1997-98 Washington Capitals Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 40-30-12 - 92 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Postseason: 12-9
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-2
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated Ottawa Senators 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Buffalo Sabres 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-0
Coach: Ron Wilson (40-30-12)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1997-98 Washington Capitals RosterTeam Record: 40-30-12 - 92 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Postseason: 12-9
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-2
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated Ottawa Senators 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Buffalo Sabres 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-0
Coach: Ron Wilson (40-30-12)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1997-98 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 40 wins and 30 losses and 12 ties for 92 points, finishing third in the NHL's Atlantic Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-9.
The Capitals potted 219 goals and allowed 202. Peter Bondra scored 52 goals for Washington, and Adam Oates contributed 58 assists. Olaf Kolzig earned 33 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.20 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Ron Wilson coached the team. The 1997-98 Washington Capitals lost in the Stanley Cup finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bondra | R | 76 | 52 | 26 | 78 | 44 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 284 | 18.3 |
| Adam Oates | C | 82 | 18 | 58 | 76 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 14.9 |
| Calle Johansson | D | 73 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 30 | -11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 163 | 9.2 |
| Steve Konowalchuk | L | 80 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 80 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 131 | 7.6 |
| Joe Juneau | C | 56 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 26 | -8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 10.3 |
| Phil Housley | D | 64 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 24 | -10 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 5.2 |
| Richard Zednik | R | 65 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 148 | 11.5 |
| Dale Hunter | C | 82 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 9.8 |
| Andrew Brunette | L | 28 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 26.2 |
| Sergei Gonchar | D | 72 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 3.7 |
| Mark Tinordi | D | 47 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 14.0 |
| Chris Simon | L | 28 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 38 | -1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 9.9 |
| Andrei Nikolishin | C | 38 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 15.0 |
| Jan Bulis | C | 48 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 13.5 |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 59 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 36 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 1.2 |
| Craig Berube | L | 74 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 189 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 8.8 |
| Kelly Miller | L | 76 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 41 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 10.3 |
| Todd Krygier | L | 45 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 30 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 2.8 |
| Esa Tikkanen | L | 20 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Joe Reekie | D | 68 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 70 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 3.4 |
| Brian Bellows | L | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 23.1 |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 33 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 7.9 |
| Brendan Witt | D | 64 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 112 | -11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1.5 |
| Jeff Toms | C | 33 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 5.5 |
| Ken Klee | D | 51 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 46 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 9.1 |
| Jeff Brown | D | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Jaroslav Svejkovsky | L | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 13.8 |
| Mike Eagles | L | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
| Jan Benda | C | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Nolan Baumgartner | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Benoit Gratton | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Bill Ranford | G | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Olaf Kolzig | G | 64 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stewart Malgunas | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| David Harlock | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dwayne Hay | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Mulhern | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Pat Peake | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Church | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1562 | 219 | 370 | 589 | 1196 | -16 | 55 | 101 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 8 | 2225 | 9.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olaf Kolzig | 64 | 3788 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 139 | 2.20 | 1729 | 1590 | .920 |
| Bill Ranford | 22 | 1183 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 2.79 | 555 | 500 | .901 |
| Totals | 86 | 4971 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 194 | 2.34 | 2478 | 2284 | .922 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bondra | R | 17 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 14.6 | |
| Adam Oates | C | 21 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 19.4 | |
| Calle Johansson | D | 21 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4.8 | |
| Joe Juneau | C | 21 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 13.0 | |
| Phil Housley | D | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 | |
| Richard Zednik | R | 17 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 17.5 | |
| Dale Hunter | C | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 30 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | |
| Sergei Gonchar | D | 21 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18.9 | |
| Mark Tinordi | D | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | |
| Chris Simon | L | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Andrei Nikolishin | C | 21 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 | |
| Craig Berube | L | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Kelly Miller | L | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Todd Krygier | L | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Esa Tikkanen | L | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 13.0 | |
| Joe Reekie | D | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Brian Bellows | L | 21 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 9.7 | |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | |
| Brendan Witt | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Jeff Toms | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Klee | D | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Jeff Brown | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Jaroslav Svejkovsky | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Eagles | L | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Olaf Kolzig | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 399 | 53 | 86 | 139 | 313 | 48 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 529 | 10.0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olaf Kolzig | 21 | 1351 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 1.95 | 740 | 696 | .941 |
| Totals | 21 | 1351 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 1.95 | 784 | 740 | .944 |
