Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Wednesday, November 12, 1997 · Civic Arena

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4–1

27–25

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 on Wednesday, November 12, 1997 at Civic Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 27–25.

Goals came from Peter Bondra, Ken Klee, Adam Oates, Phil Housley and Jiri Slegr.

Goals
WSH	0	4	0	4	27
PIT	0	0	1	1	25

Scoring

2nd period

Peter Bondra (9)Adam Oates (11), Brendan Witt (5)1–000:24 WSH
Ken Klee (1)Sylvain Cote (4), Craig Berube (1)2–007:39 WSH
Adam Oates (6)Richard Zednik (4), Steve Konowalchuk (5)3–014:37 WSH
Phil Housley (2)Adam Oates (12), Peter Bondra (8)4–016:43 WSH ·

3rd period

Jiri Slegr (2)Aleksey Morozov (2), Darius Kasparaitis (6)4–119:02 PIT

Team stats

WSHPIT

2725

49%51%

1/20/4

84

810

86

715

29

Penalties

4:58 into the first periodRichard Zednik · hooking obstruction2 min
8:45 into the first periodBenoit Gratton · holding stick obstruction2 min
10:00 into the first periodFredrik Olausson · high sticking2 min
15:38 into the first periodTodd Krygier · tripping obstruction2 min
16:01 into the second periodTyler Wright · charging2 min
8:24 into the third periodJan Bulis · tripping2 min

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