Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals 4-1, Mar 21, 1997: Box Score | AskScores

4

Washington Capitals

1

Final · USAir Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	2	2	4
WSH	0	1	0	1

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Mar 21, 1997 at USAir Arena.

Top performers

Michael Peca
Michael Peca had 1 goal and 2 assists for the Sabres.
Steve Shields
Steve Shields made 30 saves on 31 shots for the Sabres.
Peter Bondra
Peter Bondra had 1 goal for the Capitals.
Bill Ranford
Bill Ranford made 8 saves on 11 shots for the Capitals.

Before and after

Sabres · 1996-97 season · Previous Mar 18, 1997: BUF 3, PIT 5 · Next Mar 22, 1997: BUF 2, FLA 3
Capitals · 1996-97 season · Previous Mar 19, 1997: NJ 2, WSH 2 · Next Mar 22, 1997: WSH 3, MTL 1

Other Sabres vs Capitals games

Other Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals games

Apr 13, 1997	WSH at BUF	8-3	Regular
Feb 2, 1997	WSH at BUF	2-2	Regular
Oct 18, 1996	BUF at WSH	4-1	Regular
Apr 4, 2026	BUF at WSH	2-6	Regular
Mar 12, 2026	WSH at BUF	2-1	Regular
Nov 1, 2025	WSH at BUF	3-4	Regular

Buffalo Sabres box score

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres skaters, Mar 21, 1997

Michael Peca	1	2	3	3	1	0	0:00
Jason Dawe	2	0	2	2	2	0	0:00
Garry Galley	0	1	1	2	0	0	0:00
Donald Audette	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0:00
Dixon Ward	0	1	1	2	1	0	0:00
Brian Holzinger	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0:00
Richard Smehlik	0	1	1	2	1	2	0:00
Brad May	0	0	0	0	0	4	0:00
Alexei Zhitnik	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Wayne Primeau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Rob Ray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Matthew Barnaby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Jay McKee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Miroslav Satan	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Darryl Shannon	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Michal Grosek	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Bob Boughner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Derek Plante	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Team	4	6	10	9	12	16

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

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres goalies, Mar 21, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Steve Shields	31	30	1	.968	60:00

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

Washington Capitals box score

Skaters

Washington Capitals skaters, Mar 21, 1997

Calle Johansson	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0:00
Peter Bondra	1	0	1	0	5	0	0:00
Michal Pivonka	0	1	1	1	1	0	0:00
Sylvain Cote	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Dale Hunter	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Adam Oates	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Rick Tocchet	0	0	0	-2	5	2	0:00
Craig Berube	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Mike Eagles	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Kelly Miller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Chris Simon	0	0	0	-1	1	6	0:00
Brendan Witt	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0:00
Steve Konowalchuk	0	0	0	0	3	2	0:00
Ken Klee	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Joe Juneau	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0:00
Andrei Nikolishin	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Stewart Malgunas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Team	1	2	3	-11	31	14

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

Goalies

Washington Capitals goalies, Mar 21, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Bill Ranford	11	8	3	.727	59:01

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