The Washington Capitals came up just a bit short against the Montreal Canadiens, 6 to 5, on November 26, 1997.

Final

Canadiens

15-7-3

6

Capitals

13-9-3

5

Team

MTL

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

WSH

Shayne Corson (EV) assisted by Saku Koivu and Mark Recchi

Shayne Corson (PP) assisted by Saku Koivu and Vladimir Malakhov

Richard Zednik (EV) assisted by Steve Konowalchuk and Mark Tinordi

2nd period

MTL

WSH

Richard Zednik (EV) assisted by Phil Housley and Steve Konowalchuk

Valeri Bure (EV) assisted by Martin Rucinsky

Peter Bondra (EV) assisted by Jan Bulis and Phil Housley

Mark Recchi (EV) assisted by Martin Rucinsky and Vincent Damphousse

Stephane Quintal (EV) assisted by Scott Thornton and Darcy Tucker

3rd period

MTL

WSH

Jeff Toms (EV) assisted by Sergei Gonchar and Phil Housley

Mark Recchi (EV) assisted by Shayne Corson and Vincent Damphousse

Mark Tinordi (EV) assisted by Dale Hunter and Kelly Miller

Canadiens

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (W) J. Thibault	1	0	0	31	26	.839	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0
Brett Clark B. Clark	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	2	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	4	50.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Matt Higgins M. Higgins	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	2	0.0
David Ling D. Ling	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	0
Dave Manson D. Manson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	2	1	3	+2	0	0	0	1	4	50.0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Scott Thornton S. Thornton	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darcy Tucker D. Tucker	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig O. Kolzig				20	15	.750	5	8.22	0	37
Bill Ranford (L) B. Ranford	0	1	0	7	6	.857	1	2.66	0	23

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	1	0	1	-1	0	4	25.0
Jan Bulis J. Bulis	0	1	1	+3	0	1	0.0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	0	0	+1	2	0
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0	1	1	0	2	4	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	3	3	+1	2	1	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	1	1	0	0	0
Adam Oates A. Oates	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0.0
Chris Simon C. Simon	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0.0
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	1	1	2	0	0	1	100.0
Jeff Toms J. Toms	1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
Brendan Witt B. Witt	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Richard Zednik R. Zednik	2	0	2	+2	0	6	33.3