Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 6, 2000 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Wednesday, December 6, 2000 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 36–29.
Goals came from Mark Messier, Sergei Gonchar, Petr Nedved, Mike York and Ulf Dahlen.
Mike Richter made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (12)Brian Leetch (27), Theo Fleury (20)0–109:18 NYR · 
Sergei Gonchar (4)Adam Oates (14), Richard Zednik (7)1–114:45 WSH
Petr Nedved (9)Brian Leetch (28), Theo Fleury (21)1–215:56 NYR ·
2nd period
Mike York (8)Brian Leetch (29), Theo Fleury (22)1–318:36 NYR ·
3rd period
Ulf Dahlen (8)Steve Konowalchuk (8), Andrei Nikolishin (7)2–312:33 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
3629
55%45%
0/63/7
1412
2524
1112
418
713
Penalties
- 9:12 into the first period
Brendan Witt · holding2 min - 11:12 into the first period
Adam Graves · tripping2 min - 13:46 into the first periodDale Purinton · roughing2 min
- 13:58 into the first periodSteve Konowalchuk · tripping2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodAdam Graves · roughing2 min
- 7:21 into the second periodCraig Berube · boarding2 min
- 9:34 into the second periodJoe Reekie · interference2 min
- 14:41 into the second periodKim Johnsson · holding2 min
- 17:23 into the second periodJoe Sacco · slashing2 min
- 3:23 into the third periodAndrei Nikolishin · tripping2 min
- 6:05 into the third periodSteve Konowalchuk · boarding2 min
- 10:33 into the third periodJohan Witehall · cross checking2 min
- 16:07 into the third periodKim Johnsson · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:19 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:10 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:31 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 9 | 24:45 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:43 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 23Trent WhitfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:30 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:55 |
| 28Matt PettingerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:34 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:19 |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:18 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
New York Rangers
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26:42 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 18:31 |
| 18Mike YorkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:13 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 20:11 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:45 |
| 8Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:38 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:00 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:33 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:54 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:17 |
| 27Jan HlavacL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 29Johan WitehallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:53 |
| 3Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:55 |
| 4Brad BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:22 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:03 |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |