🐙 Away Red Wings 16-9-2 before this game

2–0

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 13-10-2 before this game

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

Red Wings at Capitals

Red Wings beat Capitals 2–0 at Capital One Arena on December 4, 1996.

🗓 Wed, Dec 4, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Sergei Fedorov

1 G

4 shots · +1

2nd star 🐙 DET

Darren McCarty

1 G

2 shots

3rd star 🐙 DET

Nicklas Lidstrom

1 A

1 shots

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Darren McCarty PP Go-ahead 1st · 02:22

Assists: Brendan Shanahan, Nicklas Lidstrom

1–0

2nd period

🐙 Sergei Fedorov SH 2nd · 13:48

Assists: Kirk Maltby

2–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET WSH🦅

18 Shots on goal 19

1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4

63 Penalty minutes 67

DET shooting 11.1% (2/18) WSH shooting 0.0% (0/19)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Kevin Hodson

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Jim Carey

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–0

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

2–2 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ DET vs WSH, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Capitals on December 4, 1996?

Red Wings won 2–0.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Capitals?

The final score was Red Wings 2, Capitals 0.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Darren McCarty, Sergei Fedorov.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Kevin Hodson made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jim Carey made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Red Wings vs Capitals season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Dec 3

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Nov 30

Also on December 4, 1996

Red Wings season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule