The Washington Capitals couldn't keep up with the Buffalo Sabres, 4 to 1, on October 18, 1996.

Final

Sabres

3-4-0

4

Capitals

1-4-0

1

Team

BUF

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

Alexei Zhitnik (SH) assisted by Jason Dawe and Brian Holzinger

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Richard Zednik (PP) assisted by Jason Allison and Phil Housley

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Michal Grosek (EV) assisted by Dixon Ward

Dixon Ward (EV) assisted by Michal Grosek and Derek Plante

Derek Plante (EV-EN) assisted by Darryl Shannon

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Dominik Hasek (W) D. Hasek	1	0	0	32	31	.969	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Bob Boughner B. Boughner	0	0	0	+2	5	0	0	0	1	0.0
Curtis Brown C. Brown	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	0
Garry Galley G. Galley	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	1	3	33.3
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Michael Peca M. Peca	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Wayne Primeau W. Primeau	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Anatoli Semenov A. Semenov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	2	50.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (L) O. Kolzig	0	1	0	25	22	.880	3	3.02	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Jason Allison J. Allison	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	3	0.0
Craig Berube C. Berube	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	8	0.0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	5	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Keith Jones K. Jones	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Ken Klee K. Klee	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Joe Reekie J. Reekie	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Richard Zednik R. Zednik	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	2	50.0