⚔️ Away Sabres 28-21-8 before this game
3–0
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 32-21-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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WSH 0000

Sabres at Capitals

Sabres beat Capitals 3–0 at Capital One Arena on March 1, 1998.

🗓 Sun, Mar 1, 1998 · 12:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Miroslav Satan
3 G
4 shots · 11:09 TOI · +2
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Woolley
1 A
1 shots · 17:39 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Michael Peca
1 A
1 shots · 19:23 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF WSH🦅
20 Shots on goal 36
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
6 Hits 2
11 Blocked shots 10
0 Takeaways 2
1 Giveaways 6
16 Penalty minutes 18
BUF shooting 15.0% (3/20) WSH shooting 0.0% (0/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:18 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 28-21-8 (49% win rate, 57 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 32-21-5 (55% win rate, 58 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 28-21-8 (49% win rate, 57 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 32-21-5 (55% win rate, 58 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Grosek · Peca · Dawe 16:47
L2 Sanderson · Brown · Barnaby 15:53
L3 Primeau · Holzinger · Audette 13:38
L4 Ward · Satan · Ray 11:09
D1 Zhitnik · Shannon 24:34
D2 McKee · Wilson 20:46
D3 Woolley · Boughner 14:38
🦅Capitals
L1 Oates · Hunter · Bondra 23:22
L2 Brunette · Juneau · Nikolishin 14:28
L3 Konowalchuk · Miller · Svejkovsky 11:31
L4 Berube · Bulis · Zednik 7:35
D1 Reekie · Johansson 27:50
D2 Gonchar · Cote 21:15
D3 Klee · Witt 11:03

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →
Nov 13, 1997
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
3–2 · Capitals won
Oct 9, 1997
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
2–5 · Sabres won
Oct 3, 1997
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
2–6 · Capitals won
Apr 13, 1997
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
8–3 · Capitals won
Mar 21, 1997
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
4–1 · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs WSH, answered

Who won Sabres vs Capitals on March 1, 1998?

Sabres won 3–0.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Capitals?

The final score was Sabres 3, Capitals 0.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Sabres vs Capitals season series?

Season series tied 2–2 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
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Feb 26
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
1–1 · BUF won
Next game · Mar 2
⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR
1–0 · BUF won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Feb 28
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
2–5 · TBL won
Next game · Mar 3
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
3–0 · BOS won
Also on March 1, 1998
🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI
5–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🪶CHI
2–2 final
🏛️OTT @ 🔥CGY
1–2 final
🎵STL @ 🦆ANA
6–2 final
Sabres season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule