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Sunday, February 2, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena

Capitals 2 at Sabres 2

Final/OT

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 79OVR Steve Konowalchuk Capitals First Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG G 99OVR Dominik Hasek Sabres Second Star 27 SV · .931 D 87OVR Garry Galley Sabres Third Star 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 10:24 Jason Dawe (14) Michael Peca (16), Dixon Ward (22) WSH 0 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

No scoring

3rd Period

  1. 8:32 Kelly Miller (8) Phil Housley (20), Steve Konowalchuk (18) WSH 1 – 1 BUF
  2. 13:48 Steve Konowalchuk (10) PPG Joe Juneau (21), Dale Hunter (24) WSH 2 – 1 BUF
  3. 15:19 Michal Grosek (11) Derek Plante (14), Garry Galley (21) WSH 2 – 2 BUF

Overtime

No scoring

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Steve Konowalchuk L 1 1 2 +1 1.53
Kelly Miller L 1 0 2 +1 0.90
Joe Juneau C 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Phil Housley D 0 1 1 0 0.70
Dale Hunter C 0 1 1 +1 0.55
Calle Johansson D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Todd Krygier L 0 0 5 -1 0.08
Ken Klee D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Anson Carter R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Andrei Nikolishin C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Jason Allison C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Sylvain Cote D 0 0 4 -1 0.00
Eric Charron D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Michal Pivonka C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Kevin Kaminski C 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Mike Eagles L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Joe Reekie D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Craig Berube L 0 0 0 0 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Carey T 24 22 2 .917 65:00 0.70

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Garry Galley D 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Jason Dawe R 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Michal Grosek L 1 0 2 +1 0.90
Derek Plante C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Michael Peca C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Dixon Ward L 0 1 0 +1 0.63
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Donald Audette R 0 0 5 -1 0.08
Rob Ray R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Matthew Barnaby R 0 0 3 +1 0.08
Brian Holzinger C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Vaclav Varada R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Wayne Primeau C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Brad May L 0 0 3 -1 -0.08
Darryl Shannon D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Bob Boughner D 0 0 0 0 -0.38
Mike Wilson D 0 0 0 -1 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek T 29 27 2 .931 65:00 1.20