⚡ Away Lightning 20-44-9 before this game

1–4

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 40-28-5 before this game

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

Lightning at Capitals

Capitals beat Lightning 4–1 at Capital One Arena on April 2, 1998.

🗓 Thu, Apr 2, 1998 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Peter Bondra

2 G, 1 A

7 shots · 18:05 TOI · +3

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Steve Konowalchuk

2 A

3 shots · 17:12 TOI · +3

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Sergei Gonchar

1 G

3 shots · 23:18 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚡TBL WSH🦅

25 Shots on goal 28

9 Hits 8

14 Blocked shots 9

1 Takeaways 5

3 Giveaways 6

4 Penalty minutes 4

TBL shooting 4.0% (1/25) WSH shooting 14.3% (4/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚡Lightning

Mark Fitzpatrick

24/28

.857 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

24/25

.960 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 1st: 20-44-9 (27% win rate, 73 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 40-28-5 (55% win rate, 73 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 2nd: 20-44-9 (27% win rate, 73 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 40-28-5 (55% win rate, 73 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚡Lightning

L1 Nazarov · Andersson · Tucker 17:51

L2 Langkow · Renberg · Selivanov 16:14

L3 Debrusk · Bonsignore · McCarthy 13:32

L4 Ysebaert · Kelly 11:12

D1 Cullimore · Cross 21:18

D2 Dykhuis · Racine 19:25

D3 Ciccone · McBain 17:48

D4 Wilkie 12:07

🦅Capitals

L1 Tikkanen · Nikolishin · Bondra 18:05

L2 Konowalchuk · Bellows · Oates 16:57

L3 Hunter · Juneau · Zednik 12:21

L4 Berube · Eagles · Miller 11:51

D1 Reekie · Gonchar 23:29

D2 Housley · Brown 19:06

D3 Johansson · Witt 17:29

⚔️ Last meetings

Lightning lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →

3–2 (OT) · Capitals won

Feb 15, 1997

🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL

1–4 · Lightning won

❓ TBL vs WSH, answered

Who won Lightning vs Capitals on April 2, 1998?

Capitals won 4–1.

What was the final score of Lightning vs Capitals?

The final score was Lightning 1, Capitals 4.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mark Fitzpatrick made 24 saves on 28 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Lightning vs Capitals season series?

Lightning lead the season series 3–2 after 5 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

⚡Lightning

Previous game · Apr 1

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Mar 31

Also on April 2, 1998

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