🐙 Away Red Wings 35-14-5 before this game
4–2
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 31-17-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Red Wings at Capitals

Red Wings beat Capitals 4–2 at Capital One Arena on February 1, 1998.

🗓 Sun, Feb 1, 1998 · 12:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Anders Eriksson
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 16:12 TOI · +1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Adam Oates
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 23:56 TOI · +2
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Andrew Brunette
2 A
2 shots · 22:29 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET WSH🦅
30 Shots on goal 25
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
8 Hits 7
15 Blocked shots 13
0 Takeaways 2
5 Giveaways 8
10 Penalty minutes 4
DET shooting 13.3% (4/30) WSH shooting 8.0% (2/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Kevin Hodson
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:39 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 35-14-5 (65% win rate, 54 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 31-17-5 (58% win rate, 53 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 35-14-5 (65% win rate, 54 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 31-17-5 (58% win rate, 53 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐙Red Wings
L1 Gilchrist · Shanahan · Larionov 17:23
L2 Maltby · Draper · Brown 16:41
L3 Kozlov · Lapointe · Kocur 14:10
L4 Holmstrom · Knuble · Dandenault 9:27
D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 23:46
D2 Rouse · Ward 18:32
D3 Pushor · Eriksson 16:27
🦅Capitals
L1 Brunette · Oates · Bondra 22:29
L2 Nikolishin · Pivonka · Zednik 14:44
L3 Krygier · Toms · Eagles 13:28
L4 Berube · Miller · Hunter 8:27
D1 Gonchar · Housley 26:21
D2 Reekie · Malgunas 18:38
D3 Witt · Klee 15:02

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 11, 1998
🦅WSH @ 🐙DET
0–2 · Red Wings won
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

❓ DET vs WSH, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Capitals on February 1, 1998?

Red Wings won 4–2.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Capitals?

The final score was Red Wings 4, Capitals 2.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Kevin Hodson made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

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

Where is Red Wings vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Red Wings vs Capitals season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Jan 31
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
2–4 · PIT won
Next game · Feb 3
🐙DET @ 🐆FLA
1–1 · DET won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Jan 31
🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI
3–2 · WSH won
Next game · Feb 4
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–2 · WSH won
Also on February 1, 1998
🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI
2–2 final
⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA
5–2 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR
6–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🦆ANA
3–4 final
Red Wings season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule