Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens 3-1, Mar 22, 1997: Box Score | AskScores

Washington Capitals

3

Montreal Canadiens

1

Final · Bell Centre

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

The Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Mar 22, 1997 at Bell Centre.

Top performers

Rick Tocchet
Rick Tocchet had 2 goals for the Capitals.
Bill Ranford
Bill Ranford made 28 saves on 29 shots for the Capitals.
Martin Rucinsky
Martin Rucinsky had 1 goal for the Canadiens.
Jocelyn Thibault
Jocelyn Thibault made 17 saves on 20 shots for the Canadiens.

Before and after

Capitals · 1996-97 season · Previous Mar 21, 1997: BUF 4, WSH 1 · Next Mar 25, 1997: STL 2, WSH 3
Canadiens · 1996-97 season · Previous Mar 19, 1997: MTL 5, NYR 4 · Next Mar 24, 1997: BOS 1, MTL 3

Other Capitals vs Canadiens games

Other Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens games

Apr 10, 1997	MTL at WSH	2-3	Regular
Nov 30, 1996	WSH at MTL	2-0	Regular
Nov 15, 1996	MTL at WSH	1-3	Regular
Feb 28, 2026	WSH at MTL	2-6	Regular
Jan 13, 2026	MTL at WSH	2-3	Regular
Nov 20, 2025	WSH at MTL	8-4	Regular

Washington Capitals box score

Skaters

Washington Capitals skaters, Mar 22, 1997

Rick Tocchet	2	0	2	2	5	0	0:00
Sylvain Cote	0	1	1	0	0	2	0:00
Adam Oates	0	1	1	2	2	2	0:00
Kelly Miller	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Brendan Witt	0	1	1	1	0	2	0:00
Steve Konowalchuk	1	0	1	1	3	0	0:00
Ken Klee	0	1	1	1	1	2	0:00
Dale Hunter	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Calle Johansson	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Craig Berube	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Mike Eagles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Peter Bondra	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Michal Pivonka	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0:00
Joe Juneau	0	0	0	2	0	0	0:00
Andrei Nikolishin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Todd Krygier	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Eric Charron	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Stewart Malgunas	0	0	0	1	1	2	0:00
Team	3	5	8	9	20	14

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

Goalies

Washington Capitals goalies, Mar 22, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Bill Ranford	29	28	1	.966	60:00

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Montreal Canadiens box score

Skaters

Montreal Canadiens skaters, Mar 22, 1997

Vincent Damphousse	0	1	1	0	2	2	0:00
Martin Rucinsky	1	0	1	0	2	2	0:00
Valeri Bure	0	1	1	1	1	0	0:00
Mark Recchi	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0:00
Shayne Corson	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Patrice Brisebois	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Stephane Richer	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0:00
Scott Thornton	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Dave Manson	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0:00
Stephane Quintal	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Jassen Cullimore	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Darcy Tucker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Benoit Brunet	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Vladimir Malakhov	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Turner Stevenson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Brian Savage	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0:00
Marc Bureau	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Peter Popovic	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Team	1	2	3	-10	29	10

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

Goalies

Montreal Canadiens goalies, Mar 22, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jocelyn Thibault	20	17	3	.850	57:53

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%