Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens 3-2, Oct 18, 1997: Box Score | AskScores

Washington Capitals

3

Montreal Canadiens

2

Final · Bell Centre

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	0	1	3
MTL	1	0	1	2

The Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Oct 18, 1997 at Bell Centre.

Top performers

Brendan Witt
Brendan Witt had 2 assists for the Capitals.
Olaf Kolzig
Olaf Kolzig made 37 saves on 39 shots for the Capitals.
Shayne Corson
Shayne Corson had 2 assists for the Canadiens.

Before and after

Capitals · 1997-98 season · Previous Oct 15, 1997: WSH 2, CHI 0 · Next Oct 22, 1997: WSH 3, COL 4
Canadiens · 1997-98 season · Previous Oct 17, 1997: MTL 5, BUF 1 · Next Oct 22, 1997: FLA 0, MTL 3

Other Capitals vs Canadiens games

Other Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens games

Apr 6, 1998	MTL at WSH	2-2	Regular
Nov 26, 1997	MTL at WSH	6-5	Regular
Nov 15, 1997	WSH at MTL	3-2	Regular
Feb 28, 2026	WSH at MTL	2-6	Regular
Jan 13, 2026	MTL at WSH	2-3	Regular
Nov 20, 2025	WSH at MTL	8-4	Regular

Washington Capitals box score

Skaters

Washington Capitals skaters, Oct 18, 1997

Brendan Witt	0	2	2	1	2	0	0:00
Dale Hunter	0	1	1	1	1	2	0:00
Peter Bondra	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Kelly Miller	1	0	1	1	5	0	0:00
Chris Simon	1	0	1	0	3	0	0:00
Jan Bulis	1	0	1	1	1	2	0:00
Sergei Gonchar	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Sylvain Cote	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Adam Oates	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Calle Johansson	0	0	0	1	3	0	0:00
Ken Klee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Steve Konowalchuk	0	0	0	1	2	0	0:00
Richard Zednik	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Michal Pivonka	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Joe Juneau	0	0	0	0	2	2	0:00
Mark Tinordi	0	0	0	0	4	0	0:00
Jaroslav Svejkovsky	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Jan Benda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Team	3	4	7	4	33	10

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Washington Capitals goalies, Oct 18, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Olaf Kolzig	39	37	2	.949	60:00

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Montreal Canadiens box score

Montreal Canadiens skaters, Oct 18, 1997

Shayne Corson	0	2	2	0	3	0	0:00
Saku Koivu	1	0	1	0	8	0	0:00
Dave Manson	1	0	1	0	5	0	0:00
Stephane Quintal	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Sebastien Bordeleau	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0:00
Mark Recchi	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Patrice Brisebois	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Vincent Damphousse	0	0	0	0	2	4	0:00
Scott Thornton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Craig Rivet	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0:00
Martin Rucinsky	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0:00
Brett Clark	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Darcy Tucker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Benoit Brunet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Vladimir Malakhov	0	0	0	0	5	0	0:00
Turner Stevenson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Marc Bureau	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Valeri Bure	0	0	0	0	5	0	0:00
Team	2	4	6	-5	39	10

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM