🦅 Away Capitals 16-17-4 before this game
3–5
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 19-13-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 2013
PIT 1135

Capitals at Penguins

Penguins beat Capitals 5–3 at PPG Paints Arena on December 30, 1996.

🗓 Mon, Dec 30, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
2 G
4 shots
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Tomas Sandstrom
2 G
4 shots · +3
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Joe Mullen
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Peter Bondra SH Go-ahead 1st · 15:18
Unassisted
1–0
🐧 Tomas Sandstrom Tying 1st · 16:14
Assists: Fredrik Olausson, Joe Mullen
1–1
🦅 Sylvain Cote Go-ahead 1st · 16:31
Assists: Michal Pivonka, Phil Housley
2–1
2nd period
🐧 Mario Lemieux Tying 2nd · 03:59
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Francois Leroux
2–2
3rd period
🐧 Tomas Sandstrom Go-ahead 3rd · 10:20
Assists: Craig Muni, Petr Nedved
2–3
🐧 Joe Mullen 3rd · 13:22
Assists: Stu Barnes, Alex Hicks
2–4
🦅 Joe Juneau 3rd · 16:52
Assists: Phil Housley, Sylvain Cote
3–4
🐧 Mario Lemieux Empty net 3rd · 19:43
Unassisted
3–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
28 Shots on goal 30
14 Penalty minutes 4
WSH shooting 10.7% (3/28) PIT shooting 16.7% (5/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 58:24 TOI
🐧Penguins
Patrick Lalime
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–2
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 16-17-4 (43% win rate, 37 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 19-13-5 (51% win rate, 37 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 6, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
5–3 · Penguins won
Nov 1, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · Capitals won
Oct 19, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
1–2 · Penguins won
Apr 28, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–2 · Penguins won
Apr 26, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · Penguins won

❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on December 30, 1996?

Penguins won 5–3.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Penguins?

The final score was Capitals 3, Penguins 5.

Who scored for Capitals?

Joe Juneau, Peter Bondra, Sylvain Cote.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mario Lemieux (2), Tomas Sandstrom (2), Joe Mullen.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 3–1 after 4 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 28
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
1–1 · FLA won
Next game · Jan 1
🐳HFD @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Dec 28
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
0–2 · PIT won
Next game · Jan 2
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
6–1 · PIT won
Also on December 30, 1996
🦆ANA @ 🏛️OTT
4–3 final
🏝️NYI @ 🍁TOR
0–2 final
🌵PHX @ 🐙DET
5–3 final
🗽NYR @ ⭐DAL
3–2 final
👑LAK @ 🛢️EDM
1–2 final
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