The Washington Capitals handily beat the Colorado Avalanche, 6 to 3, on March 6, 1997.

1996-97 Washington Capitals

Final

COL

Avalanche

41-17-8

3

WSH

Capitals

26-32-7

6

Team

COL

WSH

1

1

1

2

2

4

3

0

1

Total

3

6

1st period

COL

WSH

Capitals

Adam Oates (EV) assisted by Mark Tinordi and Joe Juneau

0

1

Avalanche

Peter Forsberg (EV) assisted by Claude Lemieux and Adam Foote

1

1

2nd period

COL

WSH

Capitals

Peter Bondra (EV) assisted by Andrei Nikolishin and Michal Pivonka

1

2

Avalanche

Mike Ricci (EV) assisted by Stephane Yelle and Mike Keane

2

2

Capitals

Michal Pivonka (PP) assisted by Joe Juneau

2

3

Avalanche

Valeri Kamensky (EV) assisted by Claude Lemieux and Peter Forsberg

3

3

Capitals

Peter Bondra (PP) assisted by Joe Juneau and Phil Housley

3

4

Capitals

Peter Bondra (EV) assisted by Mark Tinordi and Bill Ranford

3

5

3rd period

COL

WSH

Capitals

Peter Bondra (PP) assisted by Joe Juneau and Sylvain Cote

3

6

Avalanche

Capitals

Goals

3

6

Shots

31

30

Penalty Minutes

21

17

Power-Play Goals

0

3

Power-Play Opportunities

4

6

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Craig Billington (L) 30 6 24 .800 59:51

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Rene Corbet 0 0 +1 5 1
Adam Deadmarsh 0 0 0 2 1
Adam Foote 0 1 0 2 1
Peter Forsberg 1 1 +1 0 5
Keith Jones 0 0 -2 2 0
Valeri Kamensky 1 0 -1 0 3
Mike Keane 0 1 +1 2 1
Jon Klemm 0 0 +1 0 0
Claude Lemieux 0 2 +1 0 5
Aaron Miller 0 0 -1 0 0
Sandis Ozolinsh 0 0 0 4 1
Mike Ricci 1 0 +1 2 3
Joe Sakic 0 0 -2 0 2
Stephane Yelle 0 1 +1 0 4
Scott Young 0 0 -1 0 4

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Bill Ranford (W) 31 3 28 .903 60:00

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Craig Berube 0 0 0 4 1
Peter Bondra 4 0 +1 0 8
Sylvain Cote 0 1 -1 2 0
Mike Eagles 0 0 -1 0 1
Phil Housley 0 1 -1 0 3
Dale Hunter 0 0 -1 0 1
Calle Johansson 0 0 +1 0 2
Joe Juneau 0 4 0 0 1
Ken Klee 0 0 +2 2 1
Steve Konowalchuk 0 0 -1 0 0
Todd Krygier 0 0 0 0 2
Andrei Nikolishin 0 1 +2 2 1
Adam Oates 1 0 -1 0 4
Michal Pivonka 1 1 +1 0 3
Mark Tinordi 0 2 0 2 2
Brendan Witt 0 0 -1 5 0

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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

17th

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

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

87

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

Points Leaders

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144

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

138

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

132

McDavid

Connor McDavid

+/- Leaders

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+56

Forsling

Gustav Forsling

+45

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

3.67

Maple Leafs

3.63

Oilers

3.59

Goals Against Rankings

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Panthers

2.41

Jets

2.42

Kings

2.54

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

84.9

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
51 24 6 108 58
3
Avalanche Avalanche
49 25 7 105 46
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Canucks Canucks
50 22 9 109 58
2
Oilers Oilers
49 26 6 104 61
3
Golden Knights Golden Knights
45 28 8 98 25

NHL 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
4/16
EDM EDM
@
ARI ARI
2-5
Tue
4/16
STL STL
@
DAL DAL
1-2
Tue
4/16
PIT PIT
@
NYI NYI
4-5
Tue
4/16
TOR TOR
@
TBL TBL
4-6
Mon
4/15
CHI CHI
@
VGK VGK
1-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/18
SEA SEA
@
MIN MIN
7:00 PM
Thu
4/18
VAN VAN
@
WPG WPG
8:00 PM
Thu
4/18
SJS SJS
@
CGY CGY
9:00 PM
Thu
4/18
EDM EDM
@
COL COL
9:30 PM
Thu
4/18
ANA ANA
@
VGK VGK
10:00 PM