1–3

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 21-25-3 before this game

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

Sabres at Capitals

Capitals beat Sabres 3–1 at Capital One Arena on February 7, 1999.

🗓 Sun, Feb 7, 1999 · 19:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Steve Konowalchuk

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 17:56 TOI · +2

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Jan Bulis

2 A

1 shots · 14:46 TOI · +2

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Richard Zednik

1 G

5 shots · 16:16 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Joe Juneau Go-ahead 1st · 08:04

Assists: Adam Oates

0–1

2nd period

🦅 Richard Zednik 2nd · 01:53

Assists: Jan Bulis, Steve Konowalchuk

0–2

🦅 Steve Konowalchuk 2nd · 08:13

Assists: Jan Bulis

0–3

3rd period

⚔️ Derek Plante 3rd · 11:02

Assists: Brian Holzinger

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF WSH🦅

20 Shots on goal 34

16 Hits 35

16 Blocked shots 14

5 Takeaways 12

12 Giveaways 25

8 Penalty minutes 8

BUF shooting 5.0% (1/20) WSH shooting 8.8% (3/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

31/34

.912 SV% · 3 GA · 59:23 TOI

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

19/20

.950 SV% · 1 GA · 59:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 0–3

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Plante · Peca · Satan 19:29

L2 Grosek · Holzinger · Varada 16:34

L3 Ward · Sanderson · Brown 11:51

L4 Kruse · Primeau · Rasmussen 9:30

D1 Zhitnik · Shannon 24:42

D2 Smehlik · Woolley 20:00

D3 McKee · Patrick 15:00

🦅Capitals

L1 Konowalchuk · Oates · Bondra 18:07

L2 Bellows · Nikolishin · Zednik 16:16

L3 Black · Juneau · Bulis 15:16

L4 Miller · Eagles · Berube 8:41

D1 Johansson · Tinordi 23:16

D2 Reekie · Klee 21:06

D3 Mironov · Ciccone 13:36

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

3–2 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ BUF vs WSH, answered

Who won Sabres vs Capitals on February 7, 1999?

Capitals won 3–1.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Capitals?

The final score was Sabres 1, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Derek Plante.

Who scored for Capitals?

Joe Juneau, Richard Zednik, Steve Konowalchuk.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Sabres vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 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

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Feb 6

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Feb 5

Also on February 7, 1999

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