Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Friday, April 24, 1998 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in overtime on Friday, April 24, 1998 at MCI Center. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 40–28.
Darren Van Impe scored twice. Esa Tikkanen, Calle Johansson, Jason Allison, P.J. Axelsson and Sergei Gonchar also scored.
Byron Dafoe made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 36 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Esa Tikkanen (2)Calle Johansson (1), Adam Oates (2)0–104:45 WSH ·
2nd period
Calle Johansson (1)Adam Oates (3)0–203:24 WSH
3rd period
Jason Allison (1)Sergei Samsonov (2)1–200:54 BOS
P.J. Axelsson (1)Ray Bourque (1), Anson Carter (1)2–206:10 BOS
Darren Van Impe (1)Jason Allison (2), Ray Bourque (2)3–217:03 BOS · 
Sergei Gonchar (2)Unassisted3–319:23 WSH
2nd overtime
- Darren Van Impe (2)Jason Allison (3), Dmitri Khristich (1)4–300:54 BOS
Team stats
BOSWSH
4028
41%59%
1/71/2
1525
75
1821
38
06
Penalties
- 2:05 into the first period
Kelly Miller · interference2 min - 4:16 into the first period
Rob DiMaio · cross checking2 min - 4:16 into the first periodRob DiMaio · roughing2 min
- 4:16 into the first periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 7:54 into the first periodCalle Johansson · holding2 min
- 10:37 into the first periodKen Baumgartner · fighting5 min
- 10:37 into the first periodDave Ellett · holding obstruction2 min
- 10:37 into the first periodMark Tinordi · fighting5 min
- 11:01 into the first periodBrian Bellows · hooking obstruction2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodAndrei Nikolishin · interference2 min
- 7:45 into the second periodTodd Krygier · holding2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · interference2 min
- 15:35 into the third periodTim Taylor · roughing2 min
- 15:35 into the third periodBrendan Witt · roughing2 min
- 16:10 into the third periodJoe Reekie · holding2 min
- 19:29 into overtimeRob DiMaio · high sticking2 min
- 19:29 into overtimeEsa Tikkanen · high sticking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 41Jason AllisonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 31:17 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 26:09 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 42:20 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:12 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:44 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:43 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 27:14 |
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:28 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:27 |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:32 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:05 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22:39 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:18 |
| 42Mike SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:47 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:01 |
| 36Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 30:08 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31:43 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 30:12 |
| 11Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 29:42 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 33:02 |
| 9Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:40 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:43 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:53 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:10 |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29:15 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:02 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:12 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:40 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:18 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:04 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 36:15 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 40 | 4 | .900 |