Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, October 15, 1997 · United Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2–0 on Wednesday, October 15, 1997 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Capitals 30–23.
Goals came from Chris Simon and Calle Johansson.
Olie Kolzig made 30 saves on 30 shots for the win; Chris Terreri stopped 21 of 22.
Scoring
3rd period
Chris Simon (1)Peter Bondra (3)1–008:06 WSH
Calle Johansson (3)Michal Pivonka (4)2–019:29 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHCHI
2330
56%44%
0/60/6
1616
1022
107
1020
713
Penalties
- 0:18 into the first period
Joe Juneau · holding2 min - 1:52 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2:14 into the first periodBrendan Witt · cross checking2 min
- 5:27 into the first period
Craig Mills · high sticking2 min - 8:15 into the first periodTony Amonte · holding the stick2 min
- 10:48 into the first periodRichard Zednik · interference2 min
- 14:54 into the first periodGary Suter · hooking obstruction2 min
- 1:58 into the second periodBrendan Witt · tripping obstruction2 min
- 6:10 into the second periodKeith Carney · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:50 into the second periodEthan Moreau · tripping obstruction2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodSergei Krivokrasov · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 13:42 into the second periodJan Benda · holding2 min
- 4:13 into the third periodChris Chelios · roughing2 min
- 4:13 into the third periodBrent Sutter · roughing2 min
- 4:13 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 4:13 into the third periodBrendan Witt · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 22:06 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:43 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:21 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:53 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:57 |
| 28Jan BendaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:48 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 09:54 |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:49 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 23:15 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:43 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:04 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:12 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:14 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Martin BrochuG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 30 | 0 | 1.000 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Tony AmonteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:25 |
| 11Jeff ShantzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:11 |
| 12Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:58 |
| 14Steve DubinskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 15Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:55 |
| 19Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:37 |
| 23Jean-Yves LerouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:02 |
| 25Sergei KrivokrasovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 36Alexei ZhamnovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 21:54 |
| 38James BlackL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 39Craig MillsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:44 |
| 55Eric DazeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:00 |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 24:53 |
| 4Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:05 |
| 5Trent YawneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:05 |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 31:48 |
| 8Cam RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:08 |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Kirk DaubenspeckG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Chris TerreriG | L | 22 | 1 | .955 |