The Washington Capitals were defeated by the New York Rangers, 3 to 2, on January 3, 1998.

Final

Rangers

13-18-12

3

Capitals

18-16-8

2

Team

NYR

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

WSH

Andrew Brunette (EV) assisted by Todd Krygier and Mark Tinordi

Mark Tinordi (SH) assisted by Adam Oates

2nd period

NYR

WSH

Wayne Gretzky (EV) assisted by Bruce Driver and Darren Langdon

3rd period

NYR

WSH

Adam Graves (EV) assisted by Pat LaFontaine and Tim Sweeney

Wayne Gretzky (EV) assisted by Niklas Sundstrom

Rangers

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter M. Richter				4	2	.500	2	19.05	0	6
Dan Cloutier (W) D. Cloutier	1	0	0	16	16	1.000	0	0.00	0	54

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Eric Cairns E. Cairns	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0.0
Jeff Finley J. Finley	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0
Adam Graves A. Graves	1	0	1	+1	0	0	1	100.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2	0	2	+1	0	1	4	50.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0.0
Mike Keane M. Keane	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	1	1	+1	5	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Brian Skrudland B. Skrudland	0	0	0	-1	7	0	2	0.0
Kevin Stevens K. Stevens	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	1	1	+1	0	0	5	0.0
Tim Sweeney T. Sweeney	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (L) O. Kolzig	0	1	0	27	24	.889	3	3.02	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	S	S%
Craig Berube C. Berube	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Andrew Brunette A. Brunette	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Eagles M. Eagles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	0	0	-2	7	0	0	1	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Todd Krygier T. Krygier	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Adam Oates A. Oates	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	1	1	2	+2	4	1	0	2	50.0
Brendan Witt B. Witt	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Richard Zednik R. Zednik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0