New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, April 12, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 6–2 on Saturday, April 12, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 38–22.
Goals came from Kelly Miller, Calle Johansson, Dale Hunter, Craig Berube, Bryan Smolinski, Peter Bondra, Kevin Kaminski and Brent Hughes.
Bill Ranford made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Eric Fichaud stopped 32 of 38.
Scoring
2nd period
Kelly Miller (10)Calle Johansson (11)0–108:24 WSH
Calle Johansson (6)Mike Eagles (7)0–208:45 WSH
Dale Hunter (14)Joe Reekie (7), Kelly Miller (14)0–316:58 WSH
Craig Berube (4)Sylvain Cote (15), Andrei Nikolishin (18)0–418:56 WSH
3rd period
Bryan Smolinski (28)Doug Houda (7), Robert Reichel (41)1–404:08 NYI · 
Peter Bondra (45)Steve Konowalchuk (25), Sylvain Cote (16)1–509:02 WSH
Kevin Kaminski (1)Unassisted1–613:01 WSH
Brent Hughes (7)Dan Plante (9), Doug Houda (8)2–619:07 NYI
Team stats
NYIWSH
2238
0%0%
1/30/3
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:12 into the first period
Claude Lapointe · hooking2 min - 6:20 into the second periodClaude Lapointe · holding2 min
- 8:13 into the second periodBryan McCabe · roughing2 min
- 8:13 into the second period
Dale Hunter · roughing2 min - 13:31 into the second periodMike Eagles · tripping2 min
- 2:45 into the third periodJoe Reekie · tripping2 min
- 4:16 into the third periodPeter Bondra · tripping obstruction2 min
- 15:31 into the third periodTodd Bertuzzi · interference2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 62Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Dennis VaskeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | L | 38 | 6 | .842 |
| 35Tommy SaloG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |