Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 22, 1997 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Saturday, March 22, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 29–20.
Rick Tocchet scored twice. Steve Konowalchuk and Martin Rucinsky also scored.
Bill Ranford made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 17 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Tocchet (19)Sylvain Cote (13), Brendan Witt (1)1–013:58 WSH
2nd period
- Rick Tocchet (20)Adam Oates (56)2–008:59 WSH
Steve Konowalchuk (14)Ken Klee (8), Kelly Miller (12)3–019:11 WSH ·
3rd period
Martin Rucinsky (25)Valeri Bure (18), Vincent Damphousse (51)3–106:32 MTL
Team stats
WSHMTL
2029
0%0%
0/30/5
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:19 into the first period
Brendan Witt · interference obstruction2 min - 7:37 into the first period
Peter Popovic · hooking obstruction2 min - 18:59 into the first periodShayne Corson · hooking2 min
- 3:34 into the second periodStewart Malgunas · interference obstruction2 min
- 6:40 into the second periodAdam Oates · hooking2 min
- 10:03 into the second periodKen Klee · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 11:01 into the second periodVincent Damphousse · slashing2 min
- 16:14 into the second periodMarc Bureau · roughing2 min
- 16:14 into the second periodCalle Johansson · roughing2 min
- 18:38 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · tripping2 min
- 7:25 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · slashing2 min
- 7:25 into the third periodSylvain Cote · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 92Rick TocchetR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Stewart MalgunasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Eric CharronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 37Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |