Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, February 14, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–4 in overtime on Friday, February 14, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Lightning outshot the Capitals 25–24.
Steve Konowalchuk scored twice. Mike Eagles, Dino Ciccarelli, Peter Bondra, Andrew Brunette, John Cullen, Bill Houlder and Paul Ysebaert also scored.
Jim Carey made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Rick Tabaracci stopped 5 of 6.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Eagles (1)Eric Charron (1)0–101:59 WSH
Steve Konowalchuk (11)Jaroslav Svejkovsky (3), Dale Hunter (26)0–217:05 WSH
Dino Ciccarelli (21)Bill Houlder (12), Daymond Langkow (4)1–218:01 TBL
2nd period
Peter Bondra (35)Michal Pivonka (13), Andrew Brunette (2)1–305:56 WSH · 
Andrew Brunette (3)Peter Bondra (23), Michal Pivonka (14)1–412:29 WSH ·
3rd period
John Cullen (14)Chris Gratton (21), Roman Hamrlik (19)2–400:39 TBL
Bill Houlder (4)Chris Gratton (22), Shawn Burr (14)3–413:36 TBL
Paul Ysebaert (2)Daymond Langkow (5), Igor Ulanov (6)4–414:59 TBL ·
Overtime
- Steve Konowalchuk (12)Dale Hunter (27)4–502:57 WSH
Team stats
TBLWSH
2524
0%0%
1/42/5
1917
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:36 into the first period
Sergei Gonchar · holding2 min - 5:44 into the first period
Chris Gratton · roughing2 min - 5:44 into the first periodKen Klee · holding the stick2 min
- 8:24 into the first periodRudy Poeschek · interference2 min
- 19:31 into the first periodIgor Ulanov · high sticking2 min
- 4:51 into the second periodMikael Andersson · holding obstruction2 min
- 10:41 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · slashing2 min
- 13:23 into the second periodJason Allison · tripping2 min
- 18:32 into the second periodSteve Konowalchuk · high sticking2 min
- 9:10 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 9:10 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 9:10 into the third periodRudy Poeschek · fighting5 min
- 9:10 into the third periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
- 9:10 into the third periodSergei Gonchar · roughing2 min
- 14:31 into the third periodMike Eagles · holding2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul YsebaertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | L | 6 | 1 | .833 |
| 93Daren PuppaG | 18 | 4 | .778 |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Eric CharronD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |