Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, April 10, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on Thursday, April 10, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 33–23.
Goals came from Steve Konowalchuk, Shayne Corson, Adam Oates, Joe Juneau and Valeri Bure.
Bill Ranford made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Konowalchuk (17)Peter Bondra (29), Sergei Gonchar (17)0–110:19 WSH
Shayne Corson (8)Patrice Brisebois (13), Mark Recchi (45)1–118:36 MTL
2nd period
Adam Oates (22)Phil Housley (28), Peter Bondra (30)1–202:53 WSH · 
Joe Juneau (15)Unassisted1–308:38 WSH ·
3rd period
Valeri Bure (14)Vladimir Malakhov (20), Saku Koivu (39)2–303:27 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLWSH
2333
0%0%
1/42/6
228
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:20 into the first period
Kelly Miller · hooking obstruction2 min - 4:21 into the first period
Saku Koivu · interference2 min - 12:54 into the first periodMark Tinordi · interference2 min
- 13:39 into the first periodSaku Koivu · roughing2 min
- 2:15 into the second periodBrian Savage · tripping2 min
- 6:46 into the second periodBenoit Brunet · hooking2 min
- 8:33 into the second periodDave Manson · high sticking2 min
- 10:56 into the second periodPeter Bondra · roughing2 min
- 2:38 into the third periodAndrei Nikolishin · holding the stick2 min
- 10:59 into the third periodShayne Corson · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodBench · gross misconduct10 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 37Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Adam OatesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |