Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Friday, December 17, 1999 · Madison Square Garden

3–2

26–33

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3–2 in overtime on Friday, December 17, 1999 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 33–26.

Adam Graves scored twice. Chris Simon, Adam Oates and Calle Johansson also scored.

Olie Kolzig made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 23 of 26.

Goals
WSH	0	2	0	1	3	26
NYR	0	2	0	0	2	33

Scoring

2nd period

Chris Simon (5)Adam Oates (19), Ulf Dahlen (2)1–000:53 WSH
Adam Graves (9)Theo Fleury (19), Kevin Hatcher (6)1–101:47 NYR
Adam Graves (10)Theo Fleury (20), Mathieu Schneider (5)1–213:43 NYR ·
Adam Oates (4)Dmitri Mironov (14), Ulf Dahlen (3)2–216:30 WSH ·

Overtime

Calle Johansson (4)Adam Oates (20), Steve Konowalchuk (12)3–200:31 WSH

Team stats

WSHNYR

2633

56%44%

1/41/4

1717

2533

1619

516

924

Penalties

8:49 into the first periodEric Lacroix · interference2 min
12:25 into the first periodJoe Reekie · slashing2 min
17:47 into the first periodBrendan Witt · interference2 min
2:11 into the second periodTodd Harvey · tripping2 min
13:06 into the second periodBrendan Witt · roughing2 min
14:13 into the second periodKevin Stevens · slashing2 min
15:59 into the second periodSylvain Lefebvre · roughing2 min
15:59 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · cross checking2 min
15:59 into the second periodSteve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
18:37 into the second periodJoe Reekie · interference2 min
7:28 into the third periodTodd Harvey · roughing2 min
7:28 into the third periodTodd Harvey · fighting5 min
7:28 into the third periodMike Eagles · roughing2 min
7:28 into the third periodMike Eagles · fighting5 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

77Adam OatesC	1	2	3	+2	2	0	1	0	56	2	1	26	21:57
10Ulf DahlenR	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0	0	–	0	0	20	17:50
17Chris SimonL	1	0	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	0	0	19	17:52
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	3	2	67	0	1	25	19:04
6Calle JohanssonD	1	0	1	+2	2	1	2	0	–	0	0	29	22:29
15Dmitri MironovD	0	1	1	−1	3	0	2	0	–	0	1	26	21:33
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	45	0	2	20	15:04
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	1	0	46	0	1	21	20:19
14Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	–	0	2	20	16:25
21Jeff TomsL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	1	1	8	05:39
28James BlackL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	16	12:16
34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	10	07:31
36Mike EaglesL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	100	0	0	8	04:38
44Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	0	0	19	16:21
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	−1	1	5	2	0	–	0	0	28	22:14
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	+2	0	5	4	4	–	1	0	26	22:30
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	–	0	0	22	13:30
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	23	18:20

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	W	33	31	2	.939	60:31

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

9Adam GravesL	2	0	2	+1	5	2	0	0	–	0	1	25	19:14
14Theo FleuryR	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0	0	–	2	4	27	19:46
4Kevin HatcherD	0	1	1	+1	1	4	1	0	–	2	3	23	19:18
21Mathieu SchneiderD	0	1	1	−2	4	2	2	2	–	0	1	27	25:25
10Todd HarveyR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	50	0	0	12	06:22
12Alexandre DaigleR	0	0	0	−2	1	1	1	0	–	0	1	21	17:25
15John MacLeanR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	0	67	0	2	27	21:18
17Kevin StevensL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	0	1	11	07:25
18Mike YorkL	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	45	1	3	20	17:35
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	2	0	16	13:12
26Tim TaylorC	0	0	0	−2	3	1	0	0	50	0	2	27	19:44
27Jan HlavacL	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	–	1	1	16	12:12
28Eric LacroixL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	0	0	11	06:38
93Petr NedvedC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	36	2	0	20	17:12
3Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	4	0	–	3	3	22	20:13
5Stephane QuintalD	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	–	2	0	20	16:28
24Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	−2	0	5	5	2	–	0	1	22	18:51
47Rich PilonD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	1	1	21	17:15

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Kirk McLeanG		0	0	0	–	–
35Mike RichterG	L	26	23	3	.885	60:31