Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 1998 · National Car Rental Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 4–0 on Wednesday, December 23, 1998 at National Car Rental Center. The Panthers outshot the Capitals 29–20.
Goals came from Calle Johansson, Brian Bellows, Andrei Nikolishin and Ken Klee.
Olie Kolzig made 29 saves on 29 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
2nd period
Calle Johansson (4)Joe Juneau (12), Steve Konowalchuk (1)1–002:40 WSH · 
Brian Bellows (5)Unassisted2–016:21 WSH ·
3rd period
Andrei Nikolishin (3)Peter Bondra (4), Dmitri Mironov (11)3–005:23 WSH · 
Ken Klee (3)Steve Konowalchuk (2), Peter Bondra (5)4–015:01 WSH
Team stats
WSHFLA
2029
43%57%
2/40/5
2725
1624
105
2022
54
Penalties
- 2:42 into the first period
Craig Berube · tripping2 min - 8:22 into the first period
Kirk Muller · roughing2 min - 8:22 into the first periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 8:22 into the first periodBill Lindsay · roughing2 min
- 8:22 into the first periodPeter Worrell · roughing2 min
- 8:22 into the first periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
- 8:22 into the first periodMike Eagles · roughing2 min
- 8:22 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 8:22 into the first periodJoe Reekie · hooking2 min
- 8:22 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · roughing2 min
- 11:18 into the first periodOleg Kvasha · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 2:31 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 3:14 into the second periodTerry Carkner · roughing2 min
- 3:14 into the second periodSteve Konowalchuk · slashing2 min
- 4:27 into the second periodBenoit Gratton · tripping obstruction2 min
- 12:19 into the second periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 12:19 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · roughing2 min
- 12:19 into the second periodBenoit Gratton · roughing2 min
- 15:15 into the second periodJohan Garpenlov · interference2 min
- 3:48 into the third periodKen Klee · tripping2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodPeter Worrell · roughing2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodPeter Worrell · roughing2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodSteve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 22:39 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:10 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:55 |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:46 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:23 |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:00 |
| 14Patrice LefebvreR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:08 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:17 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:34 |
| 28James BlackL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:05 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:46 |
| 48Benoit GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:54 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:17 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 29 | 0 | 1.000 |
Florida Panthers
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:58 |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:13 |
| 16Oleg KvashaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:46 |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:14 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 20:20 |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 28Peter WorrellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:48 |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:00 |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:02 |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:35 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 6Peter RatchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:26 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 24:31 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Sean BurkeG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |