New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, April 1, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 1–0 on Tuesday, April 1, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Devils outshot the Capitals 27–25.
Goals came from John MacLean.
Martin Brodeur made 25 saves on 25 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 26 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
John MacLean (24)Brian Rolston (27), Peter Zezel (12)1–007:20 NJD
Team stats
NJDWSH
2725
0%0%
0/20/1
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:02 into the first period
Randy Mckay · roughing2 min - 3:02 into the first period
Craig Berube · roughing2 min - 11:23 into the first periodDale Hunter · interference2 min
- 12:01 into the second periodPeter Zezel · tripping2 min
- 15:14 into the second periodReid Simpson · roughing2 min
- 15:14 into the second periodBrendan Witt · roughing2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodBobby Holik · roughing2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodKen Klee · high sticking2 min
- 6:51 into the third periodDenis Pederson · roughing2 min
- 6:51 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 9:35 into the third periodSylvain Cote · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Reid SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Kevin DeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 25 | 0 | 1.000 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Pat PeakeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 92Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |