🦅 Away Capitals 10-16-3 before this game
4–0
Final
🐆 Home Panthers 15-9-4 before this game
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Capitals at Panthers

Capitals beat Panthers 4–0 at Amerant Bank Arena on December 23, 1998.

🗓 Wed, Dec 23, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Peter Bondra
2 A
4 shots · 22:39 TOI · +2
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Steve Konowalchuk
2 A
3 shots · 19:10 TOI · +1
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Brian Bellows
1 G
2 shots · 17:12 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Calle Johansson PP Go-ahead 2nd · 02:40
Assists: Joe Juneau, Steve Konowalchuk
1–0
🦅 Brian Bellows PP 2nd · 16:21
Unassisted
2–0
3rd period
🦅 Andrei Nikolishin SH 3rd · 05:23
Assists: Peter Bondra, Dmitri Mironov
3–0
🦅 Ken Klee 3rd · 15:01
Assists: Steve Konowalchuk, Peter Bondra
4–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH FLA🐆
20 Shots on goal 29
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
16 Hits 24
10 Blocked shots 5
5 Takeaways 4
20 Giveaways 22
27 Penalty minutes 25
WSH shooting 20.0% (4/20) FLA shooting 0.0% (0/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig Shutout
29/29
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐆Panthers
Sean Burke
16/20
.800 SV% · 4 GA · 59:56 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 10-16-3 (34% win rate, 29 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 15-9-4 (54% win rate, 28 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Nikolishin · Juneau · Bondra 21:55
L2 Konowalchuk · Bellows · Pivonka 19:10
L3 Black · Gratton · Lefebvre 10:08
L4 Eagles · Berube · Hunter 2:34
D1 Reekie · Johansson 23:50
D2 Klee · Mironov 20:02
D3 Gonchar · Witt 16:32
🐆Panthers
L1 Whitney · Niedermayer · Kozlov 20:20
L2 Gagner · Parrish · Mellanby 18:13
L3 Garpenlov · Kvasha · Dvorak 13:46
L4 Lindsay · Worrell · Muller 10:48
D1 Svehla · Jovanovski 24:31
D2 Murphy · Carkner 16:50
D3 Ratchuk · Laus 15:23

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Oct 24, 1998
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
2–2 (OT) · Panthers won
Mar 7, 1998
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
3–6 · Capitals won
Dec 18, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
4–0 · Panthers won
Dec 7, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA
4–5 · Panthers won
Dec 5, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
2–3 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs FLA, answered

Who won Capitals vs Panthers on December 23, 1998?

Capitals won 4–0.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Panthers?

The final score was Capitals 4, Panthers 0.

Who scored for Capitals?

Andrei Nikolishin, Brian Bellows, Calle Johansson, Ken Klee.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 29 saves on 29 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Sean Burke made 16 saves on 20 shots (.800 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Panthers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 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 · Dec 19
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
0–3 · PIT won
Next game · Dec 26
🦅WSH @ 🐯NSH
1–3 · NSH won
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Dec 19
🛢️EDM @ 🐆FLA
1–3 · FLA won
Next game · Dec 26
🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL
3–1 · FLA won
Also on December 23, 1998
⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF
0–2 final
🔔PHI @ 🐻BOS
2–1 final
⭐DAL @ 🍁TOR
5–1 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT
1–3 final
🎵STL @ 😈NJD
2–4 final
🌪️CAR @ 🗽NYR
1–0 final
🐙DET @ 🐯NSH
3–5 final
🌵PHX @ 🪶CHI
3–4 final
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