🦅 Away Capitals 5-1-0 before this game
2–0
Final
🪶 Home Blackhawks 0-5-0 before this game
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Capitals at Blackhawks

Capitals beat Blackhawks 2–0 at United Center on October 15, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Oct 15, 1997 · 19:30 CDT 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Calle Johansson
1 G
3 shots · 21:21 TOI · +1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Chris Simon
1 G
1 shots · 16:43 TOI · +2
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Peter Bondra
1 A
4 shots · 22:06 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH CHI🪶
23 Shots on goal 30
10 Hits 22
10 Blocked shots 7
7 Takeaways 13
10 Giveaways 20
16 Penalty minutes 16
WSH shooting 8.7% (2/23) CHI shooting 0.0% (0/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Chris Terreri
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:14 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 5-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 5-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Oates · Juneau · Bondra 22:06
L2 Konowalchuk · Simon · Pivonka 18:33
L3 Hunter · Bulis · Svejkovsky 9:54
L4 Berube · Benda · Zednik 6:49
D1 Gonchar · Tinordi 22:19
D2 Johansson · Cote 20:46
D3 Klee · Witt 16:18
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Zhamnov · Amonte · Krivokrasov 20:25
L2 Moreau · Black · Shantz 16:37
L3 Daze · Sutter · Dubinsky 13:01
L4 Leroux · Cummins · Mills 5:55
D1 Chelios · Weinrich 28:20
D2 Suter · Carney 23:06
D3 Yawney · Russell 8:36

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 26, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🪶CHI
3–5 · Blackhawks won
Oct 5, 1996
🪶CHI @ 🦅WSH
5–2 · Blackhawks won
Jan 17, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🪶CHI
3–2 · Capitals won
Nov 11, 1995
🪶CHI @ 🦅WSH
4–1 · Blackhawks won
Mar 31, 1994
🦅WSH @ 🪶CHI
6–3 · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs CHI, answered

Who won Capitals vs Blackhawks on October 15, 1997?

Capitals won 2–0.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Blackhawks?

The final score was Capitals 2, Blackhawks 0.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

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

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Chris Terreri made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Blackhawks season series?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Oct 11
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
1–3 · WSH won
Next game · Oct 18
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · WSH won
🪶Blackhawks
Previous game · Oct 13
🪶CHI @ 🌵PHX
1–2 · PHX won
Next game · Oct 17
🎵STL @ 🪶CHI
2–0 · STL won
Also on October 15, 1997
🍁TOR @ 🐙DET
4–3 final
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
1–2 final
🗽NYR @ 🏛️OTT
1–5 final
⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR
3–3 final
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–1 final
🏔️COL @ 🛢️EDM
6–2 final
🐻BOS @ 👑LAK
5–3 final
🔔PHI @ 🦆ANA
2–2 final
Capitals season page Blackhawks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule