The Pittsburgh Penguins emerged victorious over the Washington Capitals, 5 to 3, on December 30, 1996.

Final

Capitals

15-20-3

3

Penguins

19-15-4

5

Team

WSH

PIT

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

PIT

Peter Bondra (SH) unassisted

Tomas Sandstrom (EV) assisted by Fredrik Olausson and Joe Mullen

Sylvain Cote (EV) assisted by Michal Pivonka and Phil Housley

2nd period

WSH

PIT

Mario Lemieux (EV) assisted by Jaromir Jagr and Francois Leroux

3rd period

WSH

PIT

Tomas Sandstrom (EV) assisted by Craig Muni and Petr Nedved

Joe Mullen (EV) assisted by Stu Barnes and Alex Hicks

Joe Juneau (EV) assisted by Phil Housley and Sylvain Cote

Mario Lemieux (EV-EN) unassisted

Capitals

Penguins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Penguins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (L) O. Kolzig	0	1	0	29	25	.862	4	4.11	0	58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	S	S%
Jason Allison J. Allison	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0.0
Craig Berube C. Berube	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	1	0	1	0	4	1	3	33.3
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	1	1	2	-1	0	0	3	33.3
Mike Eagles M. Eagles	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Kevin Kaminski K. Kaminski	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Ken Klee K. Klee	0	0	0	-2	2	0	3	0.0
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Andrei Nikolishin A. Nikolishin	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0.0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0
Joe Reekie J. Reekie	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Patrick Lalime (W) P. Lalime	1	0	0	28	25	.893	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Ron Francis R. Francis	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	0	0	0	-3	0	0	6	0.0
Alex Hicks A. Hicks	0	1	1	0	2	0	0
Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	0.0
Darius Kasparaitis D. Kasparaitis	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	50.0
Francois Leroux F. Leroux	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0
Joe Mullen J. Mullen	1	1	2	+3	0	1	2	50.0
Craig Muni C. Muni	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0
Glen Murray G. Murray	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Petr Nedved P. Nedved	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Fredrik Olausson F. Olausson	0	1	1	+3	0	0	2	0.0
Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	2	0	2	+3	0	0	4	50.0
Jason Woolley J. Woolley	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0.0