The Washington Capitals emerged victorious over the Hartford Whalers, 5 to 3, on March 16, 1997.

Final

Whalers

27-33-10

3

Capitals

28-35-7

5

Team

HFD

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

HFD

WSH

Phil Housley (EV) assisted by Peter Bondra and Sylvain Cote

Calle Johansson (EV) assisted by Joe Juneau and Chris Simon

Nelson Emerson (PP) assisted by Andrew Cassels and Steve Chiasson

Peter Bondra (EV) assisted by Rick Tocchet and Adam Oates

2nd period

HFD

WSH

Michal Pivonka (EV) assisted by Craig Berube

Nelson Emerson (PP) unassisted

3rd period

HFD

WSH

Kevin Dineen (PP) assisted by Nelson Emerson and Andrew Cassels

Steve Konowalchuk (EV-EN) assisted by Chris Simon and Dale Hunter

Whalers

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Whalers

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Sean Burke (L) S. Burke	0	1	0	22	18	.818	4	4.07	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Adam Burt A. Burt	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Andrew Cassels A. Cassels	0	2	2	-3	10	0	2	1	0.0
Steve Chiasson S. Chiasson	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	4	0.0
Jeff Daniels J. Daniels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gerald Diduck G. Diduck	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	4	25.0
Nelson Emerson N. Emerson	2	1	3	-1	0	2	1	4	50.0
Kevin Haller K. Haller	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Mark Janssens M. Janssens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Robert Kron R. Kron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Marek Malik M. Malik	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.0
Kent Manderville K. Manderville	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jeff O'Neill J. O'Neill	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Keith Primeau K. Primeau	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Ranheim P. Ranheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steven Rice S. Rice	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Geoff Sanderson G. Sanderson	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0
Glen Wesley G. Wesley	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bill Ranford (W) B. Ranford	1	0	0	26	23	.885	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Craig Berube C. Berube	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	1	1	2	+3	2	0	6	16.7
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	1	1	+3	2	0	2	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	1	0	1	+1	0	0	1	100.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	1	1	+2	10	0	1	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	1	0	1	+4	0	0	3	33.3
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Ken Klee K. Klee	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0.0
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	1	0	1	+1	0	0	3	33.3
Andrei Nikolishin A. Nikolishin	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Adam Oates A. Oates	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	1	0	1	+2	2	1	2	50.0
Chris Simon C. Simon	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	0	0	0	+3	2	0	0
Rick Tocchet R. Tocchet	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Brendan Witt B. Witt	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0