New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, March 2, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 2–0 on Sunday, March 2, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 39–19.
Goals came from Marty Mcinnis and Claude Lapointe.
Tommy Salo made 39 saves on 39 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 17 of 19.
Scoring
2nd period
Marty Mcinnis (19)Bryan Smolinski (16), Ziggy Palffy (34)1–005:58 NYI · 
Claude Lapointe (8)Niklas Andersson (20), Scott Lachance (9)2–013:57 NYI
Team stats
NYIWSH
1939
0%0%
1/50/5
2818
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:19 into the first period
Craig Berube · boarding2 min - 10:53 into the first period
Scott Lachance · cross checking2 min - 18:02 into the first periodMarty Mcinnis · holding obstruction2 min
- 19:58 into the first periodTravis Green · roughing2 min
- 4:10 into the second periodCraig Berube · roughing2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodJaroslav Svejkovsky · holding2 min
- 14:52 into the second periodNiklas Andersson · roughing2 min
- 14:52 into the second periodTodd Bertuzzi · roughing2 min
- 14:52 into the second periodPhil Housley · roughing2 min
- 14:52 into the second periodBrendan Witt · roughing2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodBrent Hughes · misconduct10 min
- 17:11 into the second periodCraig Berube · roughing2 min
- 19:01 into the second periodNiklas Andersson · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:54 into the third periodBrent Hughes · roughing2 min
- 12:53 into the third periodPaul Kruse · roughing2 min
- 12:53 into the third periodSylvain Cote · roughing2 min
- 13:58 into the third periodBryan McCabe · roughing2 min
- 13:58 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 19:31 into the third periodKen Klee · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 13Claude LapointeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | W | 39 | 0 | 1.000 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Eric CharronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 19 | 2 | .895 |