🏝️ Away Islanders 27-30-5 before this game

2–0

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 28-29-5 before this game

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

Islanders at Capitals

Islanders beat Capitals 2–0 at Capital One Arena on March 2, 1997.

🗓 Sun, Mar 2, 1997 · 12:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Claude Lapointe

1 G

4 shots · +1

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Marty Mcinnis

1 G

2 shots

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Ziggy Palffy

1 A

3 shots

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order

2nd period

🏝️ Marty Mcinnis PP Go-ahead 2nd · 05:58

Assists: Bryan Smolinski, Ziggy Palffy

1–0

🏝️ Claude Lapointe 2nd · 13:57

Assists: Niklas Andersson, Scott Lachance

2–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI WSH🦅

19 Shots on goal 39

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5

28 Penalty minutes 18

NYI shooting 10.5% (2/19) WSH shooting 0.0% (0/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Tommy Salo

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:46 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 27-30-5 (44% win rate, 62 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 28-29-5 (45% win rate, 62 games)

After 2nd — 2–0

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Islanders lead the season series 4–0 Full head-to-head →

5–6 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ NYI vs WSH, answered

Who won Islanders vs Capitals on March 2, 1997?

Islanders won 2–0.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Capitals?

The final score was Islanders 2, Capitals 0.

Who scored for Islanders?

Claude Lapointe, Marty Mcinnis.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Islanders vs Capitals season series?

Islanders lead the season series 4–0 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

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Feb 28

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Feb 28

Also on March 2, 1997

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