🏝️ Away Islanders 2-1-0 before this game
1–3
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 4-1-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
NYI 0101
WSH 0303

Islanders at Capitals

Capitals beat Islanders 3–1 at Capital One Arena on October 11, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Oct 11, 1997 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Joe Juneau
2 A
2 shots · 21:04 TOI · +1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Jaroslav Svejkovsky
1 G
3 shots · 13:49 TOI · +1
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Jan Bulis
1 G
1 shots · 10:38 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Jan Bulis Go-ahead 2nd · 02:18
Assists: Sylvain Cote, Richard Zednik · beat Tommy Salo
0–1
🦅 Jaroslav Svejkovsky 2nd · 03:44
Assists: Brendan Witt, Joe Juneau · beat Tommy Salo
0–2
🏝️ Bryan Berard PP 2nd · 14:47
Assists: Robert Reichel · beat Olie Kolzig
1–2
🦅 Sergei Gonchar PP 2nd · 19:55
Assists: Joe Juneau · beat Tommy Salo
1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI WSH🦅
18 Shots on goal 20
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
7 Hits 10
7 Blocked shots 7
3 Takeaways 13
6 Giveaways 13
12 Penalty minutes 12
NYI shooting 5.6% (1/18) WSH shooting 15.0% (3/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Tommy Salo
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:14 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Islanders
Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Reichel · Palffy · Chorske 21:18
L2 Nemchinov · Smolinski · Green 18:02
L3 Hough · Lapointe · Czerkawski 12:26
L4 Kruse · Belanger · Bertuzzi 2:28
D1 Berard · McCabe 23:08
D2 Jonsson · Lachance 20:52
D3 Vaske · Pilon 16:09
🦅Capitals
L1 Oates · Juneau · Bondra 21:04
L2 Simon · Konowalchuk · Pivonka 14:36
L3 Hunter · Svejkovsky · Zednik 11:16
L4 Berube · Bulis · Benda 8:31
D1 Johansson · Witt 23:42
D2 Gonchar · Tinordi 19:52
D3 Cote · Klee 16:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 8, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
6–3 · Capitals won
Apr 12, 1997
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
2–6 · Capitals won
Mar 2, 1997
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
2–0 · Islanders won
Dec 7, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
0–2 · Islanders won
Nov 29, 1996
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
2–0 · Islanders won

❓ NYI vs WSH, answered

Who won Islanders vs Capitals on October 11, 1997?

Capitals won 3–1.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Capitals?

The final score was Islanders 1, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Islanders?

Bryan Berard.

Who scored for Capitals?

Jan Bulis, Jaroslav Svejkovsky, Sergei Gonchar.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🏝️Islanders
Previous game · Oct 8
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
6–3 · WSH won
Next game · Oct 13
🏝️NYI @ 🐆FLA
2–2 · NYI won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Oct 9
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
2–5 · BUF won
Next game · Oct 15
🦅WSH @ 🪶CHI
2–0 · WSH won
Also on October 11, 1997
🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT
1–4 final
🔔PHI @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–2 final
⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD
2–3 final
🍁TOR @ 🛢️EDM
1–2 final
🐆FLA @ 🎵STL
3–5 final
🌵PHX @ 🏔️COL
3–3 final
🗽NYR @ 🐋VAN
6–3 final
🐻BOS @ 🦈SJS
2–5 final
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