St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Monday, December 29, 1997 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Monday, December 29, 1997 at MCI Center. The Capitals outshot the Blues 25-19.
Goals came from Jim Campbell, Dale Hunter, Andrew Brunette, Richard Zednik, Adam Oates and Darren Turcotte.
Olie Kolzig made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 9 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Campbell (11)Pascal Rheaume (4)1–001:50 STL
Dale Hunter (4)Craig Berube (3), Sylvain Cote (8)1–107:07 WSH
Andrew Brunette (1)Todd Krygier (2), Adam Oates (28)1–210:46 WSH · PPG
Richard Zednik (12)Mike Eagles (1), Mark Tinordi (7)1–317:25 WSH
Adam Oates (9)Sylvain Cote (9), Todd Krygier (3)1–418:50 WSH
2nd period
Darren Turcotte (5)Steve Duchesne (26), Scott Pellerin (10)2–406:13 STL
Team stats
STLWSH
19Shots on goal25
37%Faceoff %63%
0/0Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes2
9Hits11
11Blocked shots9
5Giveaways6
4Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 09:24
Pascal Rheaume · tripping2 min - 2nd 18:27Harry York · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3rd 13:38Terry Yake · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:55Chris Pronger · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:55
Steve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 9Darren TurcotteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:36 |
| 10Jim CampbellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:29 |
| 25Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 12:09 |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 19:32 |
| 12Chris KenadyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:12 |
| 23Blair AtcheynumR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 15:21 |
| 27Terry YakeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 37Harry YorkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:35 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:21 |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:23 |
| 6Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:01 |
| 19Chris McalpineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:09 |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 39:02 | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 13 | 9 | 4 | .692 | 20:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 9Todd KrygierL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 20:21 |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:33 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:21 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:21 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:22 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 19:44 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:57 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:39 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:52 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:02 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:20 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:42 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 19 | 17 | 2 | .895 | 60:00 |