🦅 Away Capitals 32-20-5 before this game

2–5

Final

⚡ Home Lightning 14-37-7 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	0	0	2
TBL	0	0	0	5

Capitals at Lightning

Lightning beat Capitals 5–2 at AMALIE Arena on February 28, 1998.

🗓 Sat, Feb 28, 1998 · 14:00 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚡ TBL

Paul Ysebaert

2 G

3 shots · 16:03 TOI · +2

2nd star ⚡ TBL

Jody Hull

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 17:23 TOI · +4

3rd star ⚡ TBL

Mikael Andersson

2 A

2 shots · 13:15 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH TBL⚡

37 Shots on goal 22

1/9 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5

23 Hits 25

1 Blocked shots 10

1 Takeaways 4

4 Giveaways 3

37 Penalty minutes 43

WSH shooting 5.4% (2/37) TBL shooting 22.7% (5/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Bill Ranford

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 39:27 TOI

Olie Kolzig

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 20:00 TOI

⚡Lightning

Mark Fitzpatrick

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 32-20-5 (56% win rate, 57 games)

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 1st: 14-37-7 (24% win rate, 58 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 32-20-5 (56% win rate, 57 games)

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 2nd: 14-37-7 (24% win rate, 58 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Oates · Juneau · Bondra 27:12

L2 Brunette · Konowalchuk · Zednik 14:32

L3 Miller · Bulis · Svejkovsky 10:28

L4 Toms · Berube · Hunter 7:48

D1 Johansson · Gonchar 26:37

D2 Reekie · Housley 20:17

D3 Cote · Witt 12:38

⚡Lightning

L1 Zamuner · Langkow · Richer 19:03

L2 Ysebaert · Hull · Tucker 16:03

L3 Renberg · Selivanov · Andersson 13:29

L4 Debrusk · Wiemer · Bonsignore 6:07

D1 Racine · Dykhuis 26:55

D2 Cross · Wilkie 21:06

D3 McBain · Huscroft 9:43

⚔️ Last meetings

Lightning lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

3–2 (OT) · Capitals won

4–5 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs TBL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Lightning on February 28, 1998?

Lightning won 5–2.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Lightning?

The final score was Capitals 2, Lightning 5.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mark Fitzpatrick made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Lightning season series?

Lightning lead the season series 3–1 after 4 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

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Feb 25

⚡Lightning

Previous game · Feb 26

Also on February 28, 1998

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