Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, March 17, 2000 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on Friday, March 17, 2000 at MCI Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 33–24.
Joe Murphy scored twice and Jeff Halpern scored twice. Martin Gelinas and Andrei Kovalenko also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Murphy (11)Terry Yake (13), Dmitri Mironov (19)0–103:47 WSH
2nd period
Jeff Halpern (12)Adam Oates (43), Glen Metropolit (7)0–207:13 WSH ·
3rd period
Martin Gelinas (14)Jeff O'Neill (36), Sean Hill (27)1–206:43 CAR- Joe Murphy (12)Andrei Nikolishin (14)1–307:47 WSH
- Jeff Halpern (13)Sergei Gonchar (32), Adam Oates (44)1–412:47 WSH ·
Andrei Kovalenko (14)Robert Kron (25), Glen Wesley (15)2–413:04 CAR
Team stats
CARWSH
3324
41%59%
0/42/3
1012
3524
89
1516
16
Penalties
- 0:46 into the first period
Joe Reekie · holding obstruction2 min - 9:06 into the first periodKen Klee · high sticking2 min
- 19:12 into the first periodBrendan Witt · slashing2 min
- 6:16 into the second period
Steven Halko · hooking2 min - 11:56 into the second periodSteven Halko · kneeing2 min
- 19:49 into the second periodBrendan Witt · slashing2 min
- 11:07 into the third periodPaul Coffey · roughing2 min
- 11:07 into the third periodGary Roberts · high sticking2 min
- 11:07 into the third periodSteve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
- 11:07 into the third periodSteve Konowalchuk · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:03 into the third periodJeff O'Neill · charging2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:35 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:16 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:23 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:14 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:06 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 20Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:44 |
| 21Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:37 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:44 |
| 27Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23:30 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:25 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:19 |
| 14Steven HalkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 9Joe MurphyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:21 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16:04 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:41 |
| 20Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 16:04 |
| 27Terry YakeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:14 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:08 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:20 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:26 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:00 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:52 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:23 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |