Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 28, 1998 · Skyreach Centre
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Washington Capitals 8–2 on Wednesday, October 28, 1998 at Skyreach Centre. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 33–24.
Boris Mironov scored twice and Bill Guerin scored twice. Kelly Buchberger, Mike Grier, Adam Oates, Josef Beranek, Roman Hamrlik and Joe Juneau also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Kelly Buchberger (1)Boyd Devereaux (2), Kevin Brown (1)0–103:32 EDM
Mike Grier (2)Dean McAmmond (3), Janne Niinimaa (2)0–213:06 EDM
Boris Mironov (2)Doug Weight (5), Andrei Kovalenko (6)0–314:23 EDM · 
Adam Oates (2)Joe Juneau (3), Calle Johansson (2)1–319:57 WSH ·
2nd period
Josef Beranek (2)Bill Guerin (2), Janne Niinimaa (3)1–401:48 EDM
Roman Hamrlik (1)Mats Lindgren (1), Bill Guerin (3)1–519:46 EDM
3rd period
Bill Guerin (7)Boris Mironov (3), Bob Essensa (1)1–606:03 EDM · 
Joe Juneau (3)Mark Tinordi (2), Adam Oates (3)2–611:09 WSH · - Boris Mironov (3)Janne Niinimaa (4)2–712:01 EDM
- Bill Guerin (8)Janne Niinimaa (5)2–817:41 EDM ·
Team stats
WSHEDM
2433
52%48%
1/43/8
2517
1821
1314
1314
1015
Penalties
- 5:53 into the first period
Todd Marchant · hooking2 min - 13:37 into the first period
Dale Hunter · roughing2 min - 13:37 into the first periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 16:19 into the first periodTom Chorske · hooking2 min
- 19:00 into the first periodFrantisek Musil · tripping obstruction2 min
- 19:27 into the first periodBoris Mironov · roughing2 min
- 3:05 into the second periodMats Lindgren · interference2 min
- 7:17 into the second periodBrendan Witt · interference2 min
- 13:05 into the second periodSean Brown · roughing2 min
- 13:05 into the second periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 15:16 into the second periodCalle Johansson · hooking obstruction2 min
- 4:48 into the third periodSean Brown · roughing2 min
- 4:48 into the third periodCraig Berube · high sticking2 min
- 4:48 into the third periodChris Simon · roughing2 min
- 8:39 into the third periodSean Brown · fighting5 min
- 8:39 into the third periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
- 9:59 into the third periodKen Klee · hooking obstruction2 min
- 16:50 into the third periodKen Klee · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.