🦅 Away Capitals 25-16-4 before this game
0–2
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 31-11-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Capitals at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Capitals 2–0 at Little Caesars Arena on January 11, 1998.

🗓 Sun, Jan 11, 1998 · 14:00 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Vyacheslav Kozlov
1 G
5 shots · 16:46 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐙 DET
Igor Larionov
1 G
2 shots · 19:02 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐙 DET
Larry Murphy
1 A
2 shots · 26:09 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH DET🐙
15 Shots on goal 39
33 Hits 30
10 Blocked shots 4
1 Takeaways 5
3 Giveaways 0
17 Penalty minutes 15
WSH shooting 0.0% (0/15) DET shooting 5.1% (2/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:07 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:26 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 25-16-4 (56% win rate, 45 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 31-11-4 (67% win rate, 46 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 25-16-4 (56% win rate, 45 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 31-11-4 (67% win rate, 46 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Krygier · Oates · Bondra 18:45
L2 Brunette · Konowalchuk · Nikolishin 15:36
L3 Toms · Eagles · Hunter 10:49
L4 Miller · Berube · Zednik 8:43
D1 Gonchar · Johansson 24:58
D2 Tinordi · Reekie 22:56
D3 Housley · Klee 12:38
🐙Red Wings
L1 Gilchrist · Yzerman · Larionov 19:02
L2 Kozlov · Maltby · McCarty 16:29
L3 Shanahan · Brown · Lapointe 13:27
L4 Knuble · Kocur · Dandenault 6:31
D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 27:18
D2 Fetisov · Eriksson 17:08
D3 Rouse · Golubovsky 13:06

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Dec 26, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐙DET
4–5 (OT) · Red Wings won
Dec 4, 1996
🐙DET @ 🦅WSH
2–0 · Red Wings won
Feb 15, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐙DET
3–4 · Red Wings won
Jan 13, 1996
🐙DET @ 🦅WSH
4–2 · Red Wings won
Mar 25, 1994
🦅WSH @ 🐙DET
2–2 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs DET, answered

Who won Capitals vs Red Wings on January 11, 1998?

Red Wings won 2–0.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Red Wings?

The final score was Capitals 0, Red Wings 2.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

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

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

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

Where is Capitals vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings 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 · Jan 9
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
1–4 · WSH won
Next game · Jan 13
🏛️OTT @ 🦅WSH
0–4 · WSH won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Jan 9
🐙DET @ ⭐DAL
3–3 · DET won
Next game · Jan 12
🐙DET @ 🏝️NYI
1–1 · DET won
Also on January 11, 1998
🔔PHI @ ⚡TBL
5–2 final
⭐DAL @ 🦆ANA
1–2 final
🏛️OTT @ 🌵PHX
4–4 final
Capitals season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule