Washington Capitals vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Wednesday, October 22, 1997 · McNichols Sports Arena

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3–4

Final

SOG 23–31

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Wednesday, October 22, 1997 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Capitals 31-23.

Goals came from Peter Bondra, Michal Pivonka, Adam Foote, Adam Oates, Valeri Kamensky, Joe Sakic and Wade Belak.

Patrick Roy made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 27 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	2	0	3	23
COL	0	1	3	4	31

Scoring

1st period

Peter Bondra (4)Phil Housley (3), Calle Johansson (4)1–003:44 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Michal Pivonka (1)Peter Bondra (5), Mark Tinordi (2)2–006:03 WSH
Adam Foote (1)Valeri Kamensky (5), Eric Lacroix (1)2–107:40 COL
Adam Oates (4)Phil Housley (4), Jan Benda (3)3–109:15 WSH

3rd period

Valeri Kamensky (5)Eric Messier (4), Claude Lemieux (3)3–200:37 COL
Joe Sakic (7)Eric Messier (5), Wade Belak (1)3–302:41 COL
Wade Belak (1)Adam Deadmarsh (3), Joe Sakic (8)3–418:18 COL

Team stats

WSHCOL

23Shots on goal31

69%Faceoff %31%

1/5Power play0/6

16Penalty minutes24

7Hits5

7Blocked shots14

3Giveaways4

1Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 01:08Peter Bondra · tripping obstruction2 min
1st 03:20Alexei Gusarov · holding2 min
1st 10:57Adam Deadmarsh · hooking obstruction2 min
1st 10:57Dale Hunter · hooking obstruction2 min
1st 12:49Joe Sakic · slashing2 min
1st 16:15Claude Lemieux · roughing2 min
1st 16:15Dale Hunter · holding obstruction2 min
1st 16:15Dale Hunter · roughing2 min
1st 18:15Claude Lemieux · misconduct10 min
1st 18:19Rene Corbet · holding2 min
2nd 02:00Sylvain Lefebvre · kneeing2 min
2nd 10:28Brendan Witt · interference2 min
3rd 04:05Peter Bondra · high sticking2 min
3rd 09:12Sylvain Lefebvre · hooking2 min
3rd 11:14Michal Pivonka · holding2 min
3rd 15:26Calle Johansson · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

12Peter BondraR	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	4	–	18:02
96Phil HousleyD	0	2	2	-2	1	0	0	0	–	22:48
20Michal PivonkaC	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	2	86	16:30
28Jan BendaC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	11:30
77Adam OatesC	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	66	21:25
6Calle JohanssonD	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	2	–	23:18
24Mark TinordiD	0	1	1	-2	0	3	0	0	–	20:00
8Jan BulisC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	07:41
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	09:44
17Chris SimonL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	14:31
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:14
32Dale HunterC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	6	55	09:17
34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	06:57
44Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	07:20
90Joe JuneauC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	20:39
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:26
3Sylvain CoteD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	19:42
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	2	–	16:25

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Martin BrochuG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	L	31	27	4	.871	58:47

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

6Wade BelakR	1	1	2	+2	1	1	1	0	–	05:45
13Valeri KamenskyL	1	1	2	+1	1	1	0	0	–	20:26
19Joe SakicC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	2	36	20:31
29Eric MessierL	0	2	2	+2	4	0	3	0	–	21:54
18Adam DeadmarshR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	67	15:56
22Claude LemieuxR	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	12	–	19:38
28Eric LacroixL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	10:11
52Adam FooteD	1	0	1	+1	5	0	2	0	–	21:30
17Jari KurriR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:56
20Rene CorbetL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	08:29
21Peter ForsbergC	0	0	0	+1	4	0	2	0	29	21:58
26Stephane YelleC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	28	17:21
2Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	4	–	16:39
3Aaron MillerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	09:54
4Uwe KruppD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	21:37
5Alexei GusarovD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2	–	15:53
24Jon KlemmD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:27
27Francois LerouxD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	01:19

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	–
33Patrick RoyG	W	23	20	3	.870	59:52