Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Wednesday, January 21, 1998 · Ice Palace
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday, January 21, 1998 at Ice Palace. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 30-26.
Peter Bondra scored twice. Alexander Selivanov, Jason Wiemer and Kelly Miller also scored.
Scoring
2nd period
Alexander Selivanov (10)Darcy Tucker (6), Jamie Huscroft (3)0–101:45 TBL
Jason Wiemer (7)Alexander Selivanov (12)0–207:13 TBL
Peter Bondra (29)Andrew Brunette (2), Adam Oates (38)1–216:13 WSH
3rd period
- Peter Bondra (30)Andrew Brunette (3), Joe Reekie (3)2–200:36 WSH
OT period
Kelly Miller (5)Dale Hunter (14), Craig Berube (7)3–203:32 WSH
Team stats
WSHTBL
30Shots on goal26
56%Faceoff %44%
0/4Power play0/4
12Penalty minutes12
13Hits19
4Blocked shots6
1Giveaways7
2Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 03:34
Brendan Witt · interference2 min - 1st 09:04
Bryan Marchment · roughing2 min - 1st 09:04Craig Berube · roughing2 min
- 1st 12:27Jamie Huscroft · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 11:54Craig Berube · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:09Jason Wiemer · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:30Richard Zednik · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 07:28Alexander Selivanov · roughing2 min
- 3rd 11:21Jason Bonsignore · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 13:43Jeff Toms · tripping2 min
- OT 00:43Cory Cross · roughing2 min
- OT 00:43Steve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.