Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Thursday, March 12, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

2–1

21–33

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 2–1 on Thursday, March 12, 1998 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 33–21.

Peter Bondra scored twice. Bryan Berard also scored.

Bill Ranford made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 19 of 21.

Goals
WSH	1	1	0	2	21
NYI	1	0	0	1	33

Scoring

1st period

Bryan Berard (13)Ziggy Palffy (30), Scott Lachance (11)0–107:19 NYI
Peter Bondra (40)Adam Oates (49), Sylvain Cote (14)1–108:58 WSH ·

2nd period

Peter Bondra (41)Adam Oates (50), Esa Tikkanen (11)2–100:51 WSH

Team stats

WSHNYI

2133

41%59%

0/20/7

2111

1223

1311

911

Penalties

7:50 into the first periodJoe Reekie · high sticking2 min
10:26 into the first periodMark Janssens · fighting5 min
10:26 into the first periodBrendan Witt · fighting5 min
10:45 into the first periodJoe Reekie · interference2 min
13:44 into the first periodZiggy Palffy · interference2 min
2:46 into the second periodSylvain Cote · high sticking2 min
7:24 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · tripping obstruction2 min
10:20 into the second periodRich Pilon · tripping2 min
17:46 into the second periodClaude Lapointe · roughing2 min
17:46 into the second periodAndrei Nikolishin · roughing2 min
5:17 into the third periodKen Klee · interference2 min
9:05 into the third periodTodd Krygier · high sticking2 min
16:38 into the third periodTodd Krygier · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

12Peter BondraR	2	0	2	+2	3	0	1	0	–	0	1	26	23:50
77Adam OatesC	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	44	0	3	25	23:16
11Esa TikkanenL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	23	20:48
3Sylvain CoteD	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	–	0	0	25	21:12
9Todd KrygierL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	–	0	0	10	05:16
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	18	12:09
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	38	0	0	18	13:05
18Andrew BrunetteL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	5	03:30
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	0	1	19	13:28
27Craig BerubeL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	10	06:17
32Dale HunterC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	44	0	0	14	10:46
44Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	13	10:38
90Joe JuneauC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	33	0	0	16	14:20
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	1	1	13	10:01
6Calle JohanssonD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	5	0	–	0	0	26	25:24
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	–	0	1	23	19:52
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	4	–	0	0	27	20:30
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	0	2	–	1	0	25	21:01

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Bill RanfordG	W	33	32	1	.970	60:00
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

16Ziggy PalffyR	0	1	1	−1	4	0	0	2	–	1	1	22	25:54
7Scott LachanceD	0	1	1	0	4	1	5	0	–	0	1	31	27:10
34Bryan BerardD	1	0	1	−1	5	0	0	0	–	1	0	19	18:56
8Steve WebbR	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	–	0	1	13	07:33
10Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	19	12:23
12Mark JanssensC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	100	0	0	12	06:19
13Claude LapointeC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	71	0	2	18	12:16
14Tom ChorskeR	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	–	1	1	19	15:26
17Sergei NemchinovL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	38	1	0	19	15:15
20Bryan SmolinskiC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	50	0	0	13	11:12
21Robert ReichelC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	53	2	1	19	21:35
25Mariusz CzerkawskiR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	0	0	19	15:56
32Trevor LindenC	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	0	80	0	1	21	24:15
2Rich PilonD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	1	0	24	17:03
29Kenny JonssonD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	0	2	34	31:29
36J.J. DaigneaultD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	1	1	18	15:21
53Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	1	0	9	06:56
58Jevgeni NamestnikovD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	–	0	0	12	09:04

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Wade FlahertyG		0	0	0	–	–
35Tommy SaloG	L	21	19	2	.905	59:19