1–4

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 30-31-5 before this game

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

Canucks at Capitals

Capitals beat Canucks 4–1 at Capital One Arena on March 11, 1997.

🗓 Tue, Mar 11, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Rick Tocchet

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · +3

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Phil Housley

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · +2

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Peter Bondra

1 G

5 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

2nd period

🦅 Rick Tocchet Go-ahead 2nd · 07:04

Assists: Phil Housley, Sylvain Cote

0–1

🦅 Ken Klee 2nd · 19:44

Assists: Adam Oates

0–2

3rd period

🦅 Phil Housley 3rd · 06:45

Assists: Rick Tocchet

0–3

🦅 Peter Bondra 3rd · 07:27

Assists: Andrei Nikolishin

0–4

🐋 Martin Gelinas PP 3rd · 14:47

Assists: Lonny Bohonos, Brian Noonan

1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐋VAN WSH🦅

17 Shots on goal 31

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2

21 Penalty minutes 15

VAN shooting 5.9% (1/17) WSH shooting 12.9% (4/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐋Canucks

Corey Hirsch

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Bill Ranford

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canucks

Canucks — tied after 1st: 30-33-4 (45% win rate, 67 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 30-31-5 (45% win rate, 66 games)

After 2nd — 0–2

Canucks

Canucks: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

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

4–4 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ VAN vs WSH, answered

Who won Canucks vs Capitals on March 11, 1997?

Capitals won 4–1.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Capitals?

The final score was Canucks 1, Capitals 4.

Who scored for Canucks?

Martin Gelinas.

Who scored for Capitals?

Ken Klee, Peter Bondra, Phil Housley, Rick Tocchet.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Corey Hirsch made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canucks vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Canucks vs Capitals season series?

Capitals 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

🐋Canucks

Previous game · Mar 10

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Mar 9

Also on March 11, 1997

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