The Washington Capitals defeated the New York Islanders, 5 to 2, on March 31, 1998.

Final

Islanders

24-38-10

2

Capitals

34-28-11

5

Team

NYI

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

WSH

Mariusz Czerkawski (EV) assisted by Trevor Linden and Ziggy Palffy

Peter Bondra (EV) assisted by Steve Konowalchuk and Joe Juneau

Mariusz Czerkawski (EV) assisted by Kenny Jonsson and Ziggy Palffy

Peter Bondra (EV) assisted by Andrei Nikolishin

2nd period

NYI

WSH

Esa Tikkanen (PP) assisted by Jeff Brown

Brian Bellows (PP) assisted by Sergei Gonchar and Phil Housley

3rd period

NYI

WSH

Steve Konowalchuk (EV) assisted by Andrei Nikolishin and Peter Bondra

Islanders

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tommy Salo (L) T. Salo	0	1	0	25	20	.800	5	5.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Tom Chorske T. Chorske	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Mariusz Czerkawski M. Czerkawski	2	0	2	+1	0	5	40.0
J.J. Daigneault	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Hough M. Hough	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0.0
Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Trevor Linden T. Linden	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Gino Odjick G. Odjick	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	0	2	2	+2	0	5	0.0
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0.0
Joe Sacco J. Sacco	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0
Ray Schultz R. Schultz	0	0	0	0	2	0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (W) O. Kolzig	1	0	0	33	31	.939	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Brian Bellows B. Bellows	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	4	25.0
Craig Berube C. Berube	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	2	1	3	+3	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
Jeff Brown J. Brown	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Andrei Nikolishin A. Nikolishin	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Oates A. Oates	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Joe Reekie J. Reekie	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	1	3	33.3
Brendan Witt B. Witt	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0