⚔️ Away Sabres 0-0 in series
2–0
Final
WSH leads 4–2
🦅 Home Capitals 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BUF 0002
WSH 0000

Sabres at Capitals — Conference Finals Game 1

Sabres, Conference Finals Game 1, beat Capitals 2–0 at Capital One Arena on May 23, 1998.

🗓 Sat, May 23, 1998 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1997-98 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Conference Finals — Best of 7

BUF vs WSH · WSH leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
2–0
Final · BUF
Game 2
2–3
OT · WSH
Game 3
4–3
OT · WSH
Game 4
2–0
Final · WSH
Game 5
2–1
Final · BUF
Game 6
3–2
OT · WSH

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Miroslav Satan
1 G
3 shots · 14:36 TOI · +1
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Michal Grosek
1 G
2 shots · 15:58 TOI · +1
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Donald Audette
1 A
2 shots · 17:19 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF WSH🦅
20 Shots on goal 19
7 Hits 4
13 Blocked shots 10
0 Takeaways 6
3 Giveaways 6
10 Penalty minutes 14
BUF shooting 10.0% (2/20) WSH shooting 0.0% (0/19)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek Shutout
19/19
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
18/20
.900 SV% · 2 GA · 58:40 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 53-29-9 (58% win rate, 91 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 54-31-8 (58% win rate, 93 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 53-29-9 (58% win rate, 91 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 54-31-8 (58% win rate, 93 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Ward · Peca · Brown 18:00
L2 Holzinger · Audette · Barnaby 16:42
L3 Grosek · Varada · Satan 15:19
L4 Sanderson · Primeau · Ray 9:20
D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 24:54
D2 Woolley · Shannon 20:24
D3 Wilson · Boughner 13:16
🦅Capitals
L1 Tikkanen · Oates · Juneau 21:43
L2 Bellows · Nikolishin · Bondra 17:29
L3 Krygier · Pivonka · Zednik 10:53
L4 Simon · Berube · Hunter 5:33
D1 Gonchar · Johansson 24:41
D2 Tinordi · Reekie 20:30
D3 Housley · Witt 13:23

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 1, 1998
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
3–0 · Sabres won
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

❓ BUF vs WSH, answered

Who won Sabres vs Capitals on May 23, 1998?

Sabres won 2–0.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Capitals?

The final score was Sabres 2, Capitals 0.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 19 saves on 19 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Capitals played?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · May 14
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–1 · BUF won
Next game · May 25
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · May 15
🏛️OTT @ 🦅WSH
0–3 · WSH won
Next game · May 25
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
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