1997-98 Washington Capitals Team Gamelog

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

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Regular Season

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

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1998-04-22		Boston Bruins	3	1	W		28	8	0		0	28	4	1		0
2	1998-04-24		Boston Bruins	3	4	L	2OT	28	25	1		0	40	15	1		0
3	1998-04-26	@	Boston Bruins	3	2	W	2OT	27	31	1		0	54	21	2		0
4	1998-04-28	@	Boston Bruins	3	0	W		18	12	1		0	38	6	0		0
5	1998-05-01		Boston Bruins	0	4	L		26	20	0		0	30	18	2		0
6	1998-05-03	@	Boston Bruins	3	2	W	OT	33	17	0		0	49	11	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
7	1998-05-07		Ottawa Senators	4	2	W		23	10	0		0	38	4	1		1
8	1998-05-09		Ottawa Senators	6	1	W		18	44	1		1	31	28	0		0
9	1998-05-11	@	Ottawa Senators	3	4	L		17	14	2		0	34	14	3		0
10	1998-05-13	@	Ottawa Senators	2	0	W		11	12	0		1	36	8	0		0
11	1998-05-15		Ottawa Senators	3	0	W		21	8	1		0	29	6	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
12	1998-05-23		Buffalo Sabres	0	2	L		19	14	0		0	20	10	0		0
13	1998-05-25		Buffalo Sabres	3	2	W	OT	39	12	1		0	33	18	1		0
14	1998-05-28	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	3	W	OT	30	10	2		0	30	8	1		0
15	1998-05-30	@	Buffalo Sabres	2	0	W		19	12	0		1	30	16	0		0
16	1998-06-02		Buffalo Sabres	1	2	L		35	10	1		0	16	12	0		0
17	1998-06-04	@	Buffalo Sabres	3	2	W	OT	38	14	1		0	41	14	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
18	1998-06-09	@	Detroit Red Wings	1	2	L		17	6	0		0	31	6	0		0
19	1998-06-11	@	Detroit Red Wings	4	5	L	OT	33	12	1		0	60	12	0		1
20	1998-06-13		Detroit Red Wings	1	2	L		18	12	1		0	34	12	0		0
21	1998-06-16		Detroit Red Wings	1	4	L		31	10	0		0	38	10	3		0

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