Washington Capitals vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Thursday, January 6, 2000 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Thursday, January 6, 2000 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Capitals 29–22.
Goals came from Ed Ward, Sergei Gonchar, Ray Ferraro and Nelson Emerson.
Scott Fankhouser made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
2nd period
Ed Ward (4)Unassisted0–105:46 ATL · 
Sergei Gonchar (7)Joe Sacco (7), Jeff Halpern (7)1–111:24 WSH
Ray Ferraro (10)Gord Murphy (4)1–217:29 ATL
Nelson Emerson (7)Kelly Buchberger (9), Darryl Shannon (11)1–317:55 ATL
Team stats
WSHATL
2229
56%44%
0/30/3
88
2752
1126
1014
412
Penalties
- 12:06 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 12:06 into the first period
Steve Konowalchuk · high sticking2 min - 12:06 into the first periodSteve Konowalchuk · high sticking2 min
- 19:46 into the first periodJan Bulis · slashing2 min
- 4:34 into the second periodDarryl Shannon · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 15:21 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · high sticking2 min
- 4:39 into the third periodNelson Emerson · hooking obstruction2 min
- 12:55 into the third periodMatt Johnson · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:57 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 18:30 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:46 |
| 10Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:50 |
| 21Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:38 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 28James BlackL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:28 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 23:06 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:47 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 23:11 |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:32 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:30 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:35 |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 42Ed WardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:20 |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:27 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:29 |
| 11Dean SylvesterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 15:32 |
| 13Patrik StefanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 17Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:19 |
| 18Jason BotterillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:44 |
| 24Andreas KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 27Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:22 |
| 33Maxim GalanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:29 |
| 36Ruman NdurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:02 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Scott FankhouserG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
| 34Norm MaracleG | 0 | 0 | – |