Washington Capitals vs Anaheim Ducks
Regular season · Friday, December 12, 1997 · Arrowhead Pond
Game summary
The Anaheim Ducks beat the Washington Capitals 6–4 on Friday, December 12, 1997 at Arrowhead Pond. The Capitals outshot the Ducks 34–30.
Teemu Selanne scored twice and Paul Kariya scored twice. Joe Juneau, Kelly Miller, Peter Bondra, Steve Rucchin, Sergei Gonchar and J.J. Daigneault also scored.
Guy Hebert made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Juneau (6)Sylvain Cote (7), Jeff Toms (4)1–009:36 WSH
Kelly Miller (3)Jan Bulis (7), Mark Tinordi (6)2–010:20 WSH
Peter Bondra (21)Sergei Gonchar (5), Adam Oates (25)3–016:48 WSH · 
Teemu Selanne (25)Paul Kariya (1), Dmitri Mironov (13)3–119:26 ANA
2nd period
Steve Rucchin (4)Dmitri Mironov (14), J.J. Daigneault (9)3–202:45 ANA · 
Sergei Gonchar (2)Phil Housley (20), Peter Bondra (13)4–208:21 WSH · 
J.J. Daigneault (2)Dmitri Mironov (15), Paul Kariya (2)4–313:31 ANA · 
Paul Kariya (1)Teemu Selanne (10), Dmitri Mironov (16)4–414:38 ANA
3rd period
- Teemu Selanne (26)Dmitri Mironov (17)4–519:17 ANA
- Paul Kariya (2)Unassisted4–619:53 ANA ·
Team stats
WSHANA
3430
54%46%
2/52/3
812
19
15
43
25
Penalties
- 4:02 into the first period
Dmitri Mironov · tripping2 min - 11:52 into the first period
Sylvain Cote · holding2 min - 14:59 into the first periodMark Janssens · roughing2 min
- 1:16 into the second periodKelly Miller · hooking obstruction2 min
- 6:25 into the second periodJason Marshall · holding2 min
- 6:25 into the second periodJason Marshall · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:48 into the second periodSylvain Cote · roughing2 min
- 18:12 into the second periodSean Pronger · holding2 min
- 9:33 into the third periodMark Janssens · roughing2 min
- 9:33 into the third periodChris Simon · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 3 | 18:57 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 05:11 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 02:30 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:25 |
| 21Jeff TomsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:17 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | 18:16 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:58 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 01:56 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 09:21 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 14:31 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 04:15 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:16 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:53 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:52 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:49 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:03 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
Anaheim Ducks
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 5 | 5 | +3 | 5 | 22:32 |
| 9Paul KariyaL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 9 | 17:18 |
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 22:24 |
| 20Steve RucchinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 4 | 17:17 |
| 10Sean ProngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 07:32 |
| 13Ted DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:15 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:31 |
| 16Warren RychelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 11:03 |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:46 |
| 18Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:58 |
| 40Jeremy StevensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:33 |
| 44Antti AaltoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:12 |
| 45Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:13 |
| 2Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 7Pavel TrnkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:08 |
| 23Jason MarshallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:24 |
| 37Marc MoroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Guy HebertG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 35Mikhail ShtalenkovG | 0 | 0 | – |