3–4

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 6-0-3 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	0	0	3
COL	0	0	0	4

Capitals at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Capitals 4–3 at Ball Arena on October 22, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Oct 22, 1997 · 20:00 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Joe Sakic

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 20:31 TOI · +2

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Valeri Kamensky

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 20:26 TOI · +1

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Wade Belak

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 05:45 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH COL🏔️

23 Shots on goal 31

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6

7 Hits 5

7 Blocked shots 14

1 Takeaways 3

3 Giveaways 4

16 Penalty minutes 24

WSH shooting 13.0% (3/23) COL shooting 12.9% (4/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 58:47 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:52 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 7-1 (88% win rate, 8 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 6-0-3 (67% win rate, 9 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 7-1 (88% win rate, 8 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 6-0-3 (67% win rate, 9 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Oates · Juneau · Bondra 20:39

L2 Simon · Konowalchuk · Pivonka 14:31

L3 Miller · Benda · Hunter 9:44

L4 Bulis · Zednik · Svejkovsky 7:20

D1 Johansson · Housley 23:03

D2 Tinordi · Cote 19:51

D3 Witt · Klee 15:26

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Messier · Forsberg · Sakic 21:54

L2 Kamensky · Yelle · Lemieux 19:38

L3 Lacroix · Kurri · Deadmarsh 15:56

L4 Corbet · Belak 7:07

D1 Krupp · Foote 21:34

D2 Klemm · Lefebvre 17:03

D3 Gusarov · Miller 12:54

D4 Leroux 1:19

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ WSH vs COL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Avalanche on October 22, 1997?

Avalanche won 4–3.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Avalanche?

The final score was Capitals 3, Avalanche 4.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche 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 18

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Oct 19

Also on October 22, 1997

Capitals season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule