Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Friday, April 7, 2000 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–2 on Friday, April 7, 2000 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Capitals 27–19.
Andrei Nikolishin scored twice. Adam Oates, Richard Zednik, Larry Murphy and Igor Larionov also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Oates (15)Brendan Witt (7), Glen Metropolit (13)1–002:59 WSH
Richard Zednik (18)Adam Oates (56), Sergei Gonchar (36)2–019:10 WSH
2nd period
Andrei Nikolishin (10)Joe Murphy (14)3–002:46 WSH- Andrei Nikolishin (11)Joe Murphy (15)4–005:54 WSH
Larry Murphy (10)Sergei Fedorov (35), Pat Verbeek (25)4–108:31 DET ·
3rd period
Igor Larionov (9)Mathieu Dandenault (11), Jiri Fischer (7)4–201:28 DET
Team stats
WSHDET
1927
50%50%
0/31/5
128
2426
147
719
66
Penalties
- 13:41 into the first period
Rob Zettler · tripping2 min - 7:59 into the second periodRob Zettler · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:47 into the second periodTerry Yake · interference2 min
- 12:10 into the second period
Sergei Fedorov · tripping2 min - 19:12 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 6:05 into the third periodChris Chelios · slashing2 min
- 9:28 into the third periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 9:28 into the third periodChris Simon · high sticking2 min
- 9:28 into the third periodChris Simon · high sticking2 min
- 11:40 into the third periodKen Klee · tripping obstruction2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.