Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Thu, May 28, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena · 1997–98 Playoffs

Washington Capitals

4 – 3

Final/OT

Buffalo Sabres

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime on Thu, May 28, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. Andrei Nikolishin led the way with 4 points. Olie Kolzig made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–30.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
WSH	4	30
BUF	3	30

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Andrei Nikolishin	C	0	4	4	+2	0	1	1	1	65.2	19:27	27
12	Peter Bondra	R	2	1	3	+2	0	3	0	1		19:58	27
44	Richard Zednik	R	2	1	3	+2	0	7	1	1		17:08	21
24	Mark Tinordi	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0		28:42	38
6	Calle Johansson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	3		27:58	38
55	Sergei Gonchar	D	0	0	0	-2	4	3	1	1		31:49	33
29	Joe Reekie	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1		26:13	33
90	Joe Juneau	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		22:42	25
77	Adam Oates	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	60.6	22:37	25
23	Brian Bellows	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1		19:06	22
11	Esa Tikkanen	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	47.1	17:49	21
9	Todd Krygier	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:55	20
96	Phil Housley	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		14:57	15
36	Mike Eagles	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		13:57	16
17	Chris Simon	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		10:45	14
32	Dale Hunter	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	41.2	10:28	14
27	Craig Berube	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100.0	9:59	13
19	Brendan Witt	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0		9:48	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	Olie Kolzig	W	30	27	3	.900	69:37
30	Bill Ranford		0	0	0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
28	Donald Audette	R	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	2		21:02	25
42	Richard Smehlik	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1		24:36	32
5	Jason Woolley	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1		23:12	25
18	Michal Grosek	L	0	1	1	+1	2	3	3	1		20:59	24
36	Matthew Barnaby	R	1	0	1	+1	2	4	2	0		20:26	24
19	Brian Holzinger	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	2	0	64.0	20:13	27
80	Geoff Sanderson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	5	1	1		19:23	24
22	Wayne Primeau	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	9:00	9
44	Alexei Zhitnik	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	1		28:25	36
8	Darryl Shannon	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0		22:07	29
4	Mike Wilson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		20:31	28
27	Michael Peca	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	6	3	40.0	20:16	29
6	Bob Boughner	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	5	1		17:48	23
15	Dixon Ward	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		17:12	26
37	Curtis Brown	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	3	37.5	17:11	23
25	Vaclav Varada	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	5	1		13:30	19
26	Derek Plante	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	28.6	13:27	17
81	Miroslav Satan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		11:53	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Dominik Hasek	L	30	26	4	.867	69:37
31	Steve Shields		0	0	0