Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Wednesday, March 1, 2000 · Ice Palace
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 on Wednesday, March 1, 2000 at Ice Palace. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 26–23.
Terry Yake scored twice. Matt Elich, Peter Bondra, Joe Murphy and Vincent Lecavalier also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Matt Elich (1)Gordie Dwyer (1), Robert Petrovicky (8)0–102:53 TBL
Terry Yake (7)Andrei Nikolishin (11), Brendan Witt (5)1–105:07 WSH
2nd period
Peter Bondra (18)Andrei Nikolishin (12), Olie Kolzig (2)2–111:13 WSH
3rd period
Joe Murphy (9)Ken Klee (12), Nolan Baumgartner (1)3–112:21 WSH · 
Vincent Lecavalier (19)Robert Petrovicky (9)3–213:12 TBL- Terry Yake (8)Joe Sacco (12), Adam Oates (39)4–219:57 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHTBL
2623
54%46%
1/60/4
3317
1419
711
1014
59
Penalties
- 9:33 into the first period
Andrei Nikolishin · tripping obstruction2 min - 13:08 into the first periodChris Simon · slashing2 min
- 13:37 into the first period
Todd Warriner · interference2 min - 16:37 into the first periodPaul Mara · roughing2 min
- 19:23 into the first periodVincent Lecavalier · fighting5 min
- 19:23 into the first periodJeff Halpern · fighting5 min
- 0:56 into the second periodJassen Cullimore · interference2 min
- 7:46 into the second periodNisse Ekman · slashing2 min
- 14:37 into the second periodChris Simon · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:37 into the second periodChris Simon · misconduct10 min
- 14:37 into the second periodChris Simon · game misconduct10 min
- 4:26 into the third periodKen Klee · interference2 min
- 7:48 into the third periodPavel Kubina · cross checking2 min
- 10:23 into the third periodMarek Posmyk · slashing2 min
Season series
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