Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Tuesday, June 2, 1998 · MCI Center

BuffaloSabresAway

2–1

16–35

WashingtonCapitalsHome

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 2–1 on Tuesday, June 2, 1998 at MCI Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 35–16.

Goals came from Darryl Shannon, Andrei Nikolishin and Jason Woolley.

Dominik Hasek made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 14 of 16.

Goals
BUF	1	0	1	2	16
WSH	1	0	0	1	35

Scoring

1st period

Darryl Shannon (2)Dixon Ward (7)1–006:33 BUF
Andrei Nikolishin (1)Richard Zednik (3)1–116:29 WSH ·

3rd period

Jason Woolley (2)Unassisted2–115:34 BUF

Team stats

BUFWSH

1635

38%62%

0/41/5

1210

66

1811

410

66

Penalties

0:41 into the first periodChris Simon · interference2 min
7:01 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · interference2 min
11:23 into the first periodBob Boughner · boarding2 min
15:44 into the first periodMichael Peca · cross checking2 min
17:26 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · hooking2 min
19:20 into the first periodRichard Smehlik · hooking2 min
8:35 into the second periodVaclav Varada · holding the stick2 min
2:18 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
2:18 into the third periodRichard Zednik · roughing2 min
6:22 into the third periodBrian Bellows · interference goalkeeper2 min
8:35 into the third periodVaclav Varada · hooking obstruction2 min

Season series

Sabres vs Capitals head-to-head →

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

15Dixon WardL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	4	0	–	0	1	26	20:09
5Jason WoolleyD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	3	0	–	0	0	18	16:05
8Darryl ShannonD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	30	22:06
18Michal GrosekL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	21	15:48
19Brian HolzingerC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	42	0	0	22	14:32
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	1	0	18	15:11
26Derek PlanteC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20	1	1	20	14:35
27Michael PecaC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	2	43	1	2	27	20:25
28Donald AudetteR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	19	12:55
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	1	0	3	01:46
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	2	–	0	0	22	17:04
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	44	0	0	22	15:03
80Geoff SandersonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	14	09:21
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	18	12:07
4Mike WilsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	24	18:36
6Bob BoughnerD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2	–	0	0	17	10:34
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	0	0	30	24:14
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	0	0	34	28:39

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31Steve ShieldsG		0	0	0	–	–
39Dominik HasekG	W	35	34	1	.971	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

13Andrei NikolishinC	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	48	0	0	21	19:45
44Richard ZednikR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	0	0	14	14:12
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	13	11:05
11Esa TikkanenL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	55	1	0	17	12:49
12Peter BondraR	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	–	1	1	21	20:33
17Chris SimonL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	0	0	13	07:23
23Brian BellowsL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	2	–	1	1	19	19:24
27Craig BerubeL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	12	06:51
32Dale HunterC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	77	0	0	12	07:12
36Mike EaglesL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	8	06:36
77Adam OatesC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	0	69	1	0	20	22:54
90Joe JuneauC	0	0	0	−1	6	1	0	0	–	1	1	20	22:30
6Calle JohanssonD	0	0	0	−2	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	32	21:51
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	16	11:04
24Mark TinordiD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	0	1	26	18:57
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	1	1	26	21:50
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	–	2	0	32	31:36
96Phil HousleyD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	13	14:17

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Bill RanfordG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	L	16	14	2	.875	59:07