🦅 Away Capitals 32-34-6 before this game

3–1

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 34-28-10 before this game

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

Capitals at Canadiens

Capitals beat Canadiens 3–1 at Bell Centre on March 22, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Mar 22, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Rick Tocchet

2 G

5 shots · +2

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Steve Konowalchuk

1 G

3 shots · +1

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Adam Oates

1 A

2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Rick Tocchet Go-ahead 1st · 13:58

Assists: Sylvain Cote, Brendan Witt

1–0

2nd period

🦅 Rick Tocchet 2nd · 08:59

Assists: Adam Oates

2–0

🦅 Steve Konowalchuk SH 2nd · 19:11

Assists: Ken Klee, Kelly Miller

3–0

3rd period

🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky 3rd · 06:32

Assists: Valeri Bure, Vincent Damphousse

3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦

20 Shots on goal 29

14 Penalty minutes 10

WSH shooting 15.0% (3/20) MTL shooting 3.4% (1/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Bill Ranford

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 57:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–0

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

1–0 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs MTL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on March 22, 1997?

Capitals won 3–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Canadiens?

The final score was Capitals 3, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Rick Tocchet (2), Steve Konowalchuk.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Martin Rucinsky.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

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

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Canadiens season series?

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 after 3 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 · Mar 21

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 19

Also on March 22, 1997

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