🐧 Away Penguins 22-11-4 before this game
4–1
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 20-13-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Penguins at Capitals

Penguins beat Capitals 4–1 at Capital One Arena on December 26, 1997.

🗓 Fri, Dec 26, 1997 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Jaromir Jagr
2 G, 1 A
7 shots · 23:13 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Kevin Hatcher
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 25:18 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Ron Francis
2 A
3 shots · 22:58 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
35 Shots on goal 24
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
4 Hits 10
8 Blocked shots 11
1 Takeaways 3
10 Giveaways 8
10 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 11.4% (4/35) WSH shooting 4.2% (1/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 22-11-4 (59% win rate, 37 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 20-13-4 (54% win rate, 37 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 22-11-4 (59% win rate, 37 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 20-13-4 (54% win rate, 37 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Barnes · Francis · Jagr 23:13
L2 Straka · Lang · Brown 18:08
L3 Johansson · Wright · Ferraro 9:26
L4 Ferraro 5:19
D1 Hatcher · Slegr 23:50
D2 Werenka · Tamer 16:32
D3 Olausson · Moran 13:46
D4 Kasparaitis · Wilkinson 11:01
🦅Capitals
L1 Konowalchuk · Oates · Bondra 21:00
L2 Pivonka · Bulis · Zednik 16:43
L3 Miller · Eagles · Hunter 9:46
L4 Berube · Gratton 8:07
D1 Housley · Johansson 22:40
D2 Tinordi · Witt 19:51
D3 Gonchar · Reekie 16:04
D4 Cote 8:50

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 12, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
4–1 · Capitals won
Dec 30, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–5 · Penguins won
Dec 6, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
5–3 · Penguins won
Nov 1, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · Capitals won
Oct 19, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
1–2 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on December 26, 1997?

Penguins won 4–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 4, Capitals 1.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Penguins vs Capitals season series?

Season series tied 1–1 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Dec 20
🐧PIT @ 🎵STL
1–4 · STL won
Next game · Dec 27
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
1–0 · MTL won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Dec 23
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
1–1 · NJD won
Next game · Dec 27
🏛️OTT @ 🦅WSH
3–0 · OTT won
Also on December 26, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR
5–2 final
🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 final
🏝️NYI @ 😈NJD
3–4 final
🍁TOR @ 🐙DET
1–4 final
🪶CHI @ 🎵STL
4–1 final
🌵PHX @ 🦈SJS
4–0 final
Penguins season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule