Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Monday, January 20, 1997 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 3–2 on Monday, January 20, 1997 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 33–26.
Kelly Miller scored twice. Steve Staios, Joe Juneau and Adam Oates also scored.
Jim Carey made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Robbie Tallas stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Staios (2)Jean-Yves Roy (4), Jozef Stumpel (29)0–105:29 BOS
Kelly Miller (6)Steve Konowalchuk (16), Mike Eagles (4)1–108:48 WSH
2nd period
Joe Juneau (14)Phil Housley (18), Sylvain Cote (7)2–106:08 WSH · - Kelly Miller (7)Steve Konowalchuk (17), Dale Hunter (21)3–115:21 WSH
3rd period
Adam Oates (16)Unassisted3–211:30 BOS
Team stats
WSHBOS
2633
0%0%
1/40/6
4026
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:13 into the first period
Troy Mallette · fighting5 min - 3:13 into the first period
Kevin Kaminski · fighting5 min - 4:02 into the first periodDean Malkoc · roughing2 min
- 4:02 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 5:56 into the first periodSteve Staios · boarding2 min
- 11:57 into the first periodMike Eagles · interference2 min
- 12:23 into the first periodJim Carey · delaying game2 min
- 15:34 into the first periodClayton Beddoes · slashing2 min
- 15:34 into the first periodPeter Bondra · slashing2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 3:49 into the second periodKelly Miller · hooking obstruction2 min
- 5:06 into the second periodJozef Stumpel · high sticking2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodBarry Richter · holding2 min
- 10:01 into the second periodTodd Elik · hooking2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodRay Bourque · roughing2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodRob DiMaio · roughing2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodPeter Bondra · roughing2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodPeter Bondra · roughing2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodAndrei Nikolishin · roughing2 min
- 2:19 into the third periodDean Malkoc · fighting5 min
- 2:19 into the third periodJason Allison · fighting5 min
- 14:27 into the third periodChris Simon · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodBench · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Eric CharronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 12Adam OatesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 43Jean-Yves RoyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 48Steve StaiosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Todd ElikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Cameron StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Sheldon KennedyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Clayton BeddoesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Dean MalkocD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 46Barry RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Robbie TallasG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 39Scott BaileyG | 0 | 0 | – |