New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 1997 · MCI Center
Scoring
1st period
Randy Mckay (12)Denis Pederson (5), Brad Bombardir (3)1–013:35 NJD
3rd period
Kelly Miller (4)Dale Hunter (8)1–107:43 WSH ·
Team stats
NJDWSH
2434
47%53%
0/20/3
1311
38
117
97
54
Penalties
- 1:11 into the first period
Steve Thomas · tripping2 min
- 3:46 into the first period
Krzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
- 3:46 into the first period
Craig Berube · fighting5 min
- 14:14 into the first period
Mike Eagles · interference2 min
- 4:14 into the second period
Steve Thomas · interference2 min
- 1:37 into the third period
Bill Guerin · roughing2 min
- 1:37 into the third period
Brendan Witt · roughing2 min
- 6:47 into the third period
Adam Oates · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:02 into the third period
Krzysztof Oliwa · interference2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:28 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:33 |
| 6Brad BombardirD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:37 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:53 |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:21 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:29 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:03 |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:07 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:47 |
| 5Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 26:09 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | T | 34 | 1 | .971 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:04 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26:10 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:56 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:39 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:27 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:18 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:13 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 28:22 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 24:25 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:45 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | T | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |