San Jose Sharks vs Washington Capitals 2-3, Dec 20, 1996: Box Score | AskScores

San Jose Sharks

2

Washington Capitals

3

Final · USAir Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
SJ	1	1	0	2
WSH	2	0	1	3

The Washington Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Dec 20, 1996 at USAir Arena.

Top performers

Viktor Kozlov
Viktor Kozlov had 1 goal for the Sharks.
Chris Terreri
Chris Terreri made 29 saves on 32 shots for the Sharks.
Sergei Gonchar
Sergei Gonchar had 2 goals for the Capitals.
Jim Carey
Jim Carey made 19 saves on 21 shots for the Capitals.

Before and after

Sharks · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 17, 1996: TOR 6, SJ 3 · Next Dec 21, 1996: SJ 1, PIT 3
Capitals · 1996-97 season · Next Dec 21, 1996: WSH 3, BOS 4

Other Sharks vs Capitals games

Other San Jose Sharks vs Washington Capitals games

Dec 11, 1996	WSH at SJ	2-3	Regular
Jan 15, 2026	SJ at WSH	3-2	Regular
Dec 3, 2025	WSH at SJ	7-1	Regular
Mar 15, 2025	WSH at SJ	5-1	Regular
Dec 3, 2024	SJ at WSH	2-1	Regular
Nov 27, 2023	WSH at SJ	1-2	Regular

San Jose Sharks box score

Skaters

San Jose Sharks skaters, Dec 20, 1996

Viktor Kozlov	1	0	1	0	2	0	0:00
Michal Sykora	0	1	1	2	0	2	0:00
Ray Whitney	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Todd Gill	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Ron Sutter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Bernie Nicholls	0	0	0	0	2	2	0:00
Owen Nolan	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0:00
Tim Hunter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Doug Bodger	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Shean Donovan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Ulf Dahlen	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Tony Granato	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Greg Hawgood	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0:00
Jeff Friesen	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Andrei Nazarov	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0:00
Darren Turcotte	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Marcus Ragnarsson	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Team	1	1	2	-7	19	8

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

Goalies

San Jose Sharks goalies, Dec 20, 1996
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Chris Terreri	32	29	3	.906	59:15

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Washington Capitals box score

Skaters

Washington Capitals skaters, Dec 20, 1996

Sergei Gonchar	2	0	2	1	3	0	0:00
Dale Hunter	0	2	2	2	2	0	0:00
Phil Housley	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0:00
Steve Konowalchuk	0	1	1	1	3	2	0:00
Joe Juneau	0	1	1	0	3	0	0:00
Jason Allison	0	1	1	1	1	0	0:00
Andrei Nikolishin	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Sylvain Cote	0	0	0	1	5	0	0:00
Calle Johansson	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0:00
Craig Berube	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Joe Reekie	0	0	0	1	1	2	0:00
Peter Bondra	0	0	0	0	0	15	0:00
Kelly Miller	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Chris Simon	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Ken Klee	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Michal Pivonka	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Mark Tinordi	0	0	0	1	2	0	0:00
Todd Krygier	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Team	3	6	9	6	32	21

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

Goalies

Washington Capitals goalies, Dec 20, 1996
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jim Carey	21	19	2	.905	60:00

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%