🦅 Away Capitals 16-17-2 before this game

4–5

Final / OT

🐙 Home Red Wings 21-11-3 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
WSH	0	3	1	0	4
DET	1	1	2	1	5

Capitals at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Capitals 5–4 in overtime at Little Caesars Arena on December 26, 1996.

🗓 Thu, Dec 26, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Sergei Fedorov

5 G

7 shots · +4

2nd star 🐙 DET

Vladimir Konstantinov

4 A

1 shots · +5

3rd star 🐙 DET

Igor Larionov

3 A

1 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Sergei Fedorov Go-ahead 1st · 07:32

Assists: Vladimir Konstantinov, Igor Larionov

0–1

2nd period

🦅 Peter Bondra Tying 2nd · 03:06

Assists: Sylvain Cote, Kelly Miller

1–1

🐙 Sergei Fedorov Go-ahead 2nd · 03:46

Assists: Vladimir Konstantinov

1–2

🦅 Andrei Nikolishin Tying 2nd · 06:31

Assists: Ken Klee, Joe Reekie

2–2

🦅 Peter Bondra Go-ahead 2nd · 18:40

Assists: Michal Pivonka, Calle Johansson

3–2

3rd period

🐙 Sergei Fedorov Tying 3rd · 10:33

Assists: Vladimir Konstantinov, Brendan Shanahan

3–3

🦅 Dale Hunter Go-ahead 3rd · 11:27

Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Steve Konowalchuk

4–3

🐙 Sergei Fedorov Tying 3rd · 12:08

Assists: Igor Larionov, Viacheslav Fetisov

4–4

Overtime

🐙 Sergei Fedorov Go-ahead OT · 02:39

Assists: Vladimir Konstantinov, Igor Larionov

4–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH DET🐙

38 Shots on goal 33

6 Penalty minutes 6

WSH shooting 10.5% (4/38) DET shooting 15.2% (5/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Jim Carey

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 62:39 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Chris Osgood

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 62:39 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

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

After 2nd — 3–2

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

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

⚔️ Last meetings

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

2–2 (OT) · Capitals won

Jan 30, 1994

🐙DET @ 🦅WSH

3–6 · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs DET, answered

Who won Capitals vs Red Wings on December 26, 1996?

Red Wings won 5–4 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Red Wings?

The final score was Capitals 4, Red Wings 5, in overtime.

Who scored for Capitals?

Peter Bondra (2), Andrei Nikolishin, Dale Hunter.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Sergei Fedorov (5).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jim Carey made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings 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

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Dec 23

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Dec 22

Also on December 26, 1996

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