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1997-98 Washington Capitals

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40-30-12 (92 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 219 goals, Allowed 202 goals, SRS: 0.17 (11th of 26)
Coached by Ron Wilson (40-30-12)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Finals (4-0) to Detroit Red Wings
Won Conference Finals (4-2) over Buffalo Sabres
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) over Ottawa Senators
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Boston Bruins

1997-98 Statistics / Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Washington Capitals 82 40 30 12 92 .561 219 202 0.17 5.13 55 350 15.71 39 362 89.23 14 4
League Average 82 35 35 13 82 .500 216 216 0.00 5.28 57 380 15.08 57 380 84.92 10 10

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Peter Bondra RW 6-0 200 29 76 52 26 78 1.03 34 0.44 103 34 64 9 14 44 36 11 5 13 284 3.74 18.3
2 Adam Oates C 5-11 190 35 82 18 58 76 0.93 26 0.32 114 44 80 16 6 36 13 3 2 3 121 1.48 14.9
3 Calle Johansson D 5-11 203 30 73 15 20 35 0.48 13 0.18 80 35 79 23 -11 30 4 10 1 1 163 2.23 9.2
4 Steve Konowalchuk LW 6-1 207 25 80 10 24 34 0.43 12 0.15 57 7 53 12 9 80 8 2 0 2 131 1.64 7.6
5 Joe Juneau C 6-0 195 30 56 9 22 31 0.55 11 0.20 42 16 43 9 -8 26 4 4 1 1 87 1.55 10.3
6 Phil Housley D 5-10 185 33 64 6 25 31 0.48 10 0.16 75 40 48 3 -10 24 1 4 1 0 116 1.81 5.2
7 Richard Zednik RW 6-0 200 22 65 17 9 26 0.40 11 0.17 37 5 34 0 -2 28 15 2 0 2 148 2.28 11.5
8 Dale Hunter C 5-10 198 37 82 8 18 26 0.32 9 0.11 38 2 42 7 1 103 8 0 0 1 82 1.00 9.8
9 Andrew Brunette LW 6-1 212 24 28 11 12 23 0.82 9 0.32 27 9 16 0 2 12 7 4 0 2 42 1.50 26.2
10 Sergei Gonchar D 6-2 211 23 72 5 16 21 0.29 7 0.10 65 15 51 3 2 66 3 2 0 0 134 1.86 3.7
11 Mark Tinordi D 6-4 213 31 47 8 9 17 0.36 7 0.14 48 2 44 7 9 39 7 0 1 0 57 1.21 14.0
12 Chris Simon LW 6-3 233 26 28 7 10 17 0.61 6 0.23 34 15 20 0 -1 38 3 4 0 1 71 2.54 9.9
13 Sylvain Cote D 5-11 201 32 59 1 15 16 0.27 5 0.08 43 6 51 9 -5 36 1 0 0 0 83 1.41 1.2
14 Jan Bulis C 6-1 208 19 48 5 11 16 0.33 6 0.12 24 2 27 0 -5 18 5 0 0 0 37 0.77 13.5
15 Andrei Nikolishin C 6-0 213 24 38 6 10 16 0.42 6 0.16 21 4 20 4 1 14 5 1 0 1 40 1.05 15.0
16 Craig Berube LW 6-1 210 32 74 6 9 15 0.20 6 0.08 20 0 23 0 -3 189 6 0 0 0 68 0.92 8.8
17 Kelly Miller LW 5-11 195 34 76 7 7 14 0.18 6 0.07 22 0 35 11 -2 41 4 0 3 3 68 0.89 10.3
18 Todd Krygier LW 6-0 185 32 45 2 12 14 0.31 5 0.10 24 6 23 2 -3 30 2 0 0 1 71 1.58 2.8
19 Esa Tikkanen LW 6-1 190 33 20 2 10 12 0.60 4 0.20 17 8 14 1 -4 2 1 1 0 2 33 1.65 6.1
20 Joe Reekie D 6-3 220 32 68 2 8 10 0.15 3 0.05 52 1 52 16 15 70 2 0 0 1 59 0.87 3.4
21 Brian Bellows LW 5-11 210 33 11 6 3 9 0.82 4 0.35 9 5 7 0 -3 6 1 5 0 2 26 2.36 23.1
22 Michal Pivonka C 6-2 200 32 33 3 6 9 0.27 3 0.10 16 5 10 4 5 20 3 0 0 1 38 1.15 7.9
23 Brendan Witt D 6-2 223 22 64 1 7 8 0.13 3 0.04 37 1 57 10 -11 112 1 0 0 0 68 1.06 1.5
24 Jeff Toms C 6-5 200 23 33 3 4 7 0.21 3 0.08 7 0 19 1 -11 8 3 0 0 1 55 1.67 5.5
25 Jeff Brown D 6-1 204 31 9 0 6 6 0.67 2 0.20 13 6 4 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 15 1.67 0.0
26 Ken Klee D 6-0 210 26 51 4 2 6 0.12 3 0.05 16 0 22 3 -3 46 4 0 0 1 44 0.86 9.1
27 Jaroslav Svejkovsky RW 6-1 193 21 17 4 1 5 0.29 2 0.14 8 4 9 0 -5 10 2 2 0 1 29 1.71 13.8
28 Mike Eagles C/LW 5-10 195 34 36 1 3 4 0.11 1 0.04 9 0 13 2 -2 16 1 0 0 0 25 0.69 4.0
29 Jan Benda C 6-3 215 25 9 0 3 3 0.33 1 0.10 6
30 Nolan Baumgartner D 6-2 205 21 4 0 1 1 0.25 0 0.08 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.00 0.0
31 Benoit Gratton C 5-11 194 21 6 0 1 1 0.17 0 0.05 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 5 0.83 0.0
32 David Harlock D 6-2 215 26 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 0 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0.33 0.0
33 Stewart Malgunas D 6-0 200 27 8 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 6 0 6 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 5 0.63 0.0
34 Dwayne Hay LW 6-1 203 20 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.50 0.0
35 Ryan Mulhern C 6-1 202 25 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.33 0.0
36 Brad Church LW 6-1 210 21 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.00 0.0
37 Pat Peake C 6-1 195 24 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Total 82 219 370 589 7.18 219 2.67 219 55 202 39 1 1196 150 55 14 40 2217 27.04 9.9

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Olaf Kolzig G 6-3 224 27 64 3788 33 18 10 76 .623 5 139 2.20 1729 1590 .920 0 1 1 12
2 Bill Ranford G 5-11 185 31 22 1183 7 12 2 16 .381 0 55 2.79 555 500 .901 0 1 1 0
Team Total 82 4971 40 30 12 5 194 2.34 2284 2090 .915

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Adam Oates C 5-11 190 35 21 6 11 17 0.81 8 8 4 1 1 1 31 1.48 19.4
2 Joe Juneau C 6-0 195 30 21 7 10 17 0.81 6 8 5 1 1 4 54 2.57 13.0
3 Andrei Nikolishin C 6-0 213 24 21 1 13 14 0.67 4 12 0 1 0 0 29 1.38 3.4
4 Brian Bellows LW 5-11 210 33 21 6 7 13 0.62 6 6 4 2 0 1 62 2.95 9.7
5 Peter Bondra RW 6-0 200 29 17 7 5 12 0.71 4 12 4 3 0 2 48 2.82 14.6
6 Sergei Gonchar D 6-2 211 23 21 7 4 11 0.52 2 30 3 3 1 2 37 1.76 18.9
7 Calle Johansson D 5-11 203 30 21 2 8 10 0.48 9 16 2 0 0 0 42 2.00 4.8
8 Richard Zednik RW 6-0 200 22 17 7 3 10 0.59 0 16 5 2 0 0 40 2.35 17.5
9 Esa Tikkanen LW 6-1 190 33 21 3 3 6 0.29 -2 20 2 1 0 0 23 1.10 13.0
10 Dale Hunter C 5-10 198 37 21 0 4 4 0.19 -1 30 0 0 0 0 14 0.67 0.0
11 Phil Housley D 5-10 185 33 18 0 4 4 0.22 -2 4 0 0 0 0 27 1.50 0.0
12 Joe Reekie D 6-3 220 32 21 1 2 3 0.14 4 20 1 0 0 0 16 0.76 6.3
13 Michal Pivonka C 6-2 200 32 13 0 3 3 0.23 5 0 0 0 0 0 16 1.23 0.0
14 Mark Tinordi D 6-4 213 31 21 1 2 3 0.14 6 42 1 0 0 0 14 0.67 7.1
15 Todd Krygier LW 6-0 185 32 13 1 2 3 0.23 -2 6 1 0 0 1 12 0.92 8.3
16 Mike Eagles C/LW 5-10 195 34 12 0 2 2 0.17 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.58 0.0
17 Jeff Brown D 6-1 204 31 2 0 2 2 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.00 0.0
18 Kelly Miller LW 5-11 195 34 10 0 1 1 0.10 2 4 0 0 0 0 8 0.80 0.0
19 Ken Klee D 6-0 210 26 9 1 0 1 0.11 2 10 1 0 0 0 6 0.67 16.7
20 Chris Simon LW 6-3 233 26 18 1 0 1 0.06 -3 26 1 0 0 0 17 0.94 5.9
21 Brendan Witt D 6-2 223 22 16 1 0 1 0.06 -1 14 1 0 0 0 9 0.56 11.1
22 Craig Berube LW 6-1 210 32 21 1 0 1 0.05 0 21 1 0 0 1 15 0.71 6.7
23 Jeff Toms C 6-5 200 23 1 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
24 Jaroslav Svejkovsky RW 6-1 193 21 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Total 21 53 86 139 6.62 313 36 14 3 12 529 25.19 10.0

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Olaf Kolzig G 6-3 224 27 21 1351 12 9 24 .571 4 44 1.95 740 696 .941 0 0 0 4
Team Total 82 1351 12 9 4 44 1.95 740 696 .941