Washington Capitals vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Saturday, October 25, 1997 · Kiel Center

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2–5

18–25

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Game summary

The St. Louis Blues beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Saturday, October 25, 1997 at Kiel Center. The Blues outshot the Capitals 25–18.

Goals came from Brett Hull, Brendan Witt, Pavol Demitra, Terry Yake, Scott Pellerin, Sylvain Cote and Al MacInnis.

Grant Fuhr made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 20 of 25.

Goals
WSH	1	0	1	2	18
STL	1	2	2	5	25

Scoring

1st period

Brett Hull (8)Terry Yake (3), Jim Campbell (6)0–108:06 STL
Brendan Witt (1)Unassisted1–110:52 WSH

2nd period

Pavol Demitra (4)Rudy Poeschek (3), Geoff Courtnall (3)1–207:21 STL
Terry Yake (3)Unassisted1–312:46 STL

3rd period

Scott Pellerin (2)Blair Atcheynum (3), Craig Conroy (2)1–403:41 STL
Sylvain Cote (1)Joe Juneau (8), Calle Johansson (5)2–405:55 WSH
Al MacInnis (6)Craig Conroy (3)2–511:41 STL

Team stats

WSHSTL

1825

53%47%

0/20/2

44

617

46

1512

311

Penalties

0:13 into the first periodMike Eagles · high sticking2 min
14:18 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · interference2 min
0:38 into the third periodAdam Oates · slashing2 min
12:22 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

90Joe JuneauC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	36	1	0	22	21:49
3Sylvain CoteD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	24	20:34
6Calle JohanssonD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	–	0	0	27	22:29
19Brendan WittD	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	1	0	25	18:26
8Jan BulisC	0	0	0	−3	1	1	0	0	36	0	1	15	11:03
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	15	11:41
12Peter BondraR	0	0	0	−3	2	0	0	0	–	2	1	23	23:34
17Chris SimonL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	1	0	15	12:59
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	1	0	19	17:37
26Ryan MulhernC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	15	11:59
28Jan BendaC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	13	12:11
32Dale HunterC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62	0	0	17	13:11
36Mike EaglesL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	40	0	0	14	10:50
44Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	16	10:33
77Adam OatesC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	71	2	1	21	18:14
24Mark TinordiD	0	0	0	−4	0	1	1	0	–	1	0	24	20:13
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	18	15:15
96Phil HousleyD	0	0	0	−4	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	25	22:56

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Martin BrochuG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	L	25	20	5	.800	60:00

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

22Craig ConroyC	0	2	2	+2	3	1	0	0	55	1	2	21	16:43
27Terry YakeC	1	1	2	+1	1	1	0	0	50	0	0	19	17:05
10Jim CampbellR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	3	0	16	14:30
14Geoff CourtnallL	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	4	–	0	0	23	17:34
16Brett HullR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	100	1	0	23	19:04
23Blair AtcheynumR	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	1	1	19	16:23
33Scott PellerinL	1	0	1	+2	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	20	15:48
38Pavol DemitraR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	25	0	1	23	18:01
2Al MacInnisD	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	25	25:57
20Rudy PoeschekD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	0	–	0	1	16	14:42
17Joe MurphyR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	3	4	22	17:36
18Tony TwistL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	0	0	8	07:03
37Harry YorkC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	67	0	0	10	08:25
39Kelly ChaseR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	0	0	9	06:52
4Marc BergevinD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	1	1	27	26:22
6Jamie RiversD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	1	0	10	06:42
28Steve DuchesneD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	0	0	24	21:27
44Chris ProngerD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	1	1	30	24:47

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
29Jamie McLennanG		0	0	0	–	–
31Grant FuhrG	W	18	16	2	.889	60:00