The Phoenix Coyotes eked out a victory over the Washington Capitals, 4 to 3, on December 17, 1996.

Final

Capitals

13-17-2

3

Coyotes

13-15-4

4

Team

WSH

PHX

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

PHX

Peter Bondra (PP) assisted by Steve Konowalchuk and Phil Housley

2nd period

WSH

PHX

Keith Tkachuk (SH) assisted by Brad McCrimmon

Sergei Gonchar (EV) assisted by Joe Juneau and Chris Simon

3rd period

WSH

PHX

Jim Johnson (EV) assisted by Kris King

Oleg Tverdovsky (EV) assisted by Jeremy Roenick and Mike Gartner

Keith Tkachuk (EV) assisted by Teppo Numminen and Craig Janney

Chris Simon (PP) assisted by Peter Bondra and Sergei Gonchar

Capitals

Coyotes

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Coyotes

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Carey (L) J. Carey	0	1	0	26	22	.846	4	4.07	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Craig Berube C. Berube	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	1	1	2	-2	2	1	1	5	20.0
Mike Eagles M. Eagles	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	1	1	2	-2	0	0	1	4	25.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Ken Klee K. Klee	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Todd Krygier T. Krygier	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Andrei Nikolishin A. Nikolishin	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Chris Simon C. Simon	1	1	2	0	4	1	0	6	16.7
Jaroslav Svejkovsky J. Svejkovsky	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Darcy Wakaluk (W) D. Wakaluk	1	0	0	34	31	.912	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Bob Corkum B. Corkum	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0.0
Shane Doan S. Doan	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dallas Drake D. Drake	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Eastwood M. Eastwood	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jeff Finley J. Finley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Craig Janney C. Janney	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jim Johnson J. Johnson	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	2	50.0
Kris King K. King	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	0	0
Igor Korolev I. Korolev	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Manson D. Manson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brad McCrimmon B. McCrimmon	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	0
Jim McKenzie J. McKenzie	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jeremy Roenick J. Roenick	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Darrin Shannon D. Shannon	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Tkachuk K. Tkachuk	2	0	2	+1	0	1	0	1	5	40.0
Oleg Tverdovsky O. Tverdovsky	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	5	20.0