3–5

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 31-33-5 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
HFD	1	1	1	3
WSH	3	1	1	5

Whalers at Capitals

Capitals beat Whalers 5–3 at Capital One Arena on March 16, 1997.

🗓 Sun, Mar 16, 1997 · 12:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐳 HFD

Nelson Emerson

2 G, 1 A

4 shots · -1

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Peter Bondra

1 G, 1 A

6 shots · +3

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Chris Simon

2 A

2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Phil Housley Go-ahead 1st · 01:21

Assists: Peter Bondra, Sylvain Cote

0–1

🦅 Calle Johansson 1st · 04:41

Assists: Joe Juneau, Chris Simon

0–2

🐳 Nelson Emerson PP 1st · 17:49

Assists: Andrew Cassels, Steve Chiasson

1–2

🦅 Peter Bondra 1st · 19:59

Assists: Rick Tocchet, Adam Oates

1–3

2nd period

🦅 Michal Pivonka 2nd · 12:22

Assists: Craig Berube

1–4

🐳 Nelson Emerson PP 2nd · 18:49

Unassisted

2–4

3rd period

🐳 Kevin Dineen PP 3rd · 08:09

Assists: Nelson Emerson, Andrew Cassels

3–4

🦅 Steve Konowalchuk Empty net 3rd · 19:12

Assists: Chris Simon, Dale Hunter

3–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐳HFD WSH🦅

26 Shots on goal 23

3/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3

18 Penalty minutes 22

HFD shooting 11.5% (3/26) WSH shooting 21.7% (5/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐳Whalers

Sean Burke

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 58:55 TOI

🦅Capitals

Bill Ranford

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–3

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–4

Whalers

Whalers: 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 3–1 Full head-to-head →

1–1 (OT) · Capitals won

Jan 1, 1997

🐳HFD @ 🦅WSH

2–3 (OT) · Capitals won

Mar 23, 1996

🐳HFD @ 🦅WSH

2–2 (OT) · Whalers won

Jan 3, 1996

🦅WSH @ 🐳HFD

0–2 · Whalers won

❓ HFD vs WSH, answered

Who won Whalers vs Capitals on March 16, 1997?

Capitals won 5–3.

What was the final score of Whalers vs Capitals?

The final score was Whalers 3, Capitals 5.

Who scored for Whalers?

Nelson Emerson (2), Kevin Dineen.

Who scored for Capitals?

Calle Johansson, Michal Pivonka, Peter Bondra, Phil Housley, Steve Konowalchuk.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Sean Burke made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Whalers vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Whalers vs Capitals season series?

Capitals 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

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Mar 15

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Mar 15

Also on March 16, 1997

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