The Washington Capitals squeaked out a win over the San Jose Sharks, 3 to 2, on December 20, 1996.

Final

Sharks

11-17-4

2

Capitals

14-17-2

3

Team

SJS

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

SJS

WSH

Sergei Gonchar (EV) assisted by Joe Juneau and Jason Allison

Marty McSorley (EV) unassisted

Sergei Gonchar (EV) assisted by Andrei Nikolishin and Dale Hunter

2nd period

SJS

WSH

Viktor Kozlov (EV) assisted by Michal Sykora

3rd period

SJS

WSH

Phil Housley (EV) assisted by Dale Hunter and Steve Konowalchuk

Sharks

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sharks

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Chris Terreri (L) C. Terreri	0	1	0	32	29	.906	3	3.04	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Doug Bodger D. Bodger	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ulf Dahlen U. Dahlen	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Jeff Friesen J. Friesen	0	0	0	0	2	0
Todd Gill T. Gill	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Tony Granato T. Granato	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Greg Hawgood G. Hawgood	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Viktor Kozlov V. Kozlov	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Marty McSorley M. McSorley	1	0	1	+1	0	2	50.0
Andrei Nazarov A. Nazarov	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0.0
Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.0
Owen Nolan O. Nolan	0	0	0	-1	2	0
Marcus Ragnarsson M. Ragnarsson	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Michal Sykora M. Sykora	0	1	1	+2	2	0
Darren Turcotte D. Turcotte	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Ray Whitney R. Whitney	0	0	0	+1	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Carey (W) J. Carey	1	0	0	21	19	.905	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Jason Allison J. Allison	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Craig Berube C. Berube	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	0	0	0	0	15	0	0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	0	0	+1	0	0	5	0.0
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	2	0	2	+1	0	0	3	66.7
Phil Housley P. Housley	1	0	1	-1	0	1	1	100.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0.0
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Ken Klee K. Klee	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0.0
Todd Krygier T. Krygier	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Andrei Nikolishin A. Nikolishin	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Joe Reekie J. Reekie	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0.0
Chris Simon C. Simon	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0