San Jose Sharks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, November 22, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Saturday, November 22, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Sharks 33-23.
Goals came from Murray Craven, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, Jeff Friesen, Alexander Korolyuk, Calle Johansson and Stephane Matteau.
Kelly Hrudey made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Murray Craven (3)Owen Nolan (12)1–001:44 SJS
Mike Ricci (1)Bill Houlder (8), Owen Nolan (13)2–010:41 SJS · PPG
Chris Simon (4)Adam Oates (17), Peter Bondra (10)2–113:38 WSH · PPG
Jeff Friesen (10)Marco Sturm (10), Mike Rathje (6)3–116:33 SJS
3rd period
Alexander Korolyuk (2)Marco Sturm (11)4–115:35 SJS
Calle Johansson (8)Peter Bondra (11), Chris Simon (6)4–216:12 WSH
Stephane Matteau (1)Doug Bodger (5), Mike Ricci (5)5–218:25 SJS
Team stats
SJSWSH
23Shots on goal33
44%Faceoff %56%
1/2Power play1/3
10Penalty minutes8
8Hits9
6Blocked shots4
6Giveaways13
5Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 09:16
Peter Bondra · hooking obstruction2 min - 1st 12:46
Mike Ricci · hooking obstruction2 min - 1st 19:39Owen Nolan · roughing2 min
- 1st 19:39Mike Ricci · roughing2 min
- 1st 19:39Craig Berube · roughing2 min
- 1st 19:39Craig Berube · roughing2 min
- 1st 19:39Dale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:03Jeff Friesen · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3rd 02:35Marco Sturm · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:58 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 22Murray CravenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 27Alexander KorolyukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 13:22 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 18:42 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | 22:13 |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:58 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 21:38 |
| 8Jarrod SkaldeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:08 |
| 14Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:11 |
| 15Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:43 |
| 24Barry PotomskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:17 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:17 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:14 |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25:35 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19:44 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:24 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 21:28 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:56 |
| 9Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:55 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:26 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 07:42 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:09 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:23 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:44 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:08 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 25:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 23 | 18 | 5 | .783 | 60:00 |