Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, March 21, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Friday, March 21, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 31–12.
Jason Dawe scored twice. Brian Holzinger, Peter Bondra and Michael Peca also scored.
Steve Shields made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 8 of 11.
Scoring
2nd period
Brian Holzinger (22)Garry Galley (32), Donald Audette (20)1–006:03 BUF · 
Peter Bondra (43)Michal Pivonka (16), Calle Johansson (10)1–110:01 WSH
Jason Dawe (21)Michael Peca (26), Dixon Ward (29)2–113:50 BUF
3rd period
- Jason Dawe (22)Michael Peca (27), Richard Smehlik (18)3–112:14 BUF
Michael Peca (19)Unassisted4–118:46 BUF · ·
Team stats
BUFWSH
1231
0%0%
1/50/6
1614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:00 into the first period
Brendan Witt · high sticking2 min - 6:35 into the first period
Richard Smehlik · tripping obstruction2 min - 11:46 into the first periodDarryl Shannon · interference2 min
- 16:10 into the first periodMichal Grosek · tripping2 min
- 5:22 into the second periodChris Simon · holding2 min
- 9:18 into the second periodBrad May · cross checking2 min
- 9:18 into the second periodChris Simon · roughing2 min
- 14:29 into the second periodMike Eagles · holding2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodSteve Konowalchuk · hooking obstruction2 min
- 18:42 into the second periodDonald Audette · tripping2 min
- 1:56 into the third periodDerek Plante · tripping obstruction2 min
- 10:16 into the third periodBrad May · roughing2 min
- 10:16 into the third periodChris Simon · roughing2 min
- 14:18 into the third periodRick Tocchet · high sticking2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve ShieldsG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 92Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Stewart MalgunasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 11 | 3 | .727 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |