The Boston Bruins were defeated by the Washington Capitals, 3 to 2, in overtime in Game 3 of the 1998 playoff series on April 26, 1998.

Final

Capitals

2-1-0

3

Bruins

1-2-0

2

Team

WSH

BOS

OT2

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

BOS

Sergei Gonchar (PP) assisted by Joe Juneau and Andrei Nikolishin

2nd period

WSH

BOS

Sergei Gonchar (EV) assisted by Todd Krygier and Dale Hunter

Kyle McLaren (PP) assisted by Sergei Samsonov and Mike Sullivan

3rd period

WSH

BOS

Dmitri Khristich (PP) assisted by Ray Bourque and Sergei Samsonov

OT2

WSH

BOS

Joe Juneau (EV) assisted by Adam Oates and Brian Bellows

Capitals

Bruins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Bruins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (W) O. Kolzig	1	0	0	54	52	.963	2	1.39	0	87

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Brian Bellows B. Bellows	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Craig Berube C. Berube	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	0	0
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	2	0	2	+2	2	1	0	0	0	5	40.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	1	1	+1	8	0	0	0	0	0
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	1	1	2	50.0
Ken Klee K. Klee	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Todd Krygier T. Krygier	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Andrei Nikolishin A. Nikolishin	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0
Adam Oates A. Oates	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Reekie J. Reekie	0	0	0	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0
Jaroslav Svejkovsky J. Svejkovsky	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Brendan Witt B. Witt	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Byron Dafoe (L) B. Dafoe	0	1	0	27	24	.889	3	2.08	0	87

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Jason Allison J. Allison	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	3	0.0
P.J. Axelsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Baumgartner K. Baumgartner	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	4	0.0
Anson Carter A. Carter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Rob DiMaio R. DiMaio	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	4	0.0
Ted Donato T. Donato	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Ellett D. Ellett	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Hal Gill H. Gill	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Steve Heinze S. Heinze	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0.0
Dmitri Khristich D. Khristich	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	33.3
Grant Ledyard G. Ledyard	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0
Kyle McLaren K. McLaren	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	9	11.1
Sergei Samsonov S. Samsonov	0	2	2	-1	0	0	2	4	0.0
Mike Sullivan M. Sullivan	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0.0
Tim Taylor T. Taylor	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	6	0.0