Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Monday, December 28, 1998 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 5–1 on Monday, December 28, 1998 at MCI Center. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 37–22.
Goals came from Peter Bondra, Ken Klee, Sergei Gonchar, Dmitri Khristich, Steve Konowalchuk and James Black.
Rick Tabaracci made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Bondra (13)Unassisted0–100:24 WSH
Ken Klee (4)James Black (5), Jeff Toms (1)0–211:28 WSH
Sergei Gonchar (3)Brian Bellows (6), Andrei Nikolishin (8)0–316:11 WSH
2nd period
Dmitri Khristich (16)Joe Thornton (8)1–310:50 BOS
Steve Konowalchuk (5)Michal Pivonka (1), Peter Bondra (6)1–414:40 WSH
3rd period
James Black (4)Ken Klee (5), Jeff Toms (2)1–511:34 WSH
Team stats
BOSWSH
2237
42%58%
0/40/3
1113
2528
1110
1916
17
Penalties
- 6:14 into the first period
Joe Reekie · charging2 min - 12:46 into the first period
Ken Belanger · cross checking2 min - 19:32 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · holding2 min
- 12:36 into the second periodChris Taylor · tripping obstruction2 min
- 16:10 into the second periodJason Allison · hooking obstruction2 min
- 17:21 into the second periodDmitri Mironov · interference2 min
- 13:44 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · boarding2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodDarren Van Impe · fighting5 min
- 18:16 into the third periodDale Hunter · fighting5 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 18:21 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 16Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:47 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:13 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:17 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:11 |
| 38Chris TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:00 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | 20:33 |
| 42Peter FerraroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 22:53 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 22:26 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:16 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:44 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 22:49 |
| 21Jeff TomsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:05 |
| 28James BlackL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 12:10 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:21 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:39 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:02 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:11 |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:02 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 7 | 19:37 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:10 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:36 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:27 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 21:22 |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:04 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:43 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |