1–4

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 28-17-4 before this game

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

Bruins at Capitals

Capitals beat Bruins 4–1 at Capital One Arena on January 25, 1998.

🗓 Sun, Jan 25, 1998 · 13:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Peter Bondra

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 20:00 TOI · +2

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Adam Oates

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 19:32 TOI · +2

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Phil Housley

1 G

2 shots · 15:44 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS WSH🦅

35 Shots on goal 26

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

6 Hits 10

5 Blocked shots 4

3 Takeaways 12

8 Giveaways 10

6 Penalty minutes 10

BOS shooting 2.9% (1/35) WSH shooting 15.4% (4/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Byron Dafoe

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:27 TOI

🦅Capitals

Bill Ranford

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 1st: 25-18-5 (52% win rate, 48 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 28-17-4 (57% win rate, 49 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 2nd: 25-18-5 (52% win rate, 48 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 28-17-4 (57% win rate, 49 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐻Bruins

L1 Donato · Heinze · Carter 17:32

L2 Samsonov · Thornton · Khristich 15:34

L3 Axelsson · Allison · Sullivan 15:09

L4 Baumgartner · Taylor · DiMaio 12:35

D1 Bourque · McLaren 24:46

D2 Sweeney · Ellett 18:31

D3 Gill · Van Impe 16:38

🦅Capitals

L1 Brunette · Oates · Bondra 19:32

L2 Toms · Nikolishin · Juneau 14:53

L3 Konowalchuk · Pivonka · Hunter 12:51

L4 Berube · Miller · Zednik 10:21

D1 Gonchar · Reekie 24:33

D2 Cote · Witt 21:26

D3 Housley · Klee 14:10

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

Nov 29, 1997

🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS

1–1 (OT) · Capitals won

3–3 (OT) · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs WSH, answered

Who won Bruins vs Capitals on January 25, 1998?

Capitals won 4–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Capitals?

The final score was Bruins 1, Capitals 4.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Bruins vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Jan 24

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Jan 21

Also on January 25, 1998

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3–1 final

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