Washington Capitals vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 12, 2000 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–2 on Wednesday, January 12, 2000 at Philips Arena. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 24–16.
Goals came from Andrew Brunette, Sergei Gonchar, Jan Bulis, Mike Eagles, Andrei Nikolishin, Ray Ferraro and Chris Simon.
Olie Kolzig made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Scott Fankhouser stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Andrew Brunette (16)Dean Sylvester (7), Patrik Stefan (15)0–105:15 ATL
Sergei Gonchar (8)Dmitri Mironov (15)1–115:16 WSH · 
Jan Bulis (9)Richard Zednik (10)2–115:38 WSH
Mike Eagles (2)Ken Klee (6)3–116:40 WSH
3rd period
Andrei Nikolishin (5)Steve Konowalchuk (17)4–104:03 WSH
Ray Ferraro (11)Denny Lambert (3)4–212:05 ATL
Chris Simon (10)Sergei Gonchar (11)5–218:27 WSH
Team stats
WSHATL
2416
57%43%
1/60/4
1721
2429
1213
613
35
Penalties
- 1:23 into the first period
Maxim Galanov · tripping obstruction2 min - 14:12 into the first periodAndreas Karlsson · holding obstruction2 min
- 17:31 into the first period
Jan Bulis · tripping obstruction2 min - 18:33 into the first periodRay Ferraro · tripping obstruction2 min
- 4:10 into the second periodKen Klee · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:03 into the second periodGord Murphy · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:03 into the second periodChris Simon · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 7:42 into the second periodNelson Emerson · tripping obstruction2 min
- 9:48 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:47 into the second periodScott Fankhouser · delaying game2 min
- 6:27 into the third periodJeff Halpern · holding obstruction2 min
- 14:38 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · roughing2 min
- 14:38 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 14:38 into the third periodKen Klee · roughing2 min
- 14:38 into the third periodKen Klee · fighting5 min
- 14:38 into the third periodRichard Zednik · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 23:46 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:35 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:31 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:08 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 22:19 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:04 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:56 |
| 10Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:42 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 |
| 28James BlackL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:33 |
| 3Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 03:21 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:37 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:08 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 16 | 2 | .875 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 11Dean SylvesterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 14:28 |
| 13Patrik StefanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 13:59 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:57 |
| 27Denny LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:21 |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 04:46 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 17Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 18Jason BotterillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:34 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:46 |
| 24Andreas KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:58 |
| 42Ed WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 2Petr BuzekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:26 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:52 |
| 33Maxim GalanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:14 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Scott FankhouserG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 34Norm MaracleG | 0 | 0 | – |