🏛️ Away Senators 20-17-1 before this game
3–0
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 20-14-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
OTT 0003
WSH 0000

Senators at Capitals

Senators beat Capitals 3–0 at Capital One Arena on December 27, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Dec 27, 1997 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Senators lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏛️ OTT
Randy Cunneyworth
2 A
14:35 TOI · +2
2nd star 🏛️ OTT
Andreas Dackell
1 G
3 shots · 17:35 TOI · +1
3rd star 🏛️ OTT
Alexandre Daigle
1 G
2 shots · 15:38 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏛️OTT WSH🦅
20 Shots on goal 31
7 Hits 10
8 Blocked shots 5
2 Takeaways 3
2 Giveaways 2
11 Penalty minutes 19
OTT shooting 15.0% (3/20) WSH shooting 0.0% (0/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏛️Senators
Ron Tugnutt
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Bill Ranford
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Senators
Senators — tied after 1st: 20-17-1 (53% win rate, 38 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 20-14-4 (53% win rate, 38 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Senators
Senators — tied after 2nd: 20-17-1 (53% win rate, 38 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 20-14-4 (53% win rate, 38 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏛️Senators
L1 McEachern · Yashin · Dackell 17:35
L2 Cunneyworth · Van Allen · Daigle 14:35
L3 Lambert · Bonk · Zholtok 12:55
L4 Vial · Armstrong 11:01
D1 Laukkanen · Kravchuk 23:44
D2 Redden · Neckar 19:52
D3 Pitlick · York 16:08
D4 Phillips 11:32
🦅Capitals
L1 Oates · Bondra · Zednik 20:33
L2 Konowalchuk · Miller · Bulis 15:37
L3 Eagles · Hunter · Gratton 11:59
L4 Berube 11:46
D1 Gonchar · Johansson 23:27
D2 Reekie · Tinordi 18:28
D3 Witt · Housley 14:58
D4 Cote · Klee 11:02

⚔️ Last meetings

Senators lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 27, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT
1–3 · Senators won
Apr 3, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT
0–4 · Senators won
Feb 18, 1997
🏛️OTT @ 🦅WSH
6–1 · Senators won
Jan 15, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT
1–5 · Senators won
Nov 27, 1996
🏛️OTT @ 🦅WSH
2–1 · Senators won

❓ OTT vs WSH, answered

Who won Senators vs Capitals on December 27, 1997?

Senators won 3–0.

What was the final score of Senators vs Capitals?

The final score was Senators 3, Capitals 0.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

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

Where is Senators vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Senators vs Capitals season series?

Senators lead the season series 2–0 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
🏛️Senators
Previous game · Dec 23
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT
3–4 · OTT won
Next game · Dec 31
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 · BUF won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Dec 26
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–1 · PIT won
Next game · Dec 29
🎵STL @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · WSH won
Also on December 27, 1997
🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL
3–1 final
⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR
1–4 final
🐆FLA @ 🏝️NYI
6–2 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
1–0 final
🐙DET @ 🍁TOR
8–1 final
🐋VAN @ ⭐DAL
3–3 final
🏔️COL @ 🛢️EDM
5–1 final
🦆ANA @ 🎵STL
5–5 final
Senators season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule