Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Thursday, March 5, 1998 · CoreStates Center

WashingtonCapitalsAway

2–3

25–20

PhiladelphiaFlyersHome

Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Thursday, March 5, 1998 at CoreStates Center. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 25–20.

Goals came from Andrei Nikolishin, Rod Brind'Amour, Eric Lindros, Chris Gratton and Phil Housley.

Goals
WSH	1	0	1	2	25
PHI	0	3	0	3	20

Scoring

1st period

Andrei Nikolishin (2)Sergei Gonchar (13), Kelly Miller (6)1–006:24 WSH

2nd period

Rod Brind'Amour (27)Alexandre Daigle (18), Chris Gratton (31)1–104:25 PHI
Eric Lindros (27)Rod Brind'Amour (25)1–212:59 PHI ·
Chris Gratton (16)Trent Klatt (17)1–317:36 PHI

3rd period

Phil Housley (5)Peter Bondra (21), Calle Johansson (14)2–302:31 WSH ·

Team stats

WSHPHI

2520

42%58%

1/70/8

2321

719

116

920

48

Penalties

1:40 into the first periodDale Hunter · hooking obstruction2 min
2:36 into the first periodChris Joseph · holding stick obstruction2 min
12:30 into the first periodSteve Konowalchuk · tripping obstruction2 min
14:51 into the first periodCalle Johansson · holding obstruction2 min
16:39 into the first periodColin Forbes · elbowing2 min
16:39 into the first periodColin Forbes · fighting5 min
16:39 into the first periodSteve Konowalchuk · fighting5 min
19:11 into the first periodCraig Berube · boarding2 min
6:04 into the second periodSylvain Cote · tripping2 min
12:26 into the second periodColin Forbes · hooking obstruction2 min
15:23 into the second periodChris Gratton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
18:17 into the second periodAndrei Nikolishin · tripping obstruction2 min
18:51 into the second periodEric Desjardins · interference2 min
0:51 into the third periodEric Lindros · roughing2 min
0:51 into the third periodAndrei Nikolishin · roughing2 min
1:21 into the third periodLuke Richardson · interference2 min
8:16 into the third periodEric Lindros · roughing2 min
11:53 into the third periodJoe Reekie · high sticking2 min
13:15 into the third periodCalle Johansson · boarding2 min

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