The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the Washington Capitals, 8 to 3, on April 13, 1997.

Final

Capitals

33-40-9

8

Sabres

40-30-12

3

Team

WSH

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

BUF

Michael Peca (SH) unassisted

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

Andrei Nikolishin (PP) assisted by Sylvain Cote

Jaroslav Svejkovsky (EV) assisted by Joe Reekie

Jaroslav Svejkovsky (EV) assisted by Brendan Witt and Andrew Brunette

2nd period

WSH

BUF

Ken Klee (EV) assisted by Craig Berube and Dale Hunter

Wayne Primeau (PP) assisted by Michal Grosek and Brad May

Dixon Ward (EV) assisted by Michael Peca and Jason Dawe

Phil Housley (EV) assisted by Peter Bondra and Andrei Nikolishin

3rd period

WSH

BUF

Jaroslav Svejkovsky (EV) assisted by Kevin Kaminski

Jaroslav Svejkovsky (PP) assisted by Andrew Brunette and Kevin Kaminski

Capitals

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (W) O. Kolzig	1	0	0	24	21	.875	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Craig Berube C. Berube	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Andrew Brunette A. Brunette	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	2	2	+3	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Mike Eagles M. Eagles	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kevin Kaminski K. Kaminski	0	2	2	+2	2	0	1	0	1	0.0
Ken Klee K. Klee	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Todd Krygier T. Krygier	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Andrei Nikolishin A. Nikolishin	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	0	1	100.0
Joe Reekie J. Reekie	0	1	1	+5	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jaroslav Svejkovsky J. Svejkovsky	4	0	4	+2	0	1	0	1	6	66.7
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
Brendan Witt B. Witt	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Steve Shields (L) S. Shields	0	1	0	38	30	.789	8	8.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Boughner B. Boughner	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Randy Burridge R. Burridge	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Garry Galley G. Galley	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brad May B. May	0	1	1	-1	6	0	1	0	2	0.0
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0	0	0
Michael Peca M. Peca	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	1	1	100.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Primeau W. Primeau	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0