Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, November 13, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Thursday, November 13, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 35–25.
Goals came from Brad May, Richard Zednik, Kelly Miller, Derek Plante and Peter Bondra.
Olie Kolzig made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Steve Shields stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Brad May (2)Bob Boughner (1), Jason Dawe (6)0–111:17 BUF
2nd period
Richard Zednik (5)Sergei Gonchar (1)1–107:30 WSH · 
Kelly Miller (2)Benoit Gratton (1)2–113:27 WSH
3rd period
Derek Plante (4)Michal Grosek (7)2–202:23 BUF
Peter Bondra (10)Adam Oates (13)3–204:28 WSH
Team stats
WSHBUF
3525
51%49%
1/30/4
2119
1224
26
1742
716
Penalties
- 8:05 into the first period
Benoit Gratton · tripping2 min - 12:15 into the first period
Bob Boughner · cross checking2 min - 12:15 into the first periodBob Boughner · fighting5 min
- 12:15 into the first periodCraig Berube · slashing2 min
- 12:15 into the first periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
- 17:33 into the first periodRob Ray · high sticking2 min
- 17:33 into the first periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 6:28 into the second periodRichard Smehlik · holding2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodPeter Bondra · tripping obstruction2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodBrad May · roughing2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodBrad May · slashing2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 12:10 into the third periodErik Rasmussen · slashing2 min
- 12:10 into the third periodBenoit Gratton · roughing2 min
- 14:58 into the third periodBrendan Witt · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodJan Bulis · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:22 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11:56 |
| 48Benoit GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:41 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:01 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 9Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 12:09 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:44 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:16 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:21 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 07:04 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:36 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:47 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:31 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Brad MayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:29 |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:06 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:45 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:30 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:21 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:07 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:56 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:39 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:18 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:37 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:32 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 24:26 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 28:43 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | – |