The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers, 5 to 3, on March 16, 1997.

1996-97 Washington Capitals

Final

HFD

Whalers

27-33-10

3

WSH

Capitals

28-35-7

5

Team

HFD

WSH

1

1

3

2

1

1

3

1

1

Total

3

5

1st period

HFD

WSH

Capitals

Phil Housley (EV) assisted by Peter Bondra and Sylvain Cote

0

1

Capitals

Calle Johansson (EV) assisted by Joe Juneau and Chris Simon

0

2

Whalers

Nelson Emerson (PP) assisted by Andrew Cassels and Steve Chiasson

1

2

Capitals

Peter Bondra (EV) assisted by Rick Tocchet and Adam Oates

1

3

2nd period

HFD

WSH

Capitals

Michal Pivonka (EV) assisted by Craig Berube

1

4

Whalers

Nelson Emerson (PP) unassisted

2

4

3rd period

HFD

WSH

Whalers

Kevin Dineen (PP) assisted by Nelson Emerson and Andrew Cassels

3

4

Capitals

Steve Konowalchuk (EV-EN) assisted by Chris Simon and Dale Hunter

3

5

Whalers

Capitals

Goals

3

5

Shots

26

23

Penalty Minutes

18

22

Power-Play Goals

3

0

Power-Play Opportunities

5

3

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Sean Burke (L) 22 4 18 .818 58:55

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Adam Burt 0 0 -2 2 1
Andrew Cassels 0 2 -3 10 1
Steve Chiasson 0 1 -2 0 4
Jeff Daniels 0 0 0 0 1
Gerald Diduck 0 0 -2 0 0
Kevin Dineen 1 0 -3 0 4
Nelson Emerson 2 1 -1 0 4
Kevin Haller 0 0 -2 0 0
Mark Janssens 0 0 0 0 1
Robert Kron 0 0 0 0 2
Marek Malik 0 0 0 4 1
Kent Manderville 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff O'Neill 0 0 -2 0 1
Keith Primeau 0 0 -3 0 1
Paul Ranheim 0 0 0 0 1
Steven Rice 0 0 -2 0 1
Geoff Sanderson 0 0 -3 0 0
Glen Wesley 0 0 -1 0 2

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Bill Ranford (W) 26 3 23 .885 60:00

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Craig Berube 0 1 +1 0 0
Peter Bondra 1 1 +3 2 6
Sylvain Cote 0 1 +3 2 2
Phil Housley 1 0 +1 0 1
Dale Hunter 0 1 +2 10 1
Calle Johansson 1 0 +4 0 3
Joe Juneau 0 1 +1 0 0
Ken Klee 0 0 0 4 1
Steve Konowalchuk 1 0 +1 0 3
Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 0 0 1
Adam Oates 0 1 +1 0 0
Michal Pivonka 1 0 +2 2 2
Chris Simon 0 2 +2 0 2
Mark Tinordi 0 0 +3 2 0
Rick Tocchet 0 1 +1 0 0
Brendan Witt 0 0 0 0 1

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Team Leaders

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G

31

Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin

A

43

Carlson

John Carlson

+/-

+5

Mantha

Anthony Mantha

Team Rankings

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G/GP

2.63

28th

GA/GP

3.07

16th

PP%

20.6

18th

PK%

79.0

18th

2023-24 Division Standings

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TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Rangers Rangers
55 23 4 114 53
Hurricanes Hurricanes
52 23 7 111 63
Islanders Islanders
39 27 16 94 -17
Capitals Capitals
40 31 11 91 -37
Penguins Penguins
38 32 12 88 4
Flyers Flyers
38 33 11 87 -26
Devils Devils
38 39 5 81 -19
Blue Jackets Blue Jackets
27 43 12 66 -63

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/21
WSH WSH
@
NYR NYR
3:00 PM
Tue
4/23
WSH WSH
@
NYR NYR
7:00 PM
Tue
4/23
WSH WSH
@
NYR NYR
7:00 PM
Fri
4/26
NYR NYR
@
WSH WSH
7:00 PM
Fri
4/26
NYR NYR
@
WSH WSH
7:00 PM

Last Game

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PHI Flyers

38-33-11

1

Final

2

WSH Capitals

40-31-11

Tue 16 Apr 2024

NHL 2023-24 Leaders

Goals Leaders

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69

Matthews

Auston Matthews

57

Reinhart

Sam Reinhart

54

Hyman

Zach Hyman

Assists Leaders

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100

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

100

McDavid

Connor McDavid

89

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

Points Leaders

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144

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

140

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

132

McDavid

Connor McDavid

+/- Leaders

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+56

Forsling

Gustav Forsling

+46

DeMelo

Dylan DeMelo

+44

Ekholm

Mattias Ekholm

Goals Against Leaders

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2.03

Stolarz

Anthony Stolarz

2.33

Kochetkov

Pyotr Kochetkov

2.37

Bobrovsky

Sergei Bobrovsky

NHL 2023-24 Rankings

Goals Rankings

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Avalanche

3.68

Maple Leafs

3.63

Stars

3.59

Goals Against Rankings

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Jets

2.41

Panthers

2.41

Kings

2.56

Power Play Rankings

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Lightning

28.6

Hurricanes

26.9

Rangers

26.4

Penalty Kill Rankings

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Hurricanes

86.4

Kings

84.6

Rangers

84.5

NHL 2023-24 Division Standings

Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Rangers Rangers
55 23 4 114 53
2
Hurricanes Hurricanes
52 23 7 111 63
3
Islanders Islanders
39 27 16 94 -17
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Panthers Panthers
52 24 6 110 68
2
Bruins Bruins
47 20 15 109 43
3
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
46 26 10 102 40
Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Stars Stars
52 21 9 113 64
2
Jets Jets
52 24 6 110 60
3
Avalanche Avalanche
50 25 7 107 50
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Canucks Canucks
50 23 9 109 56
2
Oilers Oilers
49 27 6 104 57
3
Kings Kings
44 27 11 99 41

NHL 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/17
CHI CHI
@
LAK LAK
4-5
Wed
4/17
ANA ANA
@
VGK VGK
4-1
Wed
4/17
EDM EDM
@
COL COL
1-5
Wed
4/17
SJS SJS
@
CGY CGY
1-5
Wed
4/17
VAN VAN
@
WPG WPG
2-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/20
NYI NYI
@
CAR CAR
5:00 PM
Sat
4/20
TOR TOR
@
BOS BOS
8:00 PM
Sun
4/21
TBL TBL
@
FLA FLA
12:30 PM
Sun
4/21
WSH WSH
@
NYR NYR
3:00 PM
Sun
4/21
COL COL
@
WPG WPG
7:00 PM