Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, January 4, 2000 · MCI Center

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1–6

35–42

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–1 on Tuesday, January 4, 2000 at MCI Center. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 42–35.

Sergei Gonchar scored a hat trick. Sergei Zholtok, Jeff Toms, Chris Simon and Andrei Nikolishin also scored.

Goals
MTL	1	0	0	1	35
WSH	2	3	1	6	42

Scoring

1st period

Sergei Zholtok (12)Benoit Brunet (4), Craig Rivet (4)1–002:11 MTL ·
Sergei Gonchar (4)Peter Bondra (5), Adam Oates (23)1–106:18 WSH ·
Jeff Toms (1)Andrei Nikolishin (8)1–207:59 WSH

2nd period

Sergei Gonchar (5)Andrei Nikolishin (9), Ulf Dahlen (6)1–302:10 WSH
Chris Simon (9)Adam Oates (24), Ulf Dahlen (7)1–407:35 WSH
Sergei Gonchar (6)Jan Bulis (10), Steve Konowalchuk (15)1–510:14 WSH

3rd period

Andrei Nikolishin (4)Jeff Toms (2), Sergei Gonchar (10)1–612:56 WSH

Team stats

MTLWSH

3542

39%61%

1/31/2

68

2421

1214

813

48

Penalties

1:06 into the first periodPeter Bondra · tripping obstruction2 min
5:37 into the first periodJason Ward · tripping2 min
16:00 into the first periodChris Simon · high sticking2 min
19:40 into the first periodJoe Sacco · slashing2 min
10:46 into the third periodShayne Corson · slashing2 min
19:50 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
19:50 into the third periodKen Klee · hooking2 min

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