1997-98 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results

Record: 40-30-12 (92 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ron Wilson (40-30-12)

Primary Arena: MCI Center

Goals For: 219 (13th of 26), Goals Against: 202 (10th of 26)
SRS: 0.17 (11th of 26), SOS: -0.04 (23rd of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (4-0) to Detroit Red Wings
Won Conference Finals (4-2) over Buffalo Sabres
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) over Ottawa Senators
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Boston Bruins

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +2500

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	T	Streak
1	1997-10-01	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	1	W		1	0	0	W 1
2	1997-10-03		Buffalo Sabres	6	2	W		2	0	0	W 2
3	1997-10-04		New Jersey Devils	4	1	W		3	0	0	W 3
4	1997-10-08	@	New York Islanders	6	3	W		4	0	0	W 4
5	1997-10-09	@	Buffalo Sabres	2	5	L		4	1	0	L 1
6	1997-10-11		New York Islanders	3	1	W		5	1	0	W 1
7	1997-10-15	@	Chicago Blackhawks	2	0	W		6	1	0	W 2
8	1997-10-18	@	Montreal Canadiens	3	2	W		7	1	0	W 3
9	1997-10-22	@	Colorado Avalanche	3	4	L		7	2	0	L 1
10	1997-10-23	@	Phoenix Coyotes	3	3	T	OT	7	2	1	T 1
11	1997-10-25	@	St. Louis Blues	2	5	L		7	3	1	L 1
12	1997-10-29		Dallas Stars	3	4	L		7	4	1	L 2
13	1997-10-31		Philadelphia Flyers	2	2	T	OT	7	4	2	T 1
14	1997-11-01	@	New Jersey Devils	1	3	L		7	5	2	L 1
15	1997-11-04		Vancouver Canucks	2	1	W		8	5	2	W 1
16	1997-11-06	@	Boston Bruins	0	2	L		8	6	2	L 1
17	1997-11-08		Edmonton Oilers	2	1	W		9	6	2	W 1
18	1997-11-09	@	Florida Panthers	2	3	L		9	7	2	L 1
19	1997-11-12	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	1	W		10	7	2	W 1
20	1997-11-13	@	Buffalo Sabres	3	2	W		11	7	2	W 2
21	1997-11-15	@	Montreal Canadiens	3	2	W		12	7	2	W 3
22	1997-11-18		Colorado Avalanche	6	6	T	OT	12	7	3	T 1
23	1997-11-22		San Jose Sharks	2	5	L		12	8	3	L 1
24	1997-11-23	@	Florida Panthers	5	2	W		13	8	3	W 1
25	1997-11-26		Montreal Canadiens	5	6	L		13	9	3	L 1
26	1997-11-27	@	Ottawa Senators	1	3	L		13	10	3	L 2
27	1997-11-29	@	Boston Bruins	1	1	T	OT	13	10	4	T 1
28	1997-12-02	@	New York Rangers	3	2	W	OT	14	10	4	W 1
29	1997-12-05		Florida Panthers	3	2	W	OT	15	10	4	W 2
30	1997-12-07	@	Florida Panthers	4	5	L		15	11	4	L 1
31	1997-12-10	@	San Jose Sharks	3	3	T	OT	15	11	5	T 1
32	1997-12-12	@	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	4	6	L		15	12	5	L 1
33	1997-12-13	@	Los Angeles Kings	2	2	T	OT	15	12	6	T 1
34	1997-12-16		New York Islanders	2	2	T	OT	15	12	7	T 2
35	1997-12-18		Florida Panthers	0	4	L		15	13	7	L 1
36	1997-12-20	@	Carolina Hurricanes	2	1	W		16	13	7	W 1
37	1997-12-23		New Jersey Devils	1	1	T	OT	16	13	8	T 1
38	1997-12-26		Pittsburgh Penguins	1	4	L		16	14	8	L 1
39	1997-12-27		Ottawa Senators	0	3	L		16	15	8	L 2
40	1997-12-29		St. Louis Blues	4	2	W		17	15	8	W 1
41	1998-01-01		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	3	2	W		18	15	8	W 2
42	1998-01-03		New York Rangers	2	3	L		18	16	8	L 1
43	1998-01-06		Toronto Maple Leafs	5	3	W		19	16	8	W 1
44	1998-01-08	@	New York Rangers	5	3	W		20	16	8	W 2
45	1998-01-09		Philadelphia Flyers	4	1	W		21	16	8	W 3
46	1998-01-11	@	Detroit Red Wings	0	2	L		21	17	8	L 1
47	1998-01-13		Ottawa Senators	4	0	W		22	17	8	W 1
48	1998-01-15		Chicago Blackhawks	3	2	W		23	17	8	W 2
49	1998-01-21	@	Tampa Bay Lightning	3	2	W	OT	24	17	8	W 3
50	1998-01-25		Boston Bruins	4	1	W		25	17	8	W 4
51	1998-01-26	@	New York Rangers	2	2	T	OT	25	17	9	T 1
52	1998-01-28		Pittsburgh Penguins	2	2	T	OT	25	17	10	T 2
53	1998-01-31	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	2	W	OT	26	17	10	W 1
54	1998-02-01		Detroit Red Wings	2	4	L		26	18	10	L 1
55	1998-02-04	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	2	2	T	OT	26	18	11	T 1
56	1998-02-07		Tampa Bay Lightning	3	4	L		26	19	11	L 1
57	1998-02-25		Tampa Bay Lightning	3	4	L		26	20	11	L 2
58	1998-02-28	@	Tampa Bay Lightning	2	5	L		26	21	11	L 3
59	1998-03-01		Buffalo Sabres	0	3	L		26	22	11	L 4
60	1998-03-03		Boston Bruins	0	3	L		26	23	11	L 5
61	1998-03-05	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	3	L		26	24	11	L 6
62	1998-03-07		Florida Panthers	6	3	W		27	24	11	W 1
63	1998-03-09		Calgary Flames	5	2	W		28	24	11	W 2
64	1998-03-12	@	New York Islanders	2	1	W		29	24	11	W 3
65	1998-03-14	@	Ottawa Senators	0	4	L		29	25	11	L 1
66	1998-03-16		Phoenix Coyotes	2	1	W		30	25	11	W 1
67	1998-03-18		Carolina Hurricanes	1	0	W		31	25	11	W 2
68	1998-03-20		New Jersey Devils	2	0	W		32	25	11	W 3
69	1998-03-21	@	New Jersey Devils	2	3	L		32	26	11	L 1
70	1998-03-25	@	Edmonton Oilers	2	4	L		32	27	11	L 2
71	1998-03-26	@	Calgary Flames	2	3	L		32	28	11	L 3
72	1998-03-28	@	Vancouver Canucks	3	2	W		33	28	11	W 1
73	1998-03-31		New York Islanders	5	2	W		34	28	11	W 2
74	1998-04-02		Tampa Bay Lightning	4	1	W		35	28	11	W 3
75	1998-04-04		Los Angeles Kings	3	2	W		36	28	11	W 4
76	1998-04-06		Montreal Canadiens	2	2	T	OT	36	28	12	T 1
77	1998-04-08	@	Dallas Stars	1	2	L	OT	36	29	12	L 1
78	1998-04-11	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	4	L		36	30	12	L 2
79	1998-04-13	@	New York Islanders	2	0	W		37	30	12	W 1
80	1998-04-14		New York Rangers	3	1	W		38	30	12	W 2
81	1998-04-18	@	Carolina Hurricanes	4	3	W		39	30	12	W 3
82	1998-04-19		Carolina Hurricanes	2	1	W		40	30	12	W 4

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	Streak
1	1998-04-22		Boston Bruins	3	1	W		1	0	W 1
2	1998-04-24		Boston Bruins	3	4	L	2OT	1	1	L 1
3	1998-04-26	@	Boston Bruins	3	2	W	2OT	2	1	W 1
4	1998-04-28	@	Boston Bruins	3	0	W		3	1	W 2
5	1998-05-01		Boston Bruins	0	4	L		3	2	L 1
6	1998-05-03	@	Boston Bruins	3	2	W	OT	4	2	W 1
7	1998-05-07		Ottawa Senators	4	2	W		5	2	W 2
8	1998-05-09		Ottawa Senators	6	1	W		6	2	W 3
9	1998-05-11	@	Ottawa Senators	3	4	L		6	3	L 1
10	1998-05-13	@	Ottawa Senators	2	0	W		7	3	W 1
11	1998-05-15		Ottawa Senators	3	0	W		8	3	W 2
12	1998-05-23		Buffalo Sabres	0	2	L		8	4	L 1
13	1998-05-25		Buffalo Sabres	3	2	W	OT	9	4	W 1
14	1998-05-28	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	3	W	OT	10	4	W 2
15	1998-05-30	@	Buffalo Sabres	2	0	W		11	4	W 3
16	1998-06-02		Buffalo Sabres	1	2	L		11	5	L 1
17	1998-06-04	@	Buffalo Sabres	3	2	W	OT	12	5	W 1
18	1998-06-09	@	Detroit Red Wings	1	2	L		12	6	L 1
19	1998-06-11	@	Detroit Red Wings	4	5	L	OT	12	7	L 2
20	1998-06-13		Detroit Red Wings	1	2	L		12	8	L 3
21	1998-06-16		Detroit Red Wings	1	4	L		12	9	L 4

More 1997-98 Capitals Pages

1997-98 Capitals Stats

More 1997-98 Capitals Pages

1997-98 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results

Regular Season

Playoffs

More 1997-98 Capitals Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks