Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Thursday, June 4, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, June 4, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 41–38.
Goals came from Michael Peca, Esa Tikkanen, Paul Kruse, Peter Bondra and Joe Juneau.
Olie Kolzig made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 35 of 38.
Scoring
2nd period
Michael Peca (3)Dixon Ward (8), Vaclav Varada (4)0–113:04 BUF
Esa Tikkanen (3)Mark Tinordi (2), Kelly Miller (1)1–113:26 WSH
3rd period
Paul Kruse (1)Bob Boughner (4), Wayne Primeau (3)1–207:40 BUF
Peter Bondra (6)Andrei Nikolishin (11)2–214:01 WSH ·
Overtime
Joe Juneau (6)Brian Bellows (6), Adam Oates (9)3–206:24 WSH
Team stats
WSHBUF
3841
58%42%
1/60/6
1414
1428
1121
2340
519
Penalties
- 1:42 into the first period
Joe Reekie · interference2 min - 5:06 into the first period
Paul Kruse · roughing2 min - 11:22 into the first periodBrendan Witt · cross checking2 min
- 13:56 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 16:03 into the first periodVaclav Varada · tripping obstruction2 min
- 0:39 into the second periodPaul Kruse · roughing2 min
- 0:39 into the second periodChris Simon · cross checking2 min
- 3:07 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · holding2 min
- 4:14 into the second periodMark Tinordi · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 7:36 into the second periodBob Boughner · cross checking2 min
- 13:39 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · slashing2 min
- 17:43 into the second periodMark Tinordi · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3:27 into the third periodRob Ray · slashing2 min
- 12:17 into the third periodBrian Holzinger · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:54 |
| 11Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | 23:39 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:34 |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 8 | 18:44 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 26:27 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 24:53 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 24:23 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:13 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:16 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:49 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:30 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 16:45 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 30:05 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 05:48 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:19 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32:46 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 11:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 41 | 2 | .951 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:55 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:47 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:00 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:07 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 21:11 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 21:21 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:59 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 05:35 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:38 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:26 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:34 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21:23 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 27:01 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:55 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 27:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 38 | 3 | .921 |