Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, January 25, 1998 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4–1 on Sunday, January 25, 1998 at MCI Center. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 35–26.
Goals came from Anson Carter, Phil Housley, Richard Zednik, Adam Oates and Peter Bondra.
Scoring
1st period
Anson Carter (7)Joe Thornton (1), Sergei Samsonov (13)1–012:03 BOS · 
Phil Housley (4)Peter Bondra (18), Adam Oates (39)1–116:52 WSH ·
2nd period
Richard Zednik (13)Michal Pivonka (6), Steve Konowalchuk (14)1–206:48 WSH
Adam Oates (11)Andrew Brunette (4), Sergei Gonchar (9)1–312:18 WSH
3rd period
Peter Bondra (31)Bill Ranford (1), Joe Juneau (12)1–419:08 WSH ·
Team stats
BOSWSH
3526
54%46%
1/51/3
610
610
54
810
312
Penalties
- 10:11 into the first period
Andrew Brunette · holding2 min - 16:43 into the first period
Dave Ellett · holding obstruction2 min - 9:08 into the second periodAndrew Brunette · hooking2 min
- 14:18 into the second periodRay Bourque · roughing2 min
- 18:36 into the second periodKen Klee · slashing2 min
- 1:17 into the third periodPeter Bondra · tripping2 min
- 3:43 into the third periodAdam Oates · cross checking2 min
- 9:38 into the third periodJason Allison · holding stick obstruction2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.