🦅 Away Capitals 25-24-4 before this game

1–4

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	1	0	1
EDM	2	1	1	4

Capitals at Oilers

Oilers beat Capitals 4–1 at Rogers Place on February 9, 1997.

🗓 Sun, Feb 9, 1997 · 19:00 CST 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Oilers lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🛢️ EDM

Mariusz Czerkawski

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · +2

2nd star 🛢️ EDM

Ryan Smyth

1 G, 1 A

3 shots

3rd star 🛢️ EDM

Doug Weight

2 A

1 shots · -1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🛢️ Ryan Smyth PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:04

Assists: Doug Weight, Jeff Norton

0–1

🛢️ Mike Grier 1st · 14:58

Assists: Rem Murray, Mariusz Czerkawski

0–2

2nd period

🦅 Jaroslav Svejkovsky 2nd · 02:07

Assists: Joe Reekie, Dale Hunter

1–2

🛢️ Jason Arnott PP 2nd · 18:30

Assists: Doug Weight, Ryan Smyth

1–3

3rd period

🛢️ Mariusz Czerkawski 3rd · 05:26

Assists: Kevin Lowe

1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH EDM🛢️

31 Shots on goal 33

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

22 Penalty minutes 22

WSH shooting 3.2% (1/31) EDM shooting 12.1% (4/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Jim Carey

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 20:00 TOI

Olie Kolzig

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 40:00 TOI

🛢️Oilers

Bob Essensa

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Oilers

Oilers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–3

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Oilers

Oilers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

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

2–2 (OT) · Oilers won

Oct 24, 1993

🦅WSH @ 🛢️EDM

3–2 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs EDM, answered

Who won Capitals vs Oilers on February 9, 1997?

Oilers won 4–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Oilers?

The final score was Capitals 1, Oilers 4.

Who scored for Capitals?

Jaroslav Svejkovsky.

Who scored for Oilers?

Jason Arnott, Mariusz Czerkawski, Mike Grier, Ryan Smyth.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

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

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Bob Essensa made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Oilers season series?

Oilers 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 · Feb 7

🛢️Oilers

Previous game · Feb 8

Also on February 9, 1997

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