Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, January 15, 1998 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 on Thursday, January 15, 1998 at MCI Center.
Alexei Zhamnov scored twice. Craig Berube, Andrei Nikolishin and Andrew Brunette also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Andrei Trefilov stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Alexei Zhamnov (11)Jarrod Skalde (7), Tony Amonte (27)1–015:40 CHI
2nd period
Craig Berube (5)Kelly Miller (5), Dale Hunter (13)1–100:35 WSH
Andrei Nikolishin (1)Jeff Toms (6), Peter Bondra (16)1–207:16 WSH
3rd period
- Alexei Zhamnov (12)Chris Chelios (25), Kevin Miller (5)2–200:44 CHI
Andrew Brunette (9)Peter Bondra (17), Adam Oates (37)2–310:44 WSH
Team stats
CHIWSH
3131
56%44%
0/30/1
26
129
612
711
714
Penalties
- 13:30 into the first period
Christian Laflamme · interference obstruction2 min - 2:23 into the second period
Joe Reekie · interference obstruction2 min - 9:29 into the second periodJoe Reekie · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:51 into the third periodJoe Reekie · cross checking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 36Alexei ZhamnovC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 22:21 |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 22:51 |
| 16Jarrod SkaldeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:11 |
| 17Kevin MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 29:30 |
| 14Steve DubinskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 15Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:27 |
| 22Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:36 |
| 23Jean-Yves LerouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 33Reid SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:03 |
| 39Craig MillsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:21 |
| 46Dimitri NabokovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:56 |
| 55Eric DazeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21:47 |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 3Christian LaflammeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 4Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 8Cam RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 24:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Andrei TrefilovG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Jeff HackettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:14 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:39 |
| 21Jeff TomsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:56 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:59 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:43 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:43 |
| 9Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:05 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11:28 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:04 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:31 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:27 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |