St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 25, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 3–2 on Tuesday, March 25, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Blues 26–25.
Sergei Gonchar scored twice. Chris Pronger, Pierre Turgeon and Brendan Witt also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Pronger (11)Joe Murphy (22)1–010:23 STL
Pierre Turgeon (25)Joe Murphy (23), Stephane Matteau (17)2–012:50 STL
Brendan Witt (3)Dale Hunter (30)2–118:54 WSH
2nd period
Sergei Gonchar (10)Unassisted2–218:18 WSH ·
3rd period
- Sergei Gonchar (11)Steve Konowalchuk (22), Rick Tocchet (17)2–306:29 WSH
Team stats
STLWSH
2526
0%0%
0/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:36 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 19:46 into the first periodChris Pronger · tripping obstruction2 min
- 16:28 into the second periodRicard Persson · interference2 min
- 0:48 into the third period
Michal Pivonka · slashing2 min - 3:53 into the third periodSteve Konowalchuk · tripping obstruction2 min
- 11:09 into the third periodChris Simon · elbowing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.