New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, November 9, 2000 · MCI Center
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Thursday, November 9, 2000 at MCI Center. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 30–28.
Theo Fleury scored twice. Chris Simon, Valeri Kamensky, Peter Bondra, Mike York, Jan Hlavac and Andrei Nikolishin also scored.
Mike Richter made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Simon (1)Terry Yake (3), Adam Oates (10)0–112:03 WSH · 
Valeri Kamensky (5)Mark Messier (11), Brad Brown (2)1–115:47 NYR
Peter Bondra (6)Unassisted1–215:53 WSH
2nd period
Mike York (4)Eric Lacroix (3)2–202:04 NYR
Theo Fleury (12)Brian Leetch (16), Petr Nedved (8)3–218:12 NYR ·
3rd period
Jan Hlavac (6)Radek Dvorak (10), Petr Nedved (9)4–201:39 NYR
Andrei Nikolishin (5)Richard Zednik (2), Peter Bondra (8)4–315:29 WSH- Theo Fleury (13)Brian Leetch (17)5–319:32 NYR · ·
Team stats
NYRWSH
2830
45%55%
1/61/5
1214
2025
1211
1115
610
Penalties
- 2:26 into the first period
Terry Yake · tripping2 min - 2:45 into the first period
Adam Graves · interference2 min - 5:06 into the first periodChris Simon · tripping2 min
- 10:50 into the first periodSylvain Lefebvre · interference2 min
- 3:01 into the second periodChris Simon · high sticking2 min
- 3:01 into the second periodChris Simon · high sticking2 min
- 9:04 into the second periodBrad Brown · slashing2 min
- 16:08 into the second periodPeter Bondra · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodJoe Reekie · cross checking2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodAdam Graves · roughing2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodJoe Reekie · roughing2 min
- 6:35 into the third periodMike Mottau · holding2 min
- 18:36 into the third periodRich Pilon · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 14Theo FleuryR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 22:50 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:53 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:21 |
| 18Mike YorkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 16:57 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:20 |
| 27Jan HlavacL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:49 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 4Brad BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 21:05 |
| 8Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:00 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:46 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:48 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:17 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 02:10 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:07 |
| 33Mike MottauD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:24 |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:40 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 16:57 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | 17:58 |
| 25Terry YakeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:07 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:02 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 10Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 14:19 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:39 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:37 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:33 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:21 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:02 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 24Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:30 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:36 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 29:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |