Philadelphia Flyers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, January 29, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 2–1 on Wednesday, January 29, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 30–27.
Goals came from Rod Brind'Amour, Dainius Zubrus and Peter Bondra.
Ron Hextall made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 25 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Brind'Amour (17)Unassisted1–015:02 PHI
2nd period
Dainius Zubrus (7)Janne Niinimaa (25), Paul Coffey (15)2–009:36 PHI · 
Peter Bondra (31)Michal Pivonka (12)2–112:14 WSH
Team stats
PHIWSH
2730
0%0%
1/40/6
2925
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:00 into the first period
Michel Petit · high sticking double minor4 min - 7:31 into the first period
Craig Berube · elbowing2 min - 4:56 into the second periodEric Desjardins · tripping obstruction2 min
- 4:56 into the second periodEric Desjardins · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 6:03 into the second periodRod Brind'Amour · fighting5 min
- 6:03 into the second periodAnson Carter · fighting5 min
- 8:55 into the second periodCraig Berube · roughing2 min
- 11:13 into the second periodTrent Klatt · roughing2 min
- 11:13 into the second periodSylvain Cote · roughing2 min
- 15:45 into the second periodMichel Petit · interference2 min
- 15:45 into the second periodScott Daniels · misconduct10 min
- 15:45 into the second periodKevin Kaminski · misconduct10 min
- 17:42 into the second periodPhil Housley · tripping2 min
- 0:58 into the third periodChris Therien · slashing2 min
- 6:54 into the third periodCalle Johansson · interference2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Darren RumbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |