Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings
Playoffs · Thursday, June 11, 1998 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime on Thursday, June 11, 1998 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Capitals 60–33.
Steve Yzerman scored twice. Peter Bondra, Chris Simon, Adam Oates, Joe Juneau, Martin Lapointe, Doug Brown and Kris Draper also scored.
Chris Osgood made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 55 of 60.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Yzerman (5)Tomas Holmstrom (11), Nicklas Lidstrom (13)0–107:49 DET
2nd period
Peter Bondra (7)Andrei Nikolishin (13), Jeff Brown (1)1–101:51 WSH
Chris Simon (1)Jeff Brown (2), Dale Hunter (4)2–106:11 WSH
Adam Oates (6)Joe Juneau (8), Calle Johansson (8)3–111:03 WSH
3rd period
- Steve Yzerman (6)Viacheslav Fetisov (1), Darren McCarty (7)3–206:37 DET ·
Joe Juneau (7)Sergei Gonchar (4), Brian Bellows (7)4–207:05 WSH · 
Martin Lapointe (8)Igor Larionov (9), Viacheslav Fetisov (2)4–308:08 DET
Doug Brown (2)Unassisted4–415:46 DET
Overtime
Kris Draper (1)Martin Lapointe (6), Brendan Shanahan (4)4–515:24 DET
Team stats
WSHDET
3360
47%53%
1/40/4
1212
3046
275
316
42
Penalties
- 13:05 into the first period
Joe Reekie · holding obstruction2 min - 15:22 into the first periodPeter Bondra · hooking2 min
- 3:09 into the second period
Kirk Maltby · high sticking2 min - 7:12 into the second periodRichard Zednik · hooking obstruction2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodChris Osgood · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodChris Simon · roughing2 min
- 16:20 into the second periodKirk Maltby · slashing2 min
- 6:23 into the third periodNicklas Lidstrom · interference2 min
- 10:18 into the third periodRichard Zednik · cross checking2 min
- 11:40 into the third periodMartin Lapointe · interference2 min
- 5:24 into overtimeJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
- 5:24 into overtimeEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:16 |
| 28Jeff BrownD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 06:44 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 21:07 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 23:13 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:04 |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:20 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25:24 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 35:36 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | 36:20 |
| 9Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 11Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 22:43 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:39 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:27 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33:07 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 33:08 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 05:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 60 | 5 | .917 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 19Steve YzermanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 29:04 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 20:50 |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 17:21 |
| 8Igor LarionovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 20:21 |
| 17Doug BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 17:37 |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:00 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:56 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 33:24 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 09:19 |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:25 |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:49 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 13 | 23:04 |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:20 |
| 34Jamie MacounD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:35 |
| 44Anders ErikssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 34:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris OsgoodG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 31Kevin HodsonG | 0 | 0 | – |