The Washington Capitals were defeated by the New York Rangers, 5 to 3, on January 22, 1997.

Final

Rangers

24-19-7

5

Capitals

20-22-5

3

Team

NYR

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

WSH

Brian Leetch (EV) assisted by Wayne Gretzky and Niklas Sundstrom

Luc Robitaille (PP) assisted by Mark Messier and Brian Leetch

Vladimir Vorobiev (EV) assisted by Wayne Gretzky and Alexander Karpovtsev

2nd period

NYR

WSH

Steve Konowalchuk (EV) assisted by Dale Hunter and Sylvain Cote

Peter Bondra (EV) assisted by Sergei Gonchar

3rd period

NYR

WSH

Peter Bondra (EV) assisted by Michal Pivonka and Mike Eagles

Brian Leetch (EV) assisted by Niklas Sundstrom and Mark Messier

Adam Graves (EV-EN) assisted by Niklas Sundstrom and Mark Messier

Rangers

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Glenn Healy (W) G. Healy	1	0	0	40	37	.925	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	1	0	1	+3	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	2	1	3	+3	2	0	1	1	5	40.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	3	3	+2	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Noonan B. Noonan	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	3	3	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Vladimir Vorobiev V. Vorobiev	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (L) O. Kolzig	0	1	0	20	19	.950	1	1.26	0	48
Jim Carey J. Carey				7	4	.571	3	15.06	0	12

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Jason Allison J. Allison	0	0	0	0	2	3	0.0
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	2	0	2	+1	2	8	25.0
Eric Charron E. Charron	0	0	0	0	2	0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0.0
Mike Eagles M. Eagles	0	1	1	0	0	0
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	1	1	-2	0	0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0.0
Kevin Kaminski K. Kaminski	0	0	0	0	5	0
Ken Klee K. Klee	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	1	0	1	-1	0	2	50.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Andrei Nikolishin A. Nikolishin	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0.0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Joe Reekie J. Reekie	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Chris Simon C. Simon	0	0	0	0	12	2	0.0