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Washington Capitals, 1997-98

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Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference Made the playoffs

1997-98 record

League rank	GP	Record	Points	Points %	Goals for	Goals against	Diff	Home	Away
8	82	40-30-12	92	0.561	219	202	+17	23-12-6	17-18-6

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round	Opponent	Result
Conference Quarterfinals	Boston Bruins	Won 4-2
Conference Semifinals	Ottawa Senators	Won 4-1
Eastern Conference Finals	Buffalo Sabres	Won 4-2
Stanley Cup Final	Detroit Red Wings	Lost 0-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits
Peter Bondra	R	76	52	26	78	14	44	284	29
Adam Oates	C	82	18	58	76	6	36	121	17
Calle Johansson	D	73	15	20	35	-11	30	163	19
Steve Konowalchuk	L	80	10	24	34	9	80	131	97
Joe Juneau	C	56	9	22	31	-8	26	87	9
Phil Housley	D	64	6	25	31	-10	24	116	15
Dale Hunter	C	82	8	18	26	1	103	82	26
Richard Zednik	R	65	17	9	26	-2	28	148	49
Andrew Brunette	L	28	11	12	23	2	12	42	2
Sergei Gonchar	D	72	5	16	21	2	66	134	46
Chris Simon	L	28	7	10	17	-1	38	71	32
Mark Tinordi	D	47	8	9	17	9	39	57	66
Andrei Nikolishin	C	38	6	10	16	1	14	40	13
Jan Bulis	C	48	5	11	16	-5	18	37	27
Sylvain Cote	D	59	1	15	16	-5	36	83	43
Craig Berube	L	74	6	9	15	-3	189	68	59
Kelly Miller	L	76	7	7	14	-2	41	68	55
Todd Krygier	L	45	2	12	14	-3	30	71	15
Esa Tikkanen	L	20	2	10	12	-4	2	33	7
Joe Reekie	D	68	2	8	10	15	70	59	56
Brian Bellows	L	11	6	3	9	-3	6	26	2
Michal Pivonka	C	33	3	6	9	5	20	38	14
Brendan Witt	D	64	1	7	8	-11	112	68	145
Jeff Toms	L	33	3	4	7	-11	8	55	4
Jeff Brown	D	9	0	6	6	4	6	15	1
Ken Klee	D	51	4	2	6	-3	46	44	68
Jaroslav Svejkovsky	R	17	4	1	5	-5	10	29	6
Mike Eagles	L	36	1	3	4	-2	16	25	59
Jan Benda	C	9	0	3	3	1	6	8	4
Benoit Gratton	C	6	0	1	1	1	6	5	4
Nolan Baumgartner	D	4	0	1	1	0	0	4	7
Brad Church	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
David Harlock	D	6	0	0	0	2	4	2	1
Dwayne Hay	L	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
Pat Peake	C	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Ryan Mulhern	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Stewart Malgunas	D	8	0	0	0	1	12	5	12

Goalie	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
Olie Kolzig	64	33	18	10	0	5	1729	1590	139	2.20	0.920
Bill Ranford	22	7	12	2	0	0	555	500	55	2.79	0.901

Results

Date	Opponent	Result	Shots for	Shots against
Apr 19, 1998	vs CAR	W 2-1	26	28
Apr 18, 1998	@ CAR	W 4-3	23	30
Apr 14, 1998	vs NYR	W 3-1	32	17
Apr 13, 1998	@ NYI	W 2-0	31	35
Apr 11, 1998	@ PHI	L 3-4	30	26
Apr 8, 1998	@ DAL	L 1-2 (OT)	14	26
Apr 6, 1998	vs MTL	T 2-2 (OT)	18	36
Apr 4, 1998	vs LAK	W 3-2	31	25
Apr 2, 1998	vs TBL	W 4-1	28	25
Mar 31, 1998	vs NYI	W 5-2	25	33
Mar 28, 1998	@ VAN	W 3-2	28	24
Mar 26, 1998	@ CGY	L 2-3	27	26
Mar 25, 1998	@ EDM	L 2-4	25	34
Mar 21, 1998	@ NJD	L 2-3	21	25
Mar 20, 1998	vs NJD	W 2-0	16	33
Mar 18, 1998	vs CAR	W 1-0	24	36
Mar 16, 1998	vs PHX	W 2-1	24	25
Mar 14, 1998	@ OTT	L 0-4	35	33
Mar 12, 1998	@ NYI	W 2-1	21	33
Mar 9, 1998	vs CGY	W 5-2	27	23
Mar 7, 1998	vs FLA	W 6-3	34	31
Mar 5, 1998	@ PHI	L 2-3	25	20
Mar 3, 1998	vs BOS	L 0-3	23	23
Mar 1, 1998	vs BUF	L 0-3	36	20
Feb 28, 1998	@ TBL	L 2-5	37	22
Feb 25, 1998	vs TBL	L 3-4	33	18
Feb 7, 1998	vs TBL	L 3-4	34	22
Feb 4, 1998	@ PIT	T 2-2 (OT)	20	36
Feb 1, 1998	vs DET	L 2-4	25	30
Jan 31, 1998	@ PHI	W 3-2 (OT)	26	33
Jan 28, 1998	vs PIT	T 2-2 (OT)	26	23
Jan 26, 1998	@ NYR	T 2-2 (OT)	29	17
Jan 25, 1998	vs BOS	W 4-1	26	35
Jan 21, 1998	@ TBL	W 3-2 (OT)	30	26
Jan 15, 1998	vs CHI	W 3-2	31	31
Jan 13, 1998	vs OTT	W 4-0	25	24
Jan 11, 1998	@ DET	L 0-2	15	39
Jan 9, 1998	vs PHI	W 4-1	17	25
Jan 8, 1998	@ NYR	W 5-3	31	17
Jan 6, 1998	vs TOR	W 5-3	35	21
Jan 3, 1998	vs NYR	L 2-3	20	27
Jan 1, 1998	vs ANA	W 3-2	23	37
Dec 29, 1997	vs STL	W 4-2	25	19
Dec 27, 1997	vs OTT	L 0-3	31	20
Dec 26, 1997	vs PIT	L 1-4	24	35
Dec 23, 1997	vs NJD	T 1-1 (OT)	34	24
Dec 20, 1997	@ CAR	W 2-1	24	25
Dec 18, 1997	vs FLA	L 0-4	26	31
Dec 16, 1997	vs NYI	T 2-2 (OT)	30	27
Dec 13, 1997	@ LAK	T 2-2 (OT)	36	31
Dec 12, 1997	@ ANA	L 4-6	34	30
Dec 10, 1997	@ SJS	T 3-3 (OT)	22	31
Dec 7, 1997	@ FLA	L 4-5	28	23
Dec 5, 1997	vs FLA	W 3-2 (OT)	30	28
Dec 2, 1997	@ NYR	W 3-2 (OT)	29	25
Nov 29, 1997	@ BOS	T 1-1 (OT)	25	34
Nov 27, 1997	@ OTT	L 1-3	25	34
Nov 26, 1997	vs MTL	L 5-6	31	27
Nov 23, 1997	@ FLA	W 5-2	30	30
Nov 22, 1997	vs SJS	L 2-5	33	23
Nov 18, 1997	vs COL	T 6-6 (OT)	33	37
Nov 15, 1997	@ MTL	W 3-2	21	36
Nov 13, 1997	@ BUF	W 3-2	35	25
Nov 12, 1997	@ PIT	W 4-1	27	25
Nov 9, 1997	@ FLA	L 2-3	30	24
Nov 8, 1997	vs EDM	W 2-1	25	18
Nov 6, 1997	@ BOS	L 0-2	21	30
Nov 4, 1997	vs VAN	W 2-1	41	26
Nov 1, 1997	@ NJD	L 1-3	25	28
Oct 31, 1997	vs PHI	T 2-2 (OT)	32	39
Oct 29, 1997	vs DAL	L 3-4	19	25
Oct 25, 1997	@ STL	L 2-5	18	25
Oct 23, 1997	@ PHX	T 3-3 (OT)	26	35
Oct 22, 1997	@ COL	L 3-4	23	31
Oct 18, 1997	@ MTL	W 3-2	33	39
Oct 15, 1997	@ CHI	W 2-0	23	30
Oct 11, 1997	vs NYI	W 3-1	20	18
Oct 9, 1997	@ BUF	L 2-5	31	32
Oct 8, 1997	@ NYI	W 6-3	28	31
Oct 4, 1997	vs NJD	W 4-1	29	24
Oct 3, 1997	vs BUF	W 6-2	34	23
Oct 1, 1997	@ TOR	W 4-1	27	34