Washington Capitals vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Tuesday, February 11, 1997 · General Motors Place
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–2 on Tuesday, February 11, 1997 at General Motors Place. The Capitals outshot the Canucks 29–27.
Alexander Mogilny scored twice and Peter Bondra scored twice. Eric Charron, Dale Hunter and Todd Krygier also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Mogilny (22)Martin Gelinas (20), Jyrki Lumme (14)0–103:15 VAN · 
Eric Charron (1)Sylvain Cote (9)1–104:13 WSH
Peter Bondra (33)Ken Klee (6)2–106:46 WSH
Dale Hunter (9)Peter Bondra (22), Phil Housley (22)3–116:32 WSH ·
2nd period
- Alexander Mogilny (23)Markus Naslund (13), Mike Ridley (27)3–201:58 VAN
3rd period
Todd Krygier (5)Jason Allison (15), Jaroslav Svejkovsky (2)4–215:40 WSH- Peter Bondra (34)Phil Housley (23), Calle Johansson (9)5–216:39 WSH
Team stats
WSHVAN
2927
0%0%
1/31/8
2313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:20 into the first period
Todd Krygier · hooking obstruction2 min - 10:18 into the first periodSteve Konowalchuk · boarding2 min
- 16:15 into the first period
Leif Rohlin · hooking obstruction2 min - 17:39 into the first periodDale Hunter · interference2 min
- 7:50 into the second periodAndrew Brunette · tripping obstruction2 min
- 9:26 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 10:07 into the second periodRuss Courtnall · fighting5 min
- 10:07 into the second periodBret Hedican · roughing2 min
- 10:07 into the second periodTodd Krygier · fighting5 min
- 10:07 into the second periodSteve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
- 16:08 into the second periodMike Sillinger · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:12 into the third periodEric Charron · interference2 min
- 10:16 into the third periodJoe Reekie · holding2 min
- 10:16 into the third periodJoe Reekie · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:17 into the third periodEric Charron · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Eric CharronD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Larry CourvilleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 96Pavel BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Leif RohlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 31Corey HirschG | 0 | 0 | – |