkanen · interference obstruction2 min - 8:49 into the second periodWade Redden · cross checking2 min
- 15:27 into the second periodMike Eagles · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:07 into the second periodJason York · holding2 min
- 1:49 into the third periodEric Charron · cross checking2 min
- 5:57 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · tripping2 min
- 5:57 into the third periodJoe Reekie · cross checking2 min
- 9:11 into the third periodChris Simon · slashing2 min
- 12:10 into the third periodDenny Lambert · roughing2 min
- 12:10 into the third periodJoe Reekie · roughing2 min
- 18:29 into the third periodCraig Berube · slashing2 min
- 18:29 into the third periodKevin Kaminski · misconduct10 min
- 18:37 into the third periodMike Eagles · roughing2 min
- 18:41 into the third periodDennis Vial · cross checking2 min
- 18:41 into the third periodDennis Vial · fighting5 min
- 18:41 into the third periodDenny Lambert · fighting5 min
- 18:41 into the third periodDenny Lambert · game misconduct10 min
- 18:41 into the third periodCraig Berube · attempt to injure10 min
- 18:41 into the third periodOlie Kolzig · goalie leave crease2 min
- 18:41 into the third periodJoe Reekie · fighting5 min
- 18:41 into the third periodJoe Reekie · game misconduct10 min
- 18:41 into the third periodChris Simon · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Chris SimonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Eric CharronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 45Patrick BoileauD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
Ottawa Senators
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis VialL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Christer OlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |