Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, February 9, 1999 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 2–1 on Tuesday, February 9, 1999 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 25–22.
Goals came from Adam Oates, Peter Bondra and Ziggy Palffy.
Olie Kolzig made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 23 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Oates (8)Peter Bondra (15)1–019:52 WSH
3rd period
Peter Bondra (25)Brian Bellows (11), Calle Johansson (16)2–010:55 WSH · 
Ziggy Palffy (9)Mark Lawrence (8), Claude Lapointe (15)2–119:12 NYI
Team stats
WSHNYI
2522
44%56%
1/50/5
1010
1629
139
68
67
Penalties
- 2:15 into the first period
Stewart Malgunas · unnecessary roughness2 min - 5:03 into the first periodKen Klee · holding2 min
- 8:38 into the first periodStewart Malgunas · delaying game2 min
- 11:55 into the first period
Zdeno Chara · interference2 min - 19:52 into the first periodMark Lawrence · high sticking2 min
- 5:19 into the second periodStewart Malgunas · holding the stick2 min
- 9:51 into the second periodRichard Zednik · hooking2 min
- 18:03 into the second periodMariusz Czerkawski · hooking2 min
- 9:50 into the third periodRich Pilon · cross checking2 min
- 10:12 into the third periodZdeno Chara · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19:44 |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 28:05 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:50 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:57 |
| 28James BlackL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:46 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:05 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:40 |
| 3Stewart MalgunasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:30 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:53 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:05 |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
New York Islanders
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 24:46 |
| 44Mark LawrenceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 8Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:06 |
| 11Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:35 |
| 12Mike WattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:26 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:37 |
| 15Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:17 |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:53 |
| 25Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:43 |
| 32Trevor LindenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:33 |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 4Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:02 |
| 6David HarlockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:13 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:21 |
| 38Barry RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Felix PotvinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 25 | 2 | .920 |