Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, January 8, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Thursday, January 8, 1998 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 31–17.
Peter Bondra scored a hat trick. Brian Leetch, Bruce Driver, Niklas Sundstrom, Andrew Brunette and Dale Hunter also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 14 saves on 17 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Leetch (10)Bruce Driver (7), Brian Skrudland (5)0–107:07 NYR
Peter Bondra (24)Sergei Gonchar (6), Craig Berube (4)1–118:18 WSH
2nd period
Bruce Driver (4)Wayne Gretzky (29), Kevin Stevens (14)1–204:05 NYR
Niklas Sundstrom (9)Kevin Stevens (15), Wayne Gretzky (30)1–310:35 NYR- Peter Bondra (25)Andrei Nikolishin (1), Jeff Toms (5)2–318:18 WSH
3rd period
Andrew Brunette (5)Adam Oates (35), Todd Krygier (6)3–302:09 WSH- Peter Bondra (26)Steve Konowalchuk (12), Calle Johansson (12)4–310:43 WSH
Dale Hunter (5)Steve Konowalchuk (13), Kelly Miller (3)5–317:04 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
3117
54%46%
0/50/3
2034
2135
615
2133
424
Penalties
- 0:00 into the first period
P.J. Stock · misconduct10 min - 0:00 into the first period
Dale Hunter · misconduct10 min - 2:59 into the first periodAdam Graves · cross checking2 min
- 4:05 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
- 11:04 into the first periodP.J. Stock · roughing2 min
- 11:04 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 11:57 into the first periodMark Tinordi · holding2 min
- 11:57 into the first periodMark Tinordi · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1:15 into the second periodJohan Lindbom · charging2 min
- 2:00 into the second periodAndrew Brunette · holding the stick2 min
- 5:49 into the second periodBrian Leetch · roughing2 min
- 5:49 into the second periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 6:37 into the second periodDoug Lidster · cross checking2 min
- 12:50 into the second periodMike Keane · slashing2 min
- 17:04 into the third periodKevin Stevens · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 23:16 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 9Todd KrygierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 16:40 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:56 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 14:36 |
| 21Jeff TomsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:20 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:21 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:15 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:31 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 7 | 28:23 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 25:21 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:56 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 07:00 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:09 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:45 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Stephane BeauregardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 17 | 3 | .824 |
New York Rangers
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:26 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:48 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 27:07 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:42 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:38 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 16:10 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 19:05 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 19:45 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:46 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:48 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:44 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:03 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:58 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:06 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:55 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |