New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 31, 1998 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 5–2 on Tuesday, March 31, 1998 at MCI Center. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 33–25.
Mariusz Czerkawski scored twice and Peter Bondra scored twice. Esa Tikkanen, Brian Bellows and Steve Konowalchuk also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Mariusz Czerkawski (8)Trevor Linden (20), Ziggy Palffy (35)1–002:44 NYI
Peter Bondra (44)Steve Konowalchuk (17), Joe Juneau (20)1–108:43 WSH- Mariusz Czerkawski (9)Kenny Jonsson (23), Ziggy Palffy (36)2–114:15 NYI
- Peter Bondra (45)Andrei Nikolishin (3)2–218:12 WSH
2nd period
Esa Tikkanen (2)Jeff Brown (21)2–307:27 WSH · 
Brian Bellows (3)Sergei Gonchar (15), Phil Housley (24)2–414:47 WSH ·
3rd period
Steve Konowalchuk (8)Andrei Nikolishin (4), Peter Bondra (23)2–510:23 WSH
Team stats
NYIWSH
3325
45%55%
0/22/4
84
96
144
19
16
Penalties
- 3:27 into the first period
Rich Pilon · interference2 min - 6:40 into the first periodJoe Sacco · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:33 into the first period
Adam Oates · hooking2 min - 6:03 into the second periodRay Schultz · cross checking2 min
- 8:54 into the second periodJoe Juneau · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 13:34 into the second periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 18:34 |
| 25Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 19:34 |
| 32Trevor LindenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:04 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 28:20 |
| 10Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:47 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 14Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 17Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:31 |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 24Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:00 |
| 44Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:09 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:07 |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 23:40 |
| 60Ray SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wade FlahertyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 17:08 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 13:39 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 15:37 |
| 11Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:56 |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 18:45 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:33 |
| 28Jeff BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:51 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:48 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 9Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:03 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:13 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:01 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:25 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 16:47 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |