The Washington Capitals were defeated by the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5 to 3, on December 6, 1996.

Final

Penguins

10-13-3

5

Capitals

13-13-1

3

Team

PIT

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PIT

WSH

Dale Hunter (EV) unassisted

Andrei Nikolishin (EV) assisted by Kelly Miller and Steve Konowalchuk

2nd period

PIT

WSH

Jaromir Jagr (PP) assisted by J.J. Daigneault

Ron Francis (EV) assisted by Kevin Hatcher and Jaromir Jagr

3rd period

PIT

WSH

Mario Lemieux (EV) assisted by Andreas Johansson and Stu Barnes

Petr Nedved (EV) assisted by Alek Stojanov

Dale Hunter (EV) assisted by Steve Konowalchuk and Kelly Miller

Jaromir Jagr (EV) assisted by Petr Nedved and Alek Stojanov

Penguins

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Penguins

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Patrick Lalime (W) P. Lalime	1	0	0	17	16	.941	1	1.50	0	40
Ken Wregget K. Wregget				12	10	.833	2	6.00	0	20

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
J.J. Daigneault	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ron Francis R. Francis	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Alex Hicks A. Hicks	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	2	1	3	+1	12	1	0	0	4	50.0
Andreas Johansson A. Johansson	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Darius Kasparaitis D. Kasparaitis	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Glen Murray G. Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Petr Nedved P. Nedved	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	1	2	50.0
Fredrik Olausson F. Olausson	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Roche D. Roche	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Alek Stojanov A. Stojanov	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Woolley J. Woolley	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Tyler Wright T. Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (L) O. Kolzig	0	1	0	28	23	.821	5	5.09	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Jason Allison J. Allison	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Craig Berube C. Berube	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Andrew Brunette A. Brunette	0	0	0	0	2	0
Anson Carter A. Carter	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	2	0	2	+1	0	4	50.0
Kevin Kaminski K. Kaminski	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0.0
Ken Klee K. Klee	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0.0
Todd Krygier T. Krygier	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	2	2	+1	0	0
Andrei Nikolishin A. Nikolishin	1	0	1	-2	0	1	100.0
Joe Reekie J. Reekie	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Chris Simon C. Simon	0	0	0	-3	2	1	0.0
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0