1998 NHL Eastern Conference Finals
Washington Capitals defeat Buffalo Sabres 4-2

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Buffalo Sabres

W-L: 36-29-17, .543

SRS: 0.29 (9th of 26)

Goals: 211 (17th of 26)

Goals Against: 187 (3rd of 26)

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Washington Capitals

W-L: 40-30-12, .561

SRS: 0.17 (11th of 26)

Goals: 219 (13th of 26)

Goals Against: 202 (10th of 26)

Game 1, May 23
Buffalo Sabres	2	Final
Washington Capitals	0

Game 2, May 25
Buffalo Sabres	2	Final
Washington Capitals	3	OT

Game 3, May 28
Washington Capitals	4	Final
Buffalo Sabres	3	OT

Game 4, May 30
Washington Capitals	2	Final
Buffalo Sabres	0

Game 5, June 2
Buffalo Sabres	2	Final
Washington Capitals	1

Game 6, June 4
Washington Capitals	3	Final
Buffalo Sabres	2	OT

Buffalo Sabres Skaters Series Stats

Buffalo Sabres Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	SHFT	TOI	ATOI
36	Matthew Barnaby	RW	24	6	2	1	3	2	8	1	1	0	0				10	20.0	132	110:31	18:25
28	Donald Audette	RW	28	6	1	2	3	0	2	0	1	0	0				9	11.1	121	96:18	16:03
15	Dixon Ward	RW	29	6	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0				9	0.0	147	110:19	18:23
18	Michal Grošek	LW	22	6	1	1	2	2	14	1	0	0	1				16	6.3	129	108:32	18:05
19	Brian Holzinger	C	25	6	1	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	0				11	9.1	145	106:57	17:50
5	Jason Woolley	D	28	6	1	1	2	2	6	1	0	0	1				18	5.6	126	119:45	19:58
25	Václav Varaďa	RW	21	6	1	1	2	-1	8	1	0	0	0				6	16.7	110	85:28	14:15
22	Wayne Primeau	C	21	5	0	2	2	-2	0	0	0	0	0				5	0.0	63	45:08	9:02
24	Paul Kruse	LW	27	1	1	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0				2	50.0	17	8:47	8:47
27	Michael Peca	C	23	6	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0				12	8.3	159	122:38	20:26
81	Miroslav Šatan	LW	23	5	1	0	1	-4	0	1	0	0	0				10	10.0	82	65:20	13:04
8	Darryl Shannon	D	29	6	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0				11	9.1	161	138:47	23:08
6	Bob Boughner	D	26	6	0	1	1	4	6	0	0	0	0				3	0.0	104	72:55	12:09
80	Geoff Sanderson	LW	25	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				11	0.0	97	70:49	11:48
42	Richard Šmehlík	D	28	6	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0				6	0.0	159	136:55	22:49
4	Mike Wilson	D	22	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0				8	0.0	148	113:35	18:56
44	Alexei Zhitnik	D	25	6	0	0	0	-2	8	0	0	0	0				9	0.0	182	160:31	26:45
32	Rob Ray	RW	29	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				1	0.0	33	19:54	3:59
26	Derek Plante	C	27	3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0				0		63	47:01	15:40
37	Curtis Brown	C/LW	21	5	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0				13	0.0	111	87:42	17:32
	Team Total				11	15	26	5	74	9	2	0	2				170	6.5	2289	1827:52	16:55

Buffalo Sabres Goalies Series Stats

Buffalo Sabres Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
39	Dominik Hašek	G	33	6	2-4-0	13	180	167	.928	1	4	378:42	63:07
	Team Total				2-4-0	13	180	167	.928	1	4	378:42	63:07

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Washington Capitals Skaters Series Stats

Washington Capitals Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	SHFT	TOI	ATOI
13	Andrei Nikolishin	C	24	6	1	6	7	1	2	0	1	0	0				9	11.1	137	116:19	19:23
12	Peter Bondra	RW	29	6	4	1	5	1	6	2	2	0	1				24	16.7	137	120:49	20:08
44	Richard Zedník	RW	22	6	2	2	4	0	2	0	2	0	0				15	13.3	99	87:08	14:31
90	Joé Juneau	C	30	6	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	1				24	12.5	143	137:52	22:59
77	Adam Oates	C	35	6	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0				9	0.0	147	144:10	24:02
23	Brian Bellows	LW	33	6	0	2	2	-1	2	0	0	0	0				21	0.0	117	109:32	18:15
24	Mark Tinordi	D	31	6	0	2	2	4	8	0	0	0	0				4	0.0	193	143:30	23:55
96	Phil Housley	D	33	6	0	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0				8	0.0	79	80:23	13:24
27	Craig Berube	LW	32	6	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	1				5	20.0	66	40:25	6:44
11	Esa Tikkanen	LW	33	6	1	0	1	-1	6	1	0	0	0				8	12.5	118	94:34	15:46
9	Todd Krygier	LW	32	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1				3	33.3	67	51:58	13:00
10	Kelly Miller	LW	34	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0				1	0.0	28	21:59	11:00
6	Calle Johansson	D	30	6	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0				14	0.0	204	156:57	26:10
32	Dale Hunter	C	37	6	0	1	1	-2	4	0	0	0	0				8	0.0	76	48:53	8:09
20	Michal Pivoňka	C	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				1	0.0	25	18:09	9:05
29	Joe Reekie	D	32	6	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0	0	0				6	0.0	179	138:26	23:04
17	Chris Simon	LW	26	6	0	0	0	-2	6	0	0	0	0				5	0.0	75	48:13	8:02
55	Sergei Gonchar	D	23	6	0	0	0	-3	18	0	0	0	0				12	0.0	201	184:25	30:44
19	Brendan Witt	D	22	6	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0				1	0.0	76	48:20	8:03
36	Mike Eagles	C/LW	34	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				2	0.0	47	37:01	9:15
	Team Total				13	21	34	-6	68	7	5	1	4				180	7.2	2214	1829:03	16:56

Washington Capitals Goalies Series Stats

Washington Capitals Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
37	Olaf Kölzig	G	27	6	4-2-0	11	170	159	.935	1	4	376:35	62:46
	Team Total				4-2-0	11	170	159	.935	1	4	376:35	62:46

1997-98 Regular Season Stats

Friday, Oct 3, 1997
Buffalo Sabres	2	Final
Washington Capitals	6

Thursday, Oct 9, 1997
Washington Capitals	2	Final
Buffalo Sabres	5

Thursday, Nov 13, 1997
Washington Capitals	3	Final
Buffalo Sabres	2

Sunday, Mar 1, 1998
Buffalo Sabres	3	Final
Washington Capitals	0

BUF Scoring Regular Season

BUF Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Miroslav Šatan	23	LW	79	22	24	46	2	34	13	9	0	4	20	4	0	139	15.8	1138	14:24	4.1	0.9	5.0
2	Alexei Zhitnik	25	D	78	15	30	45	19	102	10	2	3	3	13	15	2	191	7.9	2077	26:38	4.6	5.0	9.6
3	Donald Audette	28	RW	75	24	20	44	10	59	14	10	0	5	16	4	0	198	12.1	1263	16:50	4.3	1.2	5.4
4	Michael Peca	23	C	61	18	22	40	12	57	7	6	5	1	11	7	4	132	13.6	1202	19:43	3.8	1.1	4.9
5	Jason Dawe	24	RW	68	19	17	36	10	36	14	4	1	3	11	6	0	115	16.5	1152	16:56	3.2	1.1	4.3
6	Brian Holzinger	25	C	69	14	21	35	-2	36	8	4	2	1	11	7	3	116	12.1	1239	17:58	2.5	0.7	3.2
7	Jason Woolley	28	D	71	9	26	35	8	35	6	3	0	2	8	18	0	129	7.0	1262	17:46	3.1	3.8	6.9
8	Derek Plante	27	C	72	13	21	34	8	26	8	5	0	1	11	9	1	150	8.7	1268	17:37	2.2	1.1	3.2
9	Michal Grošek	22	LW	67	10	20	30	9	60	8	2	0	1	16	4	0	114	8.8	995	14:51	1.6	1.1	2.7
10	Matthew Barnaby	24	RW	72	5	20	25	8	289	5	0	0	2	17	3	0	96	5.2	957	13:18	0.4	1.1	1.5
11	Curtis Brown	21	C	63	12	12	24	11	34	10	1	1	2	8	3	1	91	13.2	910	14:27	1.4	1.1	2.5
12	Dixon Ward	29	RW	71	10	13	23	9	42	8	0	2	3	11	1	1	99	10.1	1045	14:43	0.8	1.1	1.8
13	Darryl Shannon	29	D	76	3	19	22	26	56	2	1	0	1	16	3	0	85	3.5	1681	22:07	1.0	5.5	6.5
14	Richard Šmehlík	28	D	72	3	17	20	11	62	2	0	1	0	11	4	2	90	3.3	1637	22:44	0.9	4.1	5.0
15	Jay McKee	20	D	56	1	13	14	-1	42	1	0	0	0	5	6	2	55	1.8	1122	20:02	0.4	2.5	2.8
16	Wayne Primeau	21	C	69	6	6	12	9	87	4	2	0	1	5	1	0	51	11.8	771	11:11	-0.7	1.1	0.3
17	Václav Varaďa	21	RW	27	5	6	11	0	15	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	27	18.5	329	12:12	0.6	0.3	0.9
18	Brad May	26	LW	36	4	7	11	2	113	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	41	9.8	366	10:11	0.2	0.5	0.7
19	Randy Burridge	32	LW	30	4	6	10	0	0	3	1	0	1	5	0	1	40	10.0	347	11:33	0.3	0.3	0.6
20	Geoff Sanderson	25	LW	26	4	5	9	6	20	4	0	0	2	3	2	0	72	5.6	434	16:43	0.4	0.5	0.9
21	Mike Wilson	22	D	66	4	4	8	13	48	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	52	7.7	1196	18:08	-0.1	4.0	3.9
22	Rob Ray	29	RW	63	2	4	6	2	234	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	19	10.5	367	5:50	-1.6	0.7	-0.8
23	Erik Rasmussen	20	C	21	2	3	5	2	14	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	28	7.1	244	11:37	-0.1	0.3	0.2
24	Bob Boughner	26	D	69	1	3	4	5	165	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	26	3.8	880	12:45	-0.9	3.5	2.6
25	Paul Kruse	27	LW	12	1	1	2	1	49	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	12.5	68	5:41	-0.1	0.2	0.0
26	Dominik Hašek*	33	G	72	0	2	2	0	12	0	0	0	0				0		4220	58:36	0.0	0.0	18.6
27	Mike Hurlbut	31	D	3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	35	11:45	-0.1	0.1	0.0
28	Rumun Ndur	22	D	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	12:44	0.0	0.0	-0.1
29	Scott Nichol	23	C	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	14	4:37	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
30	Steve Shields	25	G	16	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0				0		785	49:03	0.0	0.0	2.6
	Team Total			82	211	342	553	178	1752	145	51	15	36	226	97	17	2172	9.7			31.9	42.6	95.7

BUF Goalies Regular Season

BUF Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Dominik Hašek*	33	72		33	23	13	147	2149	2002	.932	2.09	13	4220				73	54.5
2	Steve Shields	25	16		3	6	4	37	408	371	.909	2.83	0	785				97	1.3
	Team Total				36	29	17	184	2557	2373	.928	2.21	13	5005				77	55.7

WSH Scoring Regular Season

WSH Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Peter Bondra	29	RW	76	52	26	78	14	44	36	11	5	13	16	10	0	284	18.3	1641	21:35	10.5	1.6	12.1
2	Adam Oates*	35	C	82	18	58	76	6	36	13	3	2	3	31	23	4	121	14.9	1897	23:08	6.5	1.4	7.9
3	Calle Johansson	30	D	73	15	20	35	-11	30	4	10	1	1	9	10	1	163	9.2	1803	24:42	3.6	3.2	6.8
4	Steve Konowalchuk	25	LW	80	10	24	34	9	80	8	2	0	2	23	1	0	131	7.6	1312	16:24	1.5	1.5	3.0
5	Joé Juneau	30	C	56	9	22	31	-8	26	4	4	1	1	14	8	0	87	10.3	917	16:23	2.0	0.5	2.5
6	Phil Housley*	33	D	64	6	25	31	-10	24	1	4	1	0	10	15	0	116	5.2	1211	18:55	2.4	2.8	5.2
7	Richard Zedník	22	RW	65	17	9	26	-2	28	15	2	0	2	9	0	0	148	11.5	765	11:46	1.9	0.9	2.8
8	Dale Hunter	37	C	82	8	18	26	1	103	8	0	0	1	13	1	4	82	9.8	956	11:39	0.4	1.2	1.6
9	Andrew Brunette	24	LW	28	11	12	23	2	12	7	4	0	2	8	4	0	42	26.2	427	15:15	2.4	0.5	2.9
10	Sergei Gonchar	23	D	72	5	16	21	2	66	3	2	0	0	9	7	0	134	3.7	1430	19:52	1.1	4.2	5.3
11	Mark Tinordi	31	D	47	8	9	17	9	39	7	0	1	0	8	0	1	57	14.0	957	20:21	1.6	3.3	4.9
12	Chris Simon	26	LW	28	7	10	17	-1	38	3	4	0	1	5	5	0	71	9.9	484	17:17	1.4	0.4	1.8
13	Andrei Nikolishin	24	C	38	6	10	16	1	14	5	1	0	1	8	2	0	40	15.0	563	14:49	0.8	0.6	1.4
14	Jan Bulis	19	C	48	5	11	16	-5	18	5	0	0	0	10	1	0	37	13.5	505	10:32	0.3	0.5	0.8
15	Sylvain Côté	32	D	59	1	15	16	-5	36	1	0	0	0	13	1	1	83	1.2	1095	18:33	0.5	2.9	3.4
16	Craig Berube	32	LW	74	6	9	15	-3	189	6	0	0	0	9	0	0	68	8.8	629	8:30	-0.7	0.9	0.3
17	Kelly Miller	34	RW	76	7	7	14	-2	41	4	0	3	3	7	0	0	68	10.3	846	11:08	-0.7	1.0	0.3
18	Todd Krygier	32	RW	45	2	12	14	-3	30	2	0	0	1	9	3	0	71	2.8	594	13:12	-0.1	0.5	0.5
19	Esa Tikkanen	33	LW	20	2	10	12	-4	2	1	1	0	2	6	4	0	33	6.1	412	20:36	0.7	0.1	0.8
20	Joe Reekie	32	D	68	2	8	10	15	70	2	0	0	1	7	0	1	59	3.4	1387	20:24	-0.2	5.0	4.8
21	Brian Bellows	33	RW	11	6	3	9	-3	6	1	5	0	2	3	0	0	26	23.1	191	17:24	1.1	0.0	1.2
22	Michal Pivoňka	32	LW	33	3	6	9	5	20	3	0	0	1	5	1	0	38	7.9	488	14:47	0.0	0.7	0.6
23	Brendan Witt	22	D	64	1	7	8	-11	112	1	0	0	0	5	1	1	68	1.5	1128	17:38	-0.4	2.7	2.3
24	Jeff Toms	23	C	33	3	4	7	-11	8	3	0	0	1	3	0	1	55	5.5	371	11:15	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
25	Ken Klee	26	RW	51	4	2	6	-3	46	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	44	9.1	570	11:10	-0.9	0.6	-0.3
26	Jeff Brown	31	D	9	0	6	6	4	6	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	15	0.0	200	22:16	0.4	0.8	1.2
27	Jaroslav Svejkovský	21	RW	17	4	1	5	-5	10	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	29	13.8	192	11:19	0.3	0.0	0.3
28	Mike Eagles	34	LW	36	1	3	4	-2	16	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	25	4.0	348	9:40	-0.9	0.4	-0.4
29	Jan Benda	25	C	9	0	3	3	1	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	0.0	83	9:15	0.0	0.2	0.1
30	Nolan Baumgartner	21	D	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.0	72	17:55	0.0	0.2	0.2
31	Benoît Gratton	21	C	6	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0.0	42	7:02	-0.1	0.1	0.0
32	Olaf Kölzig	27	G	64	0	1	1	0	12	0	0	0	0				0		3788	59:11	0.0	0.0	12.7
33	Bill Ranford	31	G	22	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		1183	53:47	0.0	0.0	3.0
34	Brad Church	21	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	22	10:46	-0.1	0.0	0.0
35	David Harlock	26	D	6	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	96	16:00	-0.1	0.5	0.4
36	Dwayne Hay	20	LW	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	10	4:57	-0.1	0.0	0.0
37	Stewart Malgunas	27	D	8	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	127	15:52	-0.2	0.5	0.4
38	Ryan Mulhern	25	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	26	8:41	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
39	Pat Peake	24	RW	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	12:42	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Total			82	219	370	589	-16	1196	150	55	14	40	251	103	14	2225	9.8			34.6	40.0	90.4

WSH Goalies Regular Season

WSH Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Olaf Kölzig	27	64		33	18	10	139	1729	1590	.920	2.20	5	3788				86	23.1
2	Bill Ranford	31	22		7	12	2	55	555	500	.901	2.79	0	1183				106	-3.0
	Team Total				40	30	12	194	2284	2090	.915	2.34	5	4971				91	20.1

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Washington Capitals Goalies Series Stats

1997-98 Regular Season Stats

BUF Scoring Regular Season

BUF Goalies Regular Season

WSH Scoring Regular Season

WSH Goalies Regular Season

1998 NHL Eastern Conference Finals
Washington Capitals defeat Buffalo Sabres 4-2