Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals 3-5, Mar 16, 1997: Box Score | AskScores

Carolina Hurricanes

3

Washington Capitals

5

Final · USAir Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
CAR	1	1	1	3
WSH	3	1	1	5

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 on Mar 16, 1997 at USAir Arena.

Top performers

Nelson Emerson
Nelson Emerson had 2 goals and 1 assist for the Hurricanes.
Sean Burke
Sean Burke made 18 saves on 22 shots for the Hurricanes.
Peter Bondra
Peter Bondra had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Capitals.
Bill Ranford
Bill Ranford made 23 saves on 26 shots for the Capitals.

Before and after

Hurricanes · 1996-97 season · Previous Mar 15, 1997: EDM 4, CAR 2 · Next Mar 20, 1997: CAR 1, STL 4
Capitals · 1996-97 season · Previous Mar 15, 1997: WSH 2, NJ 3 · Next Mar 19, 1997: NJ 2, WSH 2

Other Hurricanes vs Capitals games

Other Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals games

Feb 22, 1997	WSH at CAR	0-2	Regular
Jan 4, 1997	WSH at CAR	1-1	Regular
Jan 1, 1997	CAR at WSH	2-3	Regular
Jan 31, 2026	CAR at WSH	3-4	Regular
Dec 11, 2025	CAR at WSH	3-2	Regular
Nov 11, 2025	WSH at CAR	4-1	Regular

Carolina Hurricanes box score

Skaters

Carolina Hurricanes skaters, Mar 16, 1997

Nelson Emerson	2	1	3	-1	4	0	0:00
Andrew Cassels	0	2	2	-3	1	10	0:00
Kevin Dineen	1	0	1	-3	4	0	0:00
Steve Chiasson	0	1	1	-2	4	0	0:00
Glen Wesley	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Gerald Diduck	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0:00
Geoff Sanderson	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0:00
Keith Primeau	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0:00
Paul Ranheim	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Mark Janssens	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Adam Burt	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0:00
Kevin Haller	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0:00
Marek Malik	0	0	0	0	1	4	0:00
Jeff Daniels	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Robert Kron	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Kent Manderville	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Jeff O'Neill	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Steven Rice	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Team	3	4	7	-26	26	16

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

Goalies

Carolina Hurricanes goalies, Mar 16, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Sean Burke	22	18	4	.818	58:55

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

Washington Capitals box score

Skaters

Washington Capitals skaters, Mar 16, 1997

Peter Bondra	1	1	2	3	6	2	0:00
Chris Simon	0	2	2	2	2	0	0:00
Phil Housley	1	0	1	1	1	0	0:00
Sylvain Cote	0	1	1	3	2	2	0:00
Dale Hunter	0	1	1	2	1	10	0:00
Adam Oates	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Rick Tocchet	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Calle Johansson	1	0	1	4	3	0	0:00
Craig Berube	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Steve Konowalchuk	1	0	1	1	3	0	0:00
Michal Pivonka	1	0	1	2	2	2	0:00
Joe Juneau	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Brendan Witt	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Ken Klee	0	0	0	0	1	4	0:00
Mark Tinordi	0	0	0	3	0	2	0:00
Andrei Nikolishin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Team	5	9	14	25	23	22

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

Goalies

Washington Capitals goalies, Mar 16, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Bill Ranford	26	23	3	.885	60:00

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