Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, February 18, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Washington Capitals 6–1 on Tuesday, February 18, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Senators 32–29.
Goals came from Tom Chorske, Peter Bondra, Daniel Alfredsson, Randy Cunneyworth, Steve Duchesne, Alexandre Daigle and Shawn McEachern.
Ron Tugnutt made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 23 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Tom Chorske (9)Sergei Zholtok (14)1–009:29 OTT
2nd period
Peter Bondra (36)Unassisted1–111:07 WSH · 
Daniel Alfredsson (21)Radek Bonk (7), Alexei Yashin (24)2–114:05 OTT
Randy Cunneyworth (10)Alexandre Daigle (19), Shaun Van Allen (11)3–115:29 OTT
3rd period
Steve Duchesne (10)Alexei Yashin (25), Shawn McEachern (11)4–107:44 OTT
Alexandre Daigle (22)Shaun Van Allen (12), Randy Cunneyworth (22)5–109:43 OTT
Shawn McEachern (6)Alexei Yashin (26), Andreas Dackell (15)6–113:30 OTT
Team stats
OTTWSH
2932
0%0%
0/21/5
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:23 into the first period
Jason York · cross checking2 min - 17:47 into the first period
Dale Hunter · roughing2 min - 19:42 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · high sticking2 min
- 9:48 into the second periodAlexei Yashin · high sticking double minor4 min
- 9:48 into the second periodChrister Olsson · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:02 into the second periodJanne Laukkanen · boarding2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 76Radek BonkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 26Philip CroweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Christer OlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Eric CharronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 29 | 6 | .793 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |