Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins 3-5, Dec 30, 1996: Box Score and Player Stats | AskScores

Washington Capitals

3

Pittsburgh Penguins

5

Final · Mellon Arena

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

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Dec 30, 1996 at Mellon Arena.

Top performers

Sylvain Cote
Sylvain Cote had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Capitals.
Olaf Kolzig
Olaf Kolzig made 25 saves on 29 shots for the Capitals.
Mario Lemieux
Mario Lemieux had 2 goals for the Penguins.
Patrick Lalime
Patrick Lalime made 25 saves on 28 shots for the Penguins.

Before and after

Capitals · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 28, 1996: FLA 1, WSH 1 · Next Jan 1, 1997: CAR 2, WSH 3
Penguins · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 28, 1996: BUF 0, PIT 2 · Next Jan 2, 1997: PIT 6, NJ 1

Other Capitals vs Penguins games

Other Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins games

Dec 6, 1996	PIT at WSH	5-3	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

Washington Capitals box score

Skaters

Washington Capitals skaters, Dec 30, 1996

Phil Housley	0	2	2	0	2	2	0:00
Sylvain Cote	1	1	2	-1	3	0	0:00
Peter Bondra	1	0	1	0	3	4	0:00
Joe Juneau	1	0	1	0	3	0	0:00
Michal Pivonka	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0:00
Dale Hunter	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Calle Johansson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0:00
Craig Berube	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Joe Reekie	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0:00
Mike Eagles	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Kelly Miller	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Chris Simon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Ken Klee	0	0	0	-2	3	2	0:00
Steve Konowalchuk	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Mark Tinordi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Jason Allison	0	0	0	1	3	0	0:00
Andrei Nikolishin	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0:00
Kevin Kaminski	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Team	3	4	7	-11	28	10

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

Goalies

Washington Capitals goalies, Dec 30, 1996
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Olaf Kolzig	29	25	4	.862	58:24

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

Pittsburgh Penguins box score

Skaters

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters, Dec 30, 1996

Mario Lemieux	2	0	2	0	4	0	0:00
Joe Mullen	1	1	2	3	2	0	0:00
Tomas Sandstrom	2	0	2	3	4	0	0:00
Jaromir Jagr	0	1	1	0	5	0	0:00
Stu Barnes	0	1	1	0	3	0	0:00
Craig Muni	0	1	1	2	0	0	0:00
Fredrik Olausson	0	1	1	3	2	0	0:00
Petr Nedved	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Francois Leroux	0	1	1	2	0	2	0:00
Alex Hicks	0	1	1	0	0	2	0:00
Ron Francis	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Kevin Hatcher	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0:00
Glen Murray	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Jason Woolley	0	0	0	2	1	0	0:00
Darius Kasparaitis	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Tyler Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Dave Roche	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Joe Dziedzic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Team	5	8	13	10	30	4

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

Goalies

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies, Dec 30, 1996
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Patrick Lalime	28	25	3	.893	60:00

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