Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 22, 1998 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 3–1 on Wednesday, April 22, 1998 at MCI Center.
Goals came from Brian Bellows, Sergei Gonchar, Dmitri Khristich and Esa Tikkanen.
Olie Kolzig made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 25 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Bellows (1)Peter Bondra (1)0–116:40 WSH
2nd period
Sergei Gonchar (1)Michal Pivonka (1), Todd Krygier (1)0–202:49 WSH
Dmitri Khristich (1)Jason Allison (1), Sergei Samsonov (1)1–206:53 BOS ·
3rd period
Esa Tikkanen (1)Adam Oates (1)1–319:38 WSH ·
Team stats
BOSWSH
2828
42%58%
1/40/2
48
48
711
23
210
Penalties
- 9:36 into the first period
Joe Reekie · tripping obstruction2 min - 14:18 into the first periodMike Eagles · interference2 min
- 18:04 into the first period
Tim Taylor · tripping obstruction2 min - 5:43 into the second periodJoe Juneau · high sticking2 min
- 9:41 into the second periodHal Gill · holding2 min
- 14:04 into the second periodTodd Krygier · tripping2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 20:00 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:16 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 24:11 |
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:23 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:05 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:41 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:43 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 42Mike SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:10 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:26 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 36Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:03 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 30:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 9Todd KrygierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:22 |
| 11Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:01 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:22 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:06 |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:38 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:30 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:59 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:46 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:55 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:16 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:39 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:09 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 27:36 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 23:29 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:48 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |