1998 Stanley Cup Final
| 1998 Stanley Cup Final | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Detroit: Joe Louis Arena (1, 2) Washington: MCI Center (3, 4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Detroit: Scotty Bowman Washington: Ron Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Detroit: Steve Yzerman Washington: Dale Hunter | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthems | Detroit: Karen Newman Washington: Robert "Bob" McDonald | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Bill McCreary (1, 4) Don Koharski (2) Terry Gregson (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | June 9–16, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Steve Yzerman (Red Wings) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Martin Lapointe (2:26, second) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Red Wings: Sergei Fedorov (2015) Viacheslav Fetisov (2001) Igor Larionov (2008) Nicklas Lidstrom (2015) Larry Murphy (2004) Brendan Shanahan (2013) Steve Yzerman (2009) Capitals: Phil Housley (2015) Adam Oates (2012) Coaches: Scotty Bowman (1991) Officials: Bill McCreary (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Networks | Canada: (English): CBC (French): SRC United States: (English): Fox (1), ESPN (2–4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (CBC) Bob Cole and Harry Neale (SRC) Claude Quenneville and Gilles Tremblay (Fox) Mike Emrick and John Davidson (ESPN) Gary Thorne and Bill Clement | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1998 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1997–98 season, and the culmination of the 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Western Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings and the Eastern Conference champion Washington Capitals. It was the 105th year of the Stanley Cup being contested. The series was the Capitals' first Stanley Cup Final appearance in franchise history. The Red Wings swept the Capitals to repeat as Stanley Cup champions, capturing their ninth Stanley Cup in team history. This also marked the fourth consecutive, and most recent Stanley Cup Final as of 2025 to end in a sweep.
The Red Wings became the fourth team in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup in back-to-back sweeps, joining the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, and New York Islanders, and remain the most recent team to accomplish this feat.
Detroit coach Scotty Bowman won his eighth Stanley Cup in that capacity (having previously done so with the Montreal Canadiens in 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979, the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1992, and the Wings the previous year), tying him with former Canadiens coach Toe Blake for the record of most Cups won by a coach (which he would break when he helped the Red Wings win the 2002 Cup).