Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Sunday, February 9, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum

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1–4

Final

SOG 31–33

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Game summary

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Sunday, February 9, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 33-31.

Goals came from Ryan Smyth, Mike Grier, Jaroslav Svejkovsky, Jason Arnott and Mariusz Czerkawski.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	0	1	31
EDM	2	1	1	4	33

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Smyth (25)Doug Weight (37), Jeff Norton (7)0–107:04 EDM · PPG
Mike Grier (6)Rem Murray (13), Mariusz Czerkawski (14)0–214:58 EDM

2nd period

Jaroslav Svejkovsky (3)Joe Reekie (6), Dale Hunter (25)1–202:07 WSH
Jason Arnott (14)Doug Weight (38), Ryan Smyth (17)1–318:30 EDM · PPG

3rd period

Mariusz Czerkawski (15)Kevin Lowe (12)1–405:26 EDM

Team stats

WSHEDM

31Shots on goal33

0%Faceoff %0%

0/5Power play2/5

22Penalty minutes22

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 05:51Phil Housley · holding2 min
1st 07:13Greg De Vries · elbowing2 min
1st 17:07Kelly Miller · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 12:45Dan Mcgillis · cross checking2 min
2nd 16:47Peter Bondra · tripping2 min
2nd 18:55Jeff Norton · holding2 min
3rd 00:50Michal Pivonka · holding obstruction2 min
3rd 08:17Bryan Marchment · hooking2 min
3rd 08:17Jeff Norton · misconduct10 min
3rd 08:17Steve Konowalchuk · misconduct10 min
3rd 10:20Jason Allison · roughing2 min
3rd 14:48Ryan Smyth · boarding2 min
3rd 14:48Joe Reekie · roughing2 min
3rd 16:01Luke Richardson · holding obstruction2 min

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