Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Saturday, April 18, 1998 · Greensboro Coliseum

4–3

23–30

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 on Saturday, April 18, 1998 at Greensboro Coliseum. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 30–23.

Goals came from Martin Gelinas, Adam Oates, Dale Hunter, Kevin Dineen, Nelson Emerson, Brian Bellows and Peter Bondra.

Olie Kolzig made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mike Fountain stopped 19 of 23.

Goals
WSH	0	2	2	4	23
CAR	1	1	1	3	30

Scoring

1st period

Martin Gelinas (16)Bates Battaglia (2), Nelson Emerson (24)0–117:12 CAR

2nd period

Adam Oates (18)Brian Bellows (3), Esa Tikkanen (18)1–102:02 WSH
Dale Hunter (8)Steve Konowalchuk (23), Mike Eagles (3)2–108:08 WSH
Kevin Dineen (7)Bates Battaglia (3), Michael Rucinski (1)2–218:07 CAR

3rd period

Nelson Emerson (21)Martin Gelinas (18), Bates Battaglia (4)2–305:38 CAR
Brian Bellows (6)Adam Oates (57), Jeff Brown (24)3–309:11 WSH ·
Peter Bondra (50)Adam Oates (58), Ken Klee (2)4–311:23 WSH

Team stats

WSHCAR

2330

54%46%

1/60/3

1016

916

816

1519

1510

Penalties

2:40 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · holding stick obstruction2 min
12:05 into the first periodSteven Halko · holding2 min
17:28 into the first periodKen Klee · tripping obstruction2 min
18:28 into the first periodMartin Gelinas · holding obstruction2 min
8:45 into the second periodBates Battaglia · tripping2 min
15:11 into the second periodStu Grimson · roughing2 min
15:11 into the second periodKen Klee · interference2 min
16:04 into the second periodPeter Bondra · tripping obstruction2 min
7:40 into the third periodStu Grimson · roughing2 min
7:40 into the third periodMike Fountain · illegal stick2 min
9:45 into the third periodNolan Pratt · tripping obstruction2 min
9:45 into the third periodSteve Konowalchuk · interference goalkeeper2 min
12:02 into the third periodKeith Primeau · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

77Adam OatesC	1	2	3	+1	2	2	0	0	54	1	2	21	23:06
23Brian BellowsL	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	2	19	18:35
11Esa TikkanenL	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	19	17:10
12Peter BondraR	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	2	–	0	2	22	21:18
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	–	1	1	19	14:23
32Dale HunterC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	10	07:59
36Mike EaglesL	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	50	0	0	11	08:23
2Ken KleeD	0	1	1	−1	0	0	3	4	–	0	1	17	11:28
28Jeff BrownD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	–	2	1	26	25:54
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	1	1	14	11:10
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	76	1	0	19	16:28
20Michal PivonkaC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	63	0	0	15	09:54
27Craig BerubeL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	8	06:22
90Joe JuneauC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33	1	0	16	14:30
6Calle JohanssonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	2	1	28	23:07
24Mark TinordiD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	2	1	28	24:23
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	+2	2	1	0	0	–	1	2	23	18:01
96Phil HousleyD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	17	17:07

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Bill RanfordG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	W	30	27	3	.900	59:54

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

33Bates BattagliaL	0	3	3	+2	4	0	0	2	22	0	3	19	15:31
19Nelson EmersonR	1	1	2	+1	2	1	1	0	–	1	0	19	17:44
23Martin GelinasL	1	1	2	0	5	1	0	2	–	2	0	18	16:56
11Kevin DineenR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	2	0	15	13:59
46Michael RucinskiD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	1	0	23	20:43
12Steven RiceR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	1	0	9	09:05
18Robert KronC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	60	1	2	21	18:47
24Sami KapanenR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	2	0	–	2	0	17	15:30
28Paul RanheimL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	1	1	17	13:28
32Stu GrimsonL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	–	0	0	11	07:17
34Steve MartinsC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33	1	1	10	10:53
44Kent MandervilleC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	83	0	1	15	12:25
55Keith PrimeauC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	2	44	0	0	20	18:02
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	0	–	1	0	27	24:25
4Nolan PrattD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	2	2	–	0	0	22	14:44
6Adam BurtD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	2	0	–	3	1	22	18:37
7Curtis LeschyshynD	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	–	2	1	26	19:42
14Steven HalkoD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	2	–	1	0	19	16:08

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
30Mike FountainG	L	23	19	4	.826	59:14
39Pat JablonskiG		0	0	0	–	–