New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, April 14, 1998 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Tuesday, April 14, 1998 at MCI Center. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 32-17.
Goals came from Niklas Sundstrom, Peter Bondra, Andrei Nikolishin and Joe Juneau.
Olie Kolzig made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Dan Cloutier stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Niklas Sundstrom (19)Marc Savard (5), Eric Cairns (2)1–004:02 NYR
Peter Bondra (49)Steve Konowalchuk (22), Andrei Nikolishin (9)1–112:47 WSH
3rd period
Andrei Nikolishin (6)Unassisted1–208:53 WSH · PPG
Joe Juneau (9)Phil Housley (25), Nolan Baumgartner (1)1–309:10 WSH · PPG
Team stats
NYRWSH
17Shots on goal32
25%Faceoff %75%
0/5Power play2/6
16Penalty minutes14
10Hits10
5Blocked shots1
10Giveaways11
12Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 01:55
Stewart Malgunas · holding the stick2 min - 1st 07:57
Ulf Samuelsson · slashing2 min - 1st 13:21Niklas Sundstrom · slashing2 min
- 1st 13:21David Harlock · hooking2 min
- 1st 18:16Todd Krygier · tripping2 min
- 2nd 02:13Johan Lindbom · interference2 min
- 2nd 02:13Stewart Malgunas · roughing2 min
- 2nd 02:46Dan Cloutier · slashing2 min
- 2nd 07:15Mike Eagles · interference2 min
- 2nd 09:01Jeff Finley · hooking2 min
- 2nd 12:15Mike Eagles · interference2 min
- 3rd 03:11Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:20Jeff Finley · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 07:20Jeff Finley · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 10:50Steve Konowalchuk · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Marc SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:39 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:40 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 8Brad SmythR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:47 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:12 |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:26 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:36 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 09:12 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:44 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:47 |
| 36Daniel GoneauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 26:22 |
| 4Maxim GalanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:52 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:40 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 14Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:42 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 59:43 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Washington Capitals
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:59 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 20:48 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:12 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:23 |
| 38Nolan BaumgartnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:18 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 9Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:54 |
| 11Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:11 |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:37 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:43 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:38 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:20 |
| 4Stewart MalgunasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 27:21 |
| 43David HarlockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:27 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 22:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 17 | 16 | 1 | .941 | 60:00 |