🗽 Away Rangers 32-34-13 before this game

1–3

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 43-29-7 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYR	0	0	0	1
WSH	0	0	0	3

Rangers at Capitals

Capitals beat Rangers 3–1 at Capital One Arena on April 14, 1998.

🗓 Tue, Apr 14, 1998 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 4–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Andrei Nikolishin

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 17:59 TOI · +1

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Peter Bondra

1 G

7 shots · 20:48 TOI · +1

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Joe Juneau

1 G

2 shots · 13:23 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🗽NYR WSH🦅

17 Shots on goal 32

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6

10 Hits 10

5 Blocked shots 1

12 Takeaways 12

10 Giveaways 11

16 Penalty minutes 14

NYR shooting 5.9% (1/17) WSH shooting 9.4% (3/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🗽Rangers

Dan Cloutier

29/32

.906 SV% · 3 GA · 59:43 TOI

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

16/17

.941 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Rangers

Rangers — tied after 1st: 32-34-13 (41% win rate, 79 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 43-29-7 (54% win rate, 79 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Rangers

Rangers — tied after 2nd: 32-34-13 (41% win rate, 79 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 43-29-7 (54% win rate, 79 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🗽Rangers

L1 Graves · Gretzky · Kovalev 24:44

L2 Stevens · Goneau · Sundstrom 14:20

L3 Errey · Lindbom · Savard 11:26

L4 Langdon · Stock · Smyth 6:47

D1 Galanov · Finley 20:50

D2 Smith · Samuelsson 19:11

D3 Lidster · Cairns 15:49

🦅Capitals

L1 Tikkanen · Oates · Bondra 20:48

L2 Bellows · Konowalchuk · Nikolishin 14:55

L3 Berube · Juneau · Hunter 9:43

L4 Eagles · Krygier · Miller 8:24

D1 Johansson · Harlock 25:24

D2 Gonchar · Malgunas 19:10

D3 Housley · Baumgartner 14:37

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 4–1 Full head-to-head →

Jan 26, 1998

🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR

2–2 (OT) · Capitals won

3–2 (OT) · Capitals won

Mar 12, 1997

🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR

2–3 · Rangers won

❓ NYR vs WSH, answered

Who won Rangers vs Capitals on April 14, 1998?

Capitals won 3–1.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Capitals?

The final score was Rangers 1, Capitals 3.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Dan Cloutier made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 16 saves on 17 shots (.941 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Rangers vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 4–1 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

🗽Rangers

Previous game · Apr 11

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Apr 13

Also on April 14, 1998

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