⚜️ Away Nordiques 11-18-2 before this game

1–3

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
QUE	0	1	0	1
WSH	0	3	0	3

Nordiques at Capitals

Capitals beat Nordiques 3–1 at Capital One Arena on December 17, 1991.

🗓 Tue, Dec 17, 1991 · 18:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1991-92 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Dino Ciccarelli

2 G

4 shots

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Randy Burridge

2 A

3 shots

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Dale Hunter

1 G

3 shots

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

2nd period

⚜️ Mats Sundin Go-ahead 2nd · 06:42

Assists: Doug Smail, Claude Lapointe

1–0

🦅 Dino Ciccarelli PP Tying 2nd · 09:02

Assists: Sylvain Cote, Randy Burridge

1–1

🦅 Dale Hunter PP Go-ahead 2nd · 11:25

Assists: Kevin Hatcher, Calle Johansson

1–2

🦅 Dino Ciccarelli PP 2nd · 16:54

Assists: Randy Burridge, Al Iafrate

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚜️QUE WSH🦅

24 Shots on goal 32

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 3/8

44 Penalty minutes 27

QUE shooting 4.2% (1/24) WSH shooting 9.4% (3/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚜️Nordiques

Ron Tugnutt

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:18 TOI

🦅Capitals

Don Beaupre

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Nordiques

Nordiques — tied after 1st: 11-18-2 (35% win rate, 31 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 22-9-1 (69% win rate, 32 games)

After 2nd — 1–3

Nordiques

Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ QUE vs WSH, answered

Who won Nordiques vs Capitals on December 17, 1991?

Capitals won 3–1.

What was the final score of Nordiques vs Capitals?

The final score was Nordiques 1, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Mats Sundin.

Who scored for Capitals?

Dino Ciccarelli (2), Dale Hunter.

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Don Beaupre made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Nordiques vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Nordiques vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

⚜️Nordiques

Previous game · Dec 14

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Dec 14

Also on December 17, 1991

Nordiques season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule