Colorado Avalanche vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, March 6, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 on Thursday, March 6, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Avalanche outshot the Capitals 31-30.
Peter Bondra scored 4 goals. Adam Oates, Peter Forsberg, Mike Ricci, Michal Pivonka and Valeri Kamensky also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Oates (20)Mark Tinordi (4), Joe Juneau (23)0–107:40 WSH
Peter Forsberg (17)Claude Lemieux (13), Adam Foote (13)1–119:53 COL
2nd period
Peter Bondra (37)Andrei Nikolishin (15), Michal Pivonka (15)1–205:05 WSH
Mike Ricci (11)Stephane Yelle (14), Mike Keane (14)2–206:12 COL
Michal Pivonka (5)Joe Juneau (24)2–307:06 WSH · PPG
Valeri Kamensky (21)Claude Lemieux (14), Peter Forsberg (45)3–307:37 COL- Peter Bondra (38)Joe Juneau (25), Phil Housley (24)3–411:37 WSH · PPG
- Peter Bondra (39)Mark Tinordi (5), Bill Ranford (1)3–513:50 WSH
3rd period
- Peter Bondra (40)Joe Juneau (26), Sylvain Cote (10)3–608:37 WSH · PPG
Team stats
COLWSH
31Shots on goal30
0%Faceoff %0%
0/4Power play3/6
21Penalty minutes17
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 12:00
Mike Keane · hooking2 min - 2nd 06:25Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 08:17
Andrei Nikolishin · hooking2 min - 2nd 10:16Sandis Ozolinsh · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:03Adam Foote · slashing2 min
- 2nd 19:13Ken Klee · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 3rd 04:10Sylvain Cote · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:37Keith Jones · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 07:09Sandis Ozolinsh · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 13:28Rene Corbet · fighting5 min
- 3rd 13:28Brendan Witt · fighting5 min
- 3rd 14:30Mike Ricci · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:30Craig Berube · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 14:30Craig Berube · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:32Adam Deadmarsh · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:32Mark Tinordi · roughing2 min
Season series
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