Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, March 26, 1997 · United Center
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Wednesday, March 26, 1997 at United Center. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 35–20.
Steve Konowalchuk scored twice and Tony Amonte scored twice. Ethan Moreau, Eric Daze, Sergei Gonchar and Denis Savard also scored.
Jeff Hackett made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Konowalchuk (15)Adam Oates (57)1–000:29 WSH- Steve Konowalchuk (16)Rick Tocchet (18), Sergei Gonchar (16)2–019:26 WSH
2nd period
Ethan Moreau (13)Jeff Shantz (16), Eric Weinrich (23)2–100:40 CHI
3rd period
Eric Daze (17)Alexei Zhamnov (38), Tony Amonte (31)2–201:01 CHI · 
Sergei Gonchar (12)Steve Konowalchuk (23), Adam Oates (58)3–204:30 WSH
Tony Amonte (38)Chris Chelios (33), Sergei Krivokrasov (9)3–307:48 CHI
Denis Savard (9)Eric Daze (16), Kevin Miller (17)3–411:59 CHI- Tony Amonte (39)Enrico Ciccone (2)3–513:42 CHI
Team stats
WSHCHI
3520
0%0%
0/41/2
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:11 into the first period
Michal Sykora · holding obstruction2 min - 2:26 into the second periodJim Cummins · high sticking2 min
- 6:27 into the second period
Kelly Miller · holding obstruction2 min - 15:14 into the second periodBob Probert · roughing2 min
- 15:14 into the second periodEnrico Ciccone · roughing2 min
- 15:14 into the second periodCraig Berube · roughing2 min
- 17:23 into the second periodBob Probert · interference2 min
- 19:47 into the second periodJoe Juneau · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 92Rick TocchetR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Tony AmonteR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 55Eric DazeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Jeff ShantzC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Kevin MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Ethan MoreauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Sergei KrivokrasovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Alexei ZhamnovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Michal SykoraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 40Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – |