Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, October 18, 1997 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on Saturday, October 18, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 39–33.
Goals came from Chris Simon, Dave Manson, Jan Bulis, Saku Koivu and Kelly Miller.
Olie Kolzig made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Simon (2)Brendan Witt (3), Peter Bondra (4)1–010:17 WSH · 
Dave Manson (1)Shayne Corson (5), Sebastien Bordeleau (2)1–112:27 MTL · 
Jan Bulis (2)Olie Kolzig (1)2–119:21 WSH
3rd period
Saku Koivu (1)Stephane Quintal (1), Shayne Corson (6)2–207:44 MTL
Kelly Miller (1)Dale Hunter (2), Brendan Witt (4)3–217:45 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHMTL
3339
51%49%
1/61/5
1012
2729
67
1524
36
Penalties
- 5:06 into the first period
Vincent Damphousse · hooking obstruction2 min - 8:17 into the first periodCraig Rivet · interference obstruction2 min
- 10:35 into the first period
Dale Hunter · hooking obstruction2 min - 15:01 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · holding obstruction2 min
- 19:40 into the first periodCraig Rivet · slashing2 min
- 6:32 into the second periodJoe Juneau · interference obstruction2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodVincent Damphousse · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 11:36 into the second periodBench · illegal substitution2 min
- 15:27 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · hooking obstruction2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodJan Bulis · hooking obstruction2 min
- 17:07 into the third periodRichard Zednik · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:44 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:36 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 12:27 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:02 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:56 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 28Jan BendaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:18 |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:45 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:04 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:07 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:04 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:31 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 27:04 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:31 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Martin BrochuG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:58 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 19:17 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:18 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 25:01 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:35 |
| 12Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:22 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:32 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:48 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:33 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:43 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23:50 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:49 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | – |