🐆 Away Panthers 13-16-5 before this game
4–0
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 19-12-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
FLA 0004
WSH 0000

Panthers at Capitals

Panthers beat Capitals 4–0 at Capital One Arena on December 18, 1997.

🗓 Thu, Dec 18, 1997 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Panthers lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐆 FLA
Kirk Muller
1 G, 1 A
8 shots · 11:20 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐆 FLA
Radek Dvorak
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 14:33 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐆 FLA
Scott Mellanby
2 A
3 shots · 16:51 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA WSH🦅
31 Shots on goal 26
10 Hits 8
11 Blocked shots 5
10 Takeaways 4
5 Giveaways 2
21 Penalty minutes 17
FLA shooting 12.9% (4/31) WSH shooting 0.0% (0/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 13-16-5 (38% win rate, 34 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 19-12-3 (56% win rate, 34 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 2nd: 13-16-5 (38% win rate, 34 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 19-12-3 (56% win rate, 34 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐆Panthers
L1 Lindsay · Fitzgerald · Mellanby 16:51
L2 Washburn · Hull · Sheppard 15:48
L3 Gagner · Wells · Dvorak 14:06
L4 Muller · Whitney · Nemirovsky 9:26
D1 Svehla · Murphy 22:04
D2 Jovanovski · Carkner 20:19
D3 Warrener · Laus 17:26
🦅Capitals
L1 Konowalchuk · Oates · Bondra 22:00
L2 Miller · Pivonka · Hunter 13:23
L3 Simon · Bulis · Zednik 12:50
L4 Church · Berube 9:35
D1 Johansson · Housley 22:02
D2 Gonchar · Witt 20:51
D3 Tinordi · Reekie 16:56
D4 Cote 11:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Panthers lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →
Dec 7, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA
4–5 · Panthers won
Dec 5, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
2–3 (OT) · Capitals won
Nov 23, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA
5–2 · Capitals won
Nov 9, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA
2–3 · Panthers won
Apr 6, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
3–3 (OT) · Panthers won

❓ FLA vs WSH, answered

Who won Panthers vs Capitals on December 18, 1997?

Panthers won 4–0.

What was the final score of Panthers vs Capitals?

The final score was Panthers 4, Capitals 0.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

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

Where is Panthers vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Panthers vs Capitals season series?

Panthers lead the season series 3–2 after 5 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
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Dec 17
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
4–2 · NYR won
Next game · Dec 20
🐆FLA @ 🔔PHI
0–2 · PHI won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Dec 16
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
2–2 · NYI won
Next game · Dec 20
🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR
2–1 · WSH won
Also on December 18, 1997
🌪️CAR @ 🏛️OTT
2–3 final
🐻BOS @ 🔔PHI
2–2 final
😈NJD @ 🎵STL
4–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🔥CGY
2–1 final
🐋VAN @ 🦈SJS
0–0 final
🍁TOR @ 👑LAK
2–5 final
Panthers season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule