The 1997-98 roster for the Capitals included Adam Oates at center, Steve Konowalchuk at left wing, Peter Bondra at right wing, Calle Johansson at defenseman and Olie Kolzig at goalie.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Nolan Baumgartner N. Baumgartner	D	6'2"	195	3/23/1976	21	Calgary, Canada
2	Brian Bellows B. Bellows	RW	5'11"	210	9/1/1964	33	St. Catharines, Canada
3	Jan Benda J. Benda	C	6'2"	207	4/28/1972	25	Reet, Belgium
4	Craig Berube C. Berube	LW	6'1"	205	12/17/1965	32	Calahoo, Canada
5	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	RW	6'1"	200	2/7/1968	29	Luck, Ukraine
6	Jeff Brown J. Brown	D	6'2"	204	4/30/1966	31	Ottawa, Canada
7	Andrew Brunette A. Brunette	LW	6'1"	215	8/24/1973	24	Sudbury, Canada
8	Jan Bulis J. Bulis	C	6'0"	209	3/18/1978	19	Pardubice, Czech Republic
9	Brad Church B. Church	LW	6'1"	210	11/14/1976	21	Dauphin, Canada
10	Sylvain Cote S. Cote	D	5'11"	195	1/19/1966	32	Quebec City, Canada
11	Mike Eagles M. Eagles	LW	5'10"	195	3/7/1963	34	Sussex, Canada
12	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	D	6'2"	210	4/13/1974	23	Chelyabinsk, Russia
13	Benoit Gratton B. Gratton	C	5'11"	180	12/28/1976	21	Montreal, Canada
14	David Harlock D. Harlock	D	6'2"	220	3/16/1971	26	Toronto, Canada
15	Dwayne Hay D. Hay	LW	6'1"	219	2/11/1977	20	London, Canada
16	Phil Housley P. Housley	D	5'10"	185	3/9/1964	33	St. Paul, MN
17	Dale Hunter D. Hunter	C	5'10"	200	7/31/1960	37	Petrolia, Canada
18	Calle Johansson C. Johansson	D	5'11"	203	2/14/1967	30	Gothenburg, Sweden
19	Joe Juneau J. Juneau	C	6'0"	193	1/5/1968	30	Pont-Rouge, Canada
20	Ken Klee K. Klee	RW	6'1"	210	4/24/1971	26	Indianapolis, IN
21	Olie Kolzig O. Kolzig	G	6'3"	224	4/6/1970	27	Johannesburg, South Africa
22	Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	LW	6'1"	205	11/11/1972	25	Salt Lake City, UT
23	Todd Krygier T. Krygier	RW	6'0"	185	10/12/1965	32	Chicago Heights, MI
24	Stewart Malgunas S. Malgunas	D	6'0"	200	4/21/1970	27	Prince George, Canada
25	Kelly Miller K. Miller	RW	5'11"	197	3/3/1963	34	Lansing, MI