Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, December 18, 1999 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 on Saturday, December 18, 1999 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 43–21.
Sergei Gonchar scored twice, John Madden scored twice and Patrik Elias scored twice. Chris Simon, Jeff Halpern and Claude Lemieux also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Simon (6)Adam Oates (21), Ulf Dahlen (4)1–010:11 WSH
2nd period
Sergei Gonchar (2)Chris Simon (5), Ulf Dahlen (5)2–002:59 WSH · 
John Madden (4)Scott Stevens (7), Brian Rafalski (12)2–104:41 NJD
Jeff Halpern (4)Steve Konowalchuk (13), Richard Zednik (8)3–112:32 WSH
Patrik Elias (3)Petr Sykora (9), Sheldon Souray (4)3–215:41 NJD · 
Claude Lemieux (9)Jason Arnott (10), Scott Gomez (25)3–317:09 NJD · - Sergei Gonchar (3)Chris Simon (6), Adam Oates (22)4–318:17 WSH
3rd period
- John Madden (5)Sergei Brylin (2), Krzysztof Oliwa (4)4–403:58 NJD
- Patrik Elias (4)Scott Niedermayer (15), Petr Sykora (10)4–505:04 NJD
Team stats
WSHNJD
2143
55%45%
1/32/5
128
3236
1314
105
1515
Penalties
- 5:39 into the first period
Chris Simon · cross checking2 min - 18:10 into the first periodBrendan Witt · high sticking2 min
- 2:26 into the second period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 4:09 into the second periodKen Daneyko · slashing2 min
- 4:09 into the second periodSteve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
- 13:50 into the second periodBrendan Witt · high sticking2 min
- 13:50 into the second periodBrendan Witt · high sticking2 min
- 15:51 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 6:10 into the third periodScott Gomez · high sticking2 min
- 13:58 into the third periodBobby Holik · roughing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.