🦅 Away Capitals 22-18-4 before this game

1–5

Final

🏛️ Home Senators 16-20-6 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	0	1	1
OTT	0	2	3	5

Capitals at Senators

Senators beat Capitals 5–1 at Canadian Tire Centre on January 15, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Jan 15, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Senators lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏛️ OTT

Sergei Zholtok

1 G, 2 A

4 shots · +1

2nd star 🏛️ OTT

Daniel Alfredsson

1 G, 2 A

3 shots

3rd star 🏛️ OTT

Randy Cunneyworth

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

2nd period

🏛️ Alexandre Daigle Go-ahead 2nd · 08:06

Assists: Sergei Zholtok, Randy Cunneyworth

0–1

🏛️ Randy Cunneyworth PP 2nd · 17:18

Assists: Daniel Alfredsson, Sergei Zholtok

0–2

3rd period

🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson 3rd · 01:22

Assists: Andreas Dackell

0–3

🏛️ Alexei Yashin PP 3rd · 03:43

Assists: Daniel Alfredsson, Steve Duchesne

0–4

🦅 Chris Simon 3rd · 13:04

Assists: Joe Juneau

1–4

🏛️ Sergei Zholtok PP 3rd · 18:37

Assists: Randy Cunneyworth

1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH OTT🏛️

22 Shots on goal 28

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 3/7

58 Penalty minutes 32

WSH shooting 4.5% (1/22) OTT shooting 17.9% (5/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 58:38 TOI

🏛️Senators

Ron Tugnutt

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 22-18-4 (50% win rate, 44 games)

Senators

Senators — tied after 1st: 16-20-6 (38% win rate, 42 games)

After 2nd — 0–2

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Senators

Senators: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ WSH vs OTT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Senators on January 15, 1997?

Senators won 5–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Senators?

The final score was Capitals 1, Senators 5.

Who scored for Capitals?

Chris Simon.

Who scored for Senators?

Alexandre Daigle, Alexei Yashin, Daniel Alfredsson, Randy Cunneyworth, Sergei Zholtok.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Senators goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Senators played?

At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, the Senators home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Senators season series?

Senators 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 · Jan 13

🏛️Senators

Previous game · Jan 13

Also on January 15, 1997

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