Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Playoffs · Sunday, May 3, 1998 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 3–2 in overtime on Sunday, May 3, 1998 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 49–33.
Goals came from Richard Zednik, Sergei Samsonov, Adam Oates, Anson Carter and Brian Bellows.
Olie Kolzig made 47 saves on 49 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Richard Zednik (1)Andrei Nikolishin (2), Sergei Gonchar (1)1–006:54 WSH
2nd period
Sergei Samsonov (2)Jason Allison (6)1–105:26 BOS
Adam Oates (3)Mike Eagles (1), Michal Pivonka (2)2–106:04 WSH
3rd period
Anson Carter (1)Dave Ellett (1)2–209:13 BOS
Overtime
Brian Bellows (2)Joe Juneau (3), Joe Reekie (1)3–215:24 WSH
Team stats
WSHBOS
3349
49%51%
0/30/6
1711
714
147
28
41
Penalties
- 2:41 into the first period
Joe Thornton · fighting5 min - 2:41 into the first period
Mark Tinordi · fighting5 min - 3:20 into the first periodJoe Juneau · interference2 min
- 4:14 into the first periodCalle Johansson · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 12:58 into the first periodJoe Thornton · hooking obstruction2 min
- 18:32 into the first periodRichard Zednik · elbowing2 min
- 2:58 into the second periodTim Taylor · high sticking2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodSteve Heinze · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3:27 into the third periodCalle Johansson · interference2 min
- 7:13 into the third periodChris Simon · tripping obstruction2 min
- 16:12 into the third periodJoe Juneau · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:24 |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:15 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:27 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 27:33 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 26:16 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 31:46 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 36:44 |
| 11Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:52 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 06:37 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:14 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:38 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 31:26 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:31 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 27:26 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 49 | 2 | .959 |
Boston Bruins
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:45 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 21:11 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 33:04 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:52 |
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:01 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 21:15 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 27:02 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 21:45 |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:59 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:06 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:35 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 19:24 |
| 42Mike SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:08 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 22:59 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 30:15 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:12 |
| 36Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:27 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 34:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |