Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals 5-3, Dec 6, 1996: Box Score and Player Stats | AskScores

Pittsburgh Penguins

5

Washington Capitals

3

Final · USAir Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	2	3	5
WSH	2	0	1	3

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Dec 6, 1996 at USAir Arena.

Top performers

Jaromir Jagr
Jaromir Jagr had 2 goals and 1 assist for the Penguins.
Patrick Lalime
Patrick Lalime made 16 saves on 17 shots for the Penguins.
Dale Hunter
Dale Hunter had 2 goals for the Capitals.
Olaf Kolzig
Olaf Kolzig made 23 saves on 28 shots for the Capitals.

Before and after

Penguins · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 4, 1996: PIT 4, OTT 2 · Next Dec 7, 1996: ANA 3, PIT 5
Capitals · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 4, 1996: DET 2, WSH 0 · Next Dec 7, 1996: WSH 0, NYI 2

Other Penguins vs Capitals games

Other Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals games

Dec 30, 1996	WSH at PIT	3-5	Regular
Nov 1, 1996	PIT at WSH	2-4	Regular
Oct 19, 1996	WSH at PIT	1-2	Regular
Apr 12, 2026	PIT at WSH	0-3	Regular
Apr 11, 2026	WSH at PIT	6-3	Regular
Nov 6, 2025	WSH at PIT	3-5	Regular

Pittsburgh Penguins box score

Skaters

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters, Dec 6, 1996

Jaromir Jagr	2	1	3	1	4	12	0:00
Petr Nedved	1	1	2	1	2	2	0:00
Alex Stojanov	0	2	2	2	0	0	0:00
Ron Francis	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0:00
Mario Lemieux	1	0	1	1	3	0	0:00
Kevin Hatcher	0	1	1	0	4	0	0:00
Jean-Jacques Daigneault	0	1	1	0	0	0	0:00
Stu Barnes	0	1	1	0	1	2	0:00
Andreas Johansson	0	1	1	-1	3	2	0:00
Craig Muni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Glen Murray	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Fredrik Olausson	0	0	0	2	1	2	0:00
Jason Woolley	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0:00
Darius Kasparaitis	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Tyler Wright	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Francois Leroux	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Alex Hicks	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Dave Roche	0	0	0	1	2	0	0:00
Team	5	8	13	5	28	22

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies, Dec 6, 1996

Patrick Lalime	17	16	1	.941	40:00
Ken Wregget	12	10	2	.833	20:00
Team	29	26	3	1.774

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

Washington Capitals box score

Skaters

Washington Capitals skaters, Dec 6, 1996

Dale Hunter	2	0	2	1	4	0	0:00
Kelly Miller	0	2	2	1	0	0	0:00
Steve Konowalchuk	0	2	2	2	2	0	0:00
Andrei Nikolishin	1	0	1	-2	1	0	0:00
Phil Housley	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Sergei Gonchar	0	0	0	1	4	0	0:00
Sylvain Cote	0	0	0	1	1	0	0:00
Craig Berube	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Joe Reekie	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Andrew Brunette	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Mike Eagles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Chris Simon	0	0	0	-3	1	2	0:00
Ken Klee	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Mark Tinordi	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Jason Allison	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Anson Carter	0	0	0	0	4	0	0:00
Todd Krygier	0	0	0	-3	3	0	0:00
Kevin Kaminski	0	0	0	1	1	2	0:00
Team	3	4	7	-5	29	8

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Washington Capitals goalies, Dec 6, 1996
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Olaf Kolzig	28	23	5	.821	58:55

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%