The Washington Capitals defeated the Boston Bruins, 3 to 1, in Game 1 of the 1998 playoff series on April 22, 1998.

Bruins

0-1-0

1-0-0

Team

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

WSH

Brian Bellows (EV) assisted by Peter Bondra

2nd period

BOS

WSH

Sergei Gonchar (EV) assisted by Michal Pivonka and Todd Krygier

Dmitri Khristich (PP) assisted by Jason Allison and Sergei Samsonov

3rd period

BOS

WSH

Esa Tikkanen (EV-EN) assisted by Adam Oates

Bruins

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Capitals

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Byron Dafoe (L) B. Dafoe	0	1	0	27	25	.926	2	2.02	0	60

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Jason Allison J. Allison	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	0.0
P.J. Axelsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Ken Baumgartner K. Baumgartner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	6	0.0
Anson Carter A. Carter	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rob DiMaio R. DiMaio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ted Donato T. Donato	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Ellett D. Ellett	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Hal Gill H. Gill	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Steve Heinze S. Heinze	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dmitri Khristich D. Khristich	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	4	25.0
Grant Ledyard G. Ledyard	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kyle McLaren K. McLaren	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Sergei Samsonov S. Samsonov	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Tim Taylor T. Taylor	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Joe Thornton J. Thornton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darren Van Impe D. Van Impe	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (W) O. Kolzig	1	0	0	28	27	.964	1	1.00	0	60

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Brian Bellows B. Bellows	1	0	1	+1	0	0	4	25.0
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	0	1	1	+2	0	0	3	0.0
Mike Eagles M. Eagles	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	100.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0.0
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0.0
Ken Klee K. Klee	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Todd Krygier T. Krygier	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Andrei Nikolishin A. Nikolishin	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Adam Oates A. Oates	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0.0
Joe Reekie J. Reekie	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	1	0	1	+1	0	0	3	33.3
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0.0