🦅 Away Capitals 44-29-7 before this game

4–3

Final

🌪️ Home Hurricanes 34-37-9 before this game

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

Capitals at Hurricanes

Capitals beat Hurricanes 4–3 at PNC Arena on April 18, 1998.

🗓 Sat, Apr 18, 1998 · 12:30 CDT 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Adam Oates

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · 23:06 TOI · +1

2nd star 🌪️ CAR

Bates Battaglia

3 A

4 shots · 15:31 TOI · +2

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Brian Bellows

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 18:35 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH CAR🌪️

23 Shots on goal 30

1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3

9 Hits 16

8 Blocked shots 16

15 Takeaways 10

15 Giveaways 19

10 Penalty minutes 16

WSH shooting 17.4% (4/23) CAR shooting 10.0% (3/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

27/30

.900 SV% · 3 GA · 59:54 TOI

🌪️Hurricanes

Mike Fountain

19/23

.826 SV% · 4 GA · 59:14 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 44-29-7 (55% win rate, 80 games)

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 34-37-9 (42% win rate, 80 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 44-29-7 (55% win rate, 80 games)

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 34-37-9 (42% win rate, 80 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Bellows · Oates · Bondra 21:18

L2 Tikkanen · Nikolishin · Juneau 16:28

L3 Konowalchuk · Miller · Pivonka 11:10

L4 Eagles · Berube · Hunter 7:59

D1 Brown · Tinordi 25:08

D2 Johansson · Reekie 20:34

D3 Housley · Klee 14:18

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Kron · Primeau · Emerson 18:02

L2 Gelinas · Battaglia · Kapanen 15:31

L3 Ranheim · Manderville · Dineen 13:28

L4 Grimson · Martins · Rice 9:05

D1 Wesley · Rucinski 22:34

D2 Leschyshyn · Burt 19:10

D3 Halko · Pratt 15:26

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ WSH vs CAR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Hurricanes on April 18, 1998?

Capitals won 4–3.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Hurricanes?

The final score was Capitals 4, Hurricanes 3.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Mike Fountain made 19 saves on 23 shots (.826 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Hurricanes season series?

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 after 3 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 · Apr 14

🌪️Hurricanes

Previous game · Apr 16

Also on April 18, 1998

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