Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 2, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, December 2, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 29–25.
Goals came from Chris Simon, Alex Kovalev, Calle Johansson, Wayne Gretzky and Joe Juneau.
Olie Kolzig made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Simon (6)Adam Oates (20), Phil Housley (16)1–011:10 WSH ·
2nd period
Alex Kovalev (7)Mike Keane (5), Kevin Stevens (9)1–108:13 NYR · 
Calle Johansson (9)Phil Housley (17), Adam Oates (21)2–116:35 WSH · 
Wayne Gretzky (9)Kevin Stevens (10), Niklas Sundstrom (13)2–219:53 NYR
Overtime
Joe Juneau (3)Steve Konowalchuk (9)3–203:45 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
2925
48%52%
2/41/5
108
2129
712
734
1325
Penalties
- 10:34 into the first period
Pat LaFontaine · hooking2 min - 11:20 into the first period
Steve Konowalchuk · hooking2 min - 4:10 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · tripping2 min
- 7:29 into the second periodDale Hunter · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 8:31 into the second periodKelly Miller · tripping obstruction2 min
- 8:52 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 13:46 into the second periodTodd Krygier · tripping2 min
- 15:34 into the second periodAdam Graves · hooking2 min
- 6:27 into the third periodCraig Berube · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:27 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 16:03 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:19 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 25:54 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:47 |
| 9Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:27 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:04 |
| 21Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:13 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:02 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:51 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:40 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:15 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:22 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
New York Rangers
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:38 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 8Ryan VandenbusscheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:47 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:46 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:40 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:35 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:19 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 28:40 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:29 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:11 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |