🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 39-31-10 before this game

2–3

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 34-38-7 before this game

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

Canadiens at Capitals

Capitals beat Canadiens 3–2 at Capital One Arena on April 10, 1997.

🗓 Thu, Apr 10, 1997 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Peter Bondra

2 A

4 shots

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Joe Juneau

1 G

6 shots

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Adam Oates

1 G

3 shots

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Steve Konowalchuk Go-ahead 1st · 10:19

Assists: Peter Bondra, Sergei Gonchar · beat Jocelyn Thibault

0–1

🇨🇦 Shayne Corson Tying 1st · 18:36

Assists: Patrice Brisebois, Mark Recchi · beat Bill Ranford

1–1

2nd period

🦅 Adam Oates PP Go-ahead 2nd · 02:53

Assists: Phil Housley, Peter Bondra · beat Jocelyn Thibault

1–2

🦅 Joe Juneau PP 2nd · 08:38

Unassisted · beat Jocelyn Thibault

1–3

3rd period

🇨🇦 Valeri Bure PP 3rd · 03:27

Assists: Vladimir Malakhov, Saku Koivu · beat Bill Ranford

2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅

23 Shots on goal 33

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6

22 Penalty minutes 8

MTL shooting 8.7% (2/23) WSH shooting 9.1% (3/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:23 TOI

🦅Capitals

Bill Ranford

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 39-31-10 (49% win rate, 80 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 34-38-7 (43% win rate, 79 games)

After 2nd — 1–3

Canadiens

Canadiens: 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 4–0 Full head-to-head →

1–0 (OT) · Capitals won

Jan 31, 1996

🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL

3–5 · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs WSH, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on April 10, 1997?

Capitals won 3–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Capitals?

The final score was Canadiens 2, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Shayne Corson, Valeri Bure.

Who scored for Capitals?

Adam Oates, Joe Juneau, Steve Konowalchuk.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

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

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Canadiens vs Capitals season series?

Capitals 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

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Apr 9

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Apr 6

Also on April 10, 1997

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