🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 14-6-4 before this game
6–5
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 14-8-2 before this game
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Canadiens at Capitals

Canadiens beat Capitals 6–5 at Capital One Arena on November 26, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Nov 26, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mark Recchi
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 20:22 TOI · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Shayne Corson
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 21:59 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Phil Housley
3 A
1 shots · 23:37 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅
27 Shots on goal 31
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
6 Hits 6
5 Blocked shots 8
6 Takeaways 5
4 Giveaways 14
10 Penalty minutes 10
MTL shooting 22.2% (6/27) WSH shooting 16.1% (5/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jocelyn Thibault
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Bill Ranford
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 22:31 TOI
Olie Kolzig
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 36:31 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 14-6-4 (58% win rate, 24 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 14-8-2 (58% win rate, 24 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 14-6-4 (58% win rate, 24 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 14-8-2 (58% win rate, 24 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Corson · Damphousse · Recchi 21:35
L2 Rucinsky · Koivu · Bure 19:23
L3 Thornton · Bureau · Tucker 12:30
L4 Higgins · Ling 5:28
D1 Brisebois · Manson 24:28
D2 Malakhov · Quintal 19:52
D3 Popovic · Clark 12:22
D4 Rivet 4:37
🦅Capitals
L1 Simon · Oates · Bondra 24:01
L2 Konowalchuk · Bulis · Zednik 15:44
L3 Miller · Juneau · Hunter 10:30
L4 Toms · Svejkovsky 5:32
D1 Johansson · Housley 24:18
D2 Cote · Gonchar 19:07
D3 Witt · Tinordi 16:42
D4 Klee 4:35

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 15, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · Capitals won
Oct 18, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · Capitals won
Apr 10, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · Capitals won
Mar 22, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–1 · Capitals won
Nov 30, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–0 · Capitals won

❓ MTL vs WSH, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on November 26, 1997?

Canadiens won 6–5.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Capitals?

The final score was Canadiens 6, Capitals 5.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 0 saves on 1 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 2–1 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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Nov 24
🦈SJS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–2 · SJS won
Next game · Nov 28
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET
0–2 · DET won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Nov 23
🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA
5–2 · WSH won
Next game · Nov 27
🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT
1–3 · OTT won
Also on November 26, 1997
🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT
2–3 final
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 final
🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI
1–4 final
🏔️COL @ ⚡TBL
3–3 final
🐻BOS @ 🐆FLA
5–10 final
🏛️OTT @ 🐙DET
1–4 final
👑LAK @ ⭐DAL
1–4 final
😈NJD @ 🦆ANA
0–2 final
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