⭐ Away Stars 26-34-8 before this game
1–2
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 37-27-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
DAL 0011
WSH 1102

Stars at Capitals

Capitals beat Stars 2–1 at Capital One Arena on March 17, 1996.

🗓 Sun, Mar 17, 1996 · 12:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Peter Bondra
1 G
5 shots · +1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Michal Pivonka
1 G
3 shots · +2
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Steve Konowalchuk
1 A
3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Peter Bondra Go-ahead 1st · 14:56
Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Steve Konowalchuk
0–1
2nd period
🦅 Michal Pivonka 2nd · 14:19
Unassisted
0–2
3rd period
⭐ Joe Nieuwendyk 3rd · 19:08
Assists: Brent Gilchrist, Kevin Hatcher
1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⭐DAL WSH🦅
29 Shots on goal 29
6 Penalty minutes 10
DAL shooting 3.4% (1/29) WSH shooting 6.9% (2/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⭐Stars
Andy Moog
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:54 TOI
🦅Capitals
Jim Carey
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Stars
Stars: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–2
Stars
Stars: 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 →
Oct 17, 1995
🦅WSH @ ⭐DAL
4–3 · Capitals won
Apr 3, 1994
⭐DAL @ 🦅WSH
6–3 · Stars won
Mar 18, 1994
🦅WSH @ ⭐DAL
2–6 · Stars won

❓ DAL vs WSH, answered

Who won Stars vs Capitals on March 17, 1996?

Capitals won 2–1.

What was the final score of Stars vs Capitals?

The final score was Stars 1, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Stars?

Joe Nieuwendyk.

Who scored for Capitals?

Michal Pivonka, Peter Bondra.

How did the Stars goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jim Carey made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Stars vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Stars 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
⭐Stars
Previous game · Mar 15
⭐DAL @ 🍁TOR
0–3 · TOR won
Next game · Mar 20
🎵STL @ ⭐DAL
1–2 · DAL won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Mar 15
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
5–2 · BOS won
Next game · Mar 19
🦆ANA @ 🦅WSH
2–1 · ANA won
Also on March 17, 1996
⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT
0–5 final
🐋VAN @ 🍁TOR
2–4 final
🔥CGY @ 🐙DET
2–4 final
🏝️NYI @ 🪶CHI
1–5 final
😈NJD @ 🐆FLA
0–3 final
🦈SJS @ 🔔PHI
2–8 final
🎵STL @ 🦆ANA
1–5 final
🛢️EDM @ 🏔️COL
1–8 final
Stars season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule