The Montreal Canadiens were defeated by the Washington Capitals, 3 to 2, on October 18, 1997.

Capitals

7-1-0

3-2-2

Team

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

MTL

Chris Simon (PP) assisted by Brendan Witt and Peter Bondra

Dave Manson (PP) assisted by Shayne Corson and Sebastien Bordeleau

Jan Bulis (EV) assisted by Olie Kolzig

3rd period

WSH

MTL

Saku Koivu (EV) assisted by Stephane Quintal and Shayne Corson

Kelly Miller (SH) assisted by Dale Hunter and Brendan Witt

Capitals

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Canadiens

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (W) O. Kolzig	1	0	0	39	37	.949	2	2.00	0	60

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jan Bulis J. Bulis	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	20.0
Adam Oates A. Oates	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Chris Simon C. Simon	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Jaroslav Svejkovsky J. Svejkovsky	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Brendan Witt B. Witt	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0.0
Richard Zednik R. Zednik	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Andy Moog (L) A. Moog	0	1	0	33	30	.909	3	3.03	0	59

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Sebastien Bordeleau S. Bordeleau	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	2	0.0
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Brett Clark B. Clark	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	12.5
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Dave Manson D. Manson	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	20.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Craig Rivet C. Rivet	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0