Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Monday, April 13, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

2–0

31–35

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 2–0 on Monday, April 13, 1998 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 35–31.

Goals came from Brian Bellows and Andrei Nikolishin.

Olie Kolzig made 35 saves on 35 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 29 of 31.

Goals
WSH	1	0	1	2	31
NYI	0	0	0	0	35

Scoring

1st period

Brian Bellows (5)Todd Krygier (12), Adam Oates (56)1–007:51 WSH

3rd period

Andrei Nikolishin (5)Esa Tikkanen (17), Steve Konowalchuk (21)2–015:06 WSH

Team stats

WSHNYI

3135

54%46%

0/30/2

1216

711

1417

Penalties

9:49 into the first periodJoe Sacco · holding stick obstruction2 min
15:53 into the first periodMark Lawrence · interference2 min
1:28 into the second periodTom Chorske · tripping obstruction2 min
14:57 into the second periodTodd Krygier · interference2 min
6:24 into the third periodBryan Berard · roughing2 min
6:24 into the third periodCraig Berube · cross checking2 min
7:51 into the third periodSteve Konowalchuk · elbowing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

9Todd KrygierL	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	2	–	0	1	18	15:24
11Esa TikkanenL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	0	2	20	17:59
13Andrei NikolishinC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	31	0	2	19	15:03
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	2	100	0	1	19	14:49
23Brian BellowsL	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	20	18:43
77Adam OatesC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	60	0	0	21	20:13
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	16	12:20
21Jeff TomsL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	13	10:20
27Craig BerubeL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	0	1	14	10:52
32Dale HunterC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	83	0	0	13	10:11
36Mike EaglesL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50	1	1	15	11:49
90Joe JuneauC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	50	0	1	16	13:56
4Stewart MalgunasD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	0	1	18	13:26
6Calle JohanssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	0	1	24	24:33
38Nolan BaumgartnerD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	–	0	0	24	22:29
43David HarlockD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	27	20:17
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	0	0	23	23:07
96Phil HousleyD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	18	16:02

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Bill RanfordG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	W	35	35	0	1.000	60:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

10Joe SaccoL	−1	0	0	0	2	–	0	0	13	12:02
13Claude LapointeC	0	3	0	1	0	56	0	2	19	12:58
14Tom ChorskeR	0	0	0	0	2	–	0	2	17	15:12
16Ziggy PalffyR	−2	4	1	0	0	–	0	4	27	25:54
18Mike HoughL	0	2	2	0	0	100	0	0	13	09:47
20Bryan SmolinskiC	0	2	2	0	0	40	0	1	16	15:47
21Robert ReichelC	−1	4	0	0	0	40	0	1	20	17:46
24Gino OdjickL	0	3	1	0	0	–	0	0	11	08:02
25Mariusz CzerkawskiR	−1	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	16	16:18
32Trevor LindenC	−1	4	0	1	0	41	0	0	22	21:10
44Jason DaweR	0	0	0	0	0	–	1	1	14	12:44
52Mark LawrenceR	0	2	1	1	2	–	0	0	9	05:53
2Rich PilonD	−1	2	4	1	0	–	0	0	25	20:29
3Zdeno CharaD	0	0	2	1	0	–	1	0	12	11:20
29Kenny JonssonD	−1	2	0	1	0	–	1	2	25	24:58
34Bryan BerardD	−1	2	1	1	2	–	0	2	25	27:48
36J.J. DaigneaultD	−1	2	2	3	0	–	0	2	26	24:17
60Ray SchultzD	0	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	9	08:59

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Wade FlahertyG		0	0	0	–	–
35Tommy SaloG	L	31	29	2	.935	60:00