Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Thursday, May 28, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, May 28, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena.
Peter Bondra scored twice and Richard Zednik scored twice. Donald Audette, Matthew Barnaby and Brian Holzinger also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Bondra (4)Andrei Nikolishin (7), Richard Zednik (2)1–004:57 WSH
Richard Zednik (5)Peter Bondra (4), Andrei Nikolishin (8)2–010:27 WSH · 
Donald Audette (5)Jason Woolley (9), Wayne Primeau (2)2–114:59 BUF ·
2nd period
Matthew Barnaby (7)Michal Grosek (4), Richard Smehlik (2)2–202:08 BUF
Brian Holzinger (4)Geoff Sanderson (1), Donald Audette (8)2–312:12 BUF- Richard Zednik (6)Andrei Nikolishin (9), Calle Johansson (7)3–316:17 WSH ·
Overtime
- Peter Bondra (5)Mark Tinordi (1), Andrei Nikolishin (10)4–309:37 WSH
Team stats
WSHBUF
3030
56%44%
2/41/5
108
935
1016
2340
619
Penalties
- 1:03 into the first period
Sergei Gonchar · interference2 min - 7:33 into the first periodBrendan Witt · interference2 min
- 9:38 into the first period
Derek Plante · roughing2 min - 12:51 into the first periodOlie Kolzig · roughing2 min
- 14:14 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · roughing2 min
- 14:33 into the second periodDarryl Shannon · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 5:58 into the third periodMichal Grosek · roughing2 min
- 14:19 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 1 | 19:27 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 19:58 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 17:08 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 27:58 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 28:42 |
| 9Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 11Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:45 |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:06 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:59 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 10:28 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:37 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:42 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:48 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 26:13 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 31:49 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:02 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:59 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:13 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:26 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:23 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:12 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 24:36 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:12 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:30 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:27 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:16 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:53 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:48 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:07 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 28:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |