Washington Capitals vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Friday, March 26, 1999 · McNichols Sports Arena

1–3

20–25

Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Friday, March 26, 1999 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Capitals 25–20.

Goals came from Stephane Yelle, Brian Bellows, Aaron Miller and Dale Hunter.

Patrick Roy made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 22 of 24.

Goals
WSH	0	0	1	1	20
COL	0	1	2	3	25

Scoring

2nd period

Stephane Yelle (8)Sylvain Lefebvre (17), Shjon Podein (5)0–115:33 COL

3rd period

Brian Bellows (14)Benoit Gratton (1), Trevor Halverson (3)1–105:58 WSH
Aaron Miller (5)Claude Lemieux (22), Theo Fleury (43)1–210:32 COL
Dale Hunter (1)Claude Lemieux (23), Theo Fleury (44)1–319:08 COL ·

Team stats

WSHCOL

2025

50%50%

0/20/4

106

3123

910

Penalties

14:11 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
18:21 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · slashing2 min
19:24 into the first periodBrendan Witt · holding2 min
9:19 into the second periodShjon Podein · interference goalkeeper2 min
12:33 into the second periodBrendan Witt · cross checking2 min
15:55 into the third periodGreg De Vries · interference2 min
15:55 into the third periodBrian Bellows · interference2 min
15:55 into the third periodSergei Gonchar · cross checking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

18Trevor HalversonR	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	1	15	12:09
23Brian BellowsL	1	0	1	−1	2	0	1	2	–	0	0	17	13:48
48Benoit GrattonC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	42	0	1	18	13:03
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	0	0	16	12:31
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	64	0	1	21	17:29
20Michal PivonkaC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	43	1	0	18	13:10
21Jeff TomsL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	100	1	1	19	14:33
26Matthew HerrC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	16	12:08
28James BlackL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	20	15:16
36Mike EaglesL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	0	0	16	13:57
44Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	−1	3	2	0	0	–	0	1	17	14:46
77Adam OatesC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	55	2	0	22	20:05
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	−1	0	3	0	0	–	0	0	27	22:20
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	0	3	8	3	4	–	0	1	28	19:37
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	−1	0	5	2	0	–	0	1	29	22:38
33Steve PoapstD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	0	0	16	11:38
39Enrico CicconeD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	0	0	24	16:46
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	−1	3	3	0	2	–	1	0	27	26:07

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
31Rick TabaracciG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	L	24	22	2	.917	59:27

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

14Theo FleuryR	0	2	2	+2	1	2	0	0	67	2	1	23	21:02
22Claude LemieuxR	0	2	2	+2	1	2	0	0	–	0	1	22	19:19
25Shjon PodeinL	0	1	1	0	4	3	0	2	–	0	0	19	11:24
26Stephane YelleC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	67	0	2	18	12:35
32Dale HunterC	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	50	0	0	22	13:22
2Sylvain LefebvreD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	24	15:57
3Aaron MillerD	1	0	1	0	1	3	4	0	–	0	1	25	18:25
12Shean DonovanR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	13	09:50
19Joe SakicC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	42	0	2	28	24:27
21Peter ForsbergC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	0	1	25	22:43
23Milan HejdukR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	0	1	24	19:47
29Eric MessierL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	0	0	9	06:54
36Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	100	0	0	11	06:55
37Chris DruryC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	42	0	0	20	13:37
5Alexei GusarovD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	25	20:20
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	–	0	0	23	13:44
8Sandis OzolinshD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	0	0	25	23:29
52Adam FooteD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	–	0	0	27	22:15

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	–
33Patrick RoyG	W	20	19	1	.950	59:51