Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals
Mon, May 25, 1998 · MCI Center · 1997–98 Playoffs
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime on Mon, May 25, 1998 at MCI Center. Olie Kolzig made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–39.
Linescore
| Team | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|
| BUF | 2 | 33 |
| WSH | 3 | 39 |
Buffalo Sabres
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Dixon Ward | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21:15 | 27 | |
| 36 | Matthew Barnaby | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:17 | 21 | |
| 25 | Vaclav Varada | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:24 | 19 | |
| 8 | Darryl Shannon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23:44 | 26 | |
| 42 | Richard Smehlik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:28 | 25 | |
| 44 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23:20 | 29 | |
| 4 | Mike Wilson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:21 | 27 | |
| 37 | Curtis Brown | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 20:22 | 23 |
| 27 | Michael Peca | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 44.0 | 20:18 | 29 |
| 5 | Jason Woolley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:29 | 22 | |
| 19 | Brian Holzinger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 38.9 | 17:14 | 20 |
| 18 | Michal Grosek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16:23 | 20 | |
| 28 | Donald Audette | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 | 17 | |
| 81 | Miroslav Satan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 | 18 | |
| 6 | Bob Boughner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13:09 | 19 | |
| 80 | Geoff Sanderson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:45 | 16 | |
| 22 | Wayne Primeau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38.5 | 7:30 | 13 |
| 32 | Rob Ray | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4:19 | 8 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Dominik Hasek | L | 39 | 36 | 3 | .923 | 63:01 |
| 31 | Steve Shields | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Adam Oates | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74.1 | 26:20 | 26 |
| 90 | Joe Juneau | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24:54 | 26 | |
| 12 | Peter Bondra | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:05 | 22 | |
| 23 | Brian Bellows | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:07 | 22 | |
| 13 | Andrei Nikolishin | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 41.2 | 18:46 | 22 |
| 9 | Todd Krygier | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 | 18 | |
| 96 | Phil Housley | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:32 | 9 | |
| 55 | Sergei Gonchar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 34:35 | 34 | |
| 6 | Calle Johansson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 27:12 | 36 | |
| 29 | Joe Reekie | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24:36 | 31 | |
| 24 | Mark Tinordi | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24:21 | 34 | |
| 11 | Esa Tikkanen | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 | 16:50 | 20 |
| 17 | Chris Simon | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10:34 | 17 | |
| 44 | Richard Zednik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:56 | 14 | |
| 32 | Dale Hunter | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 73.3 | 9:09 | 15 |
| 20 | Michal Pivonka | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.4 | 7:48 | 11 |
| 27 | Craig Berube | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6:53 | 12 | |
| 19 | Brendan Witt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4:53 | 9 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | Olie Kolzig | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 62:56 |
| 30 | Bill Ranford | 0 | 0 | 0 |