Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 2000 · HSBC Arena

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3–1

Final

SOG 28–21

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Thursday, December 21, 2000 at HSBC Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 28-21.

Goals came from Rob Ray, Steve Konowalchuk, Peter Bondra and Andrei Nikolishin.

Olie Kolzig made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 25 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	2	3	28
BUF	1	0	0	1	21

Scoring

1st period

Rob Ray (3)Alexei Zhitnik (12), Denis Hamel (3)0–103:12 BUF

2nd period

Steve Konowalchuk (9)Dmitri Khristich (12), Adam Oates (20)1–104:12 WSH

3rd period

Peter Bondra (13)James Black (1)2–106:21 WSH
Andrei Nikolishin (7)Peter Bondra (17), Matthew Herr (1)3–109:21 WSH

Team stats

WSHBUF

28Shots on goal21

56%Faceoff %44%

0/4Power play0/5

12Penalty minutes10

7Hits16

5Blocked shots10

11Giveaways17

5Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 04:32Peter Bondra · tripping2 min
1st 06:27J-P Dumont · hooking2 min
1st 11:51Jeff Halpern · slashing2 min
2nd 00:36Matthew Herr · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 07:57Erik Rasmussen · boarding2 min
2nd 13:32J-P Dumont · roughing2 min
2nd 15:07Steve Konowalchuk · cross checking2 min
3rd 12:27Chris Gratton · hooking2 min
3rd 18:27Denis Hamel · roughing2 min
3rd 18:27Joe Sacco · cross checking2 min
3rd 18:27Joe Sacco · roughing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

12Peter BondraR	1	1	2	+2	5	0	0	2	–	21:36
8Dmitri KhristichR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	18:18
13Andrei NikolishinC	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	59	18:57
21James BlackL	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	08:22
22Steve KonowalchukL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	2	–	17:25
26Matthew HerrC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	–	06:25
77Adam OatesC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	61	21:40
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	62	12:35
14Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	–	11:16
17Chris SimonL	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	14:51
23Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	40	07:39
44Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:34
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	+3	2	0	0	0	–	22:03
3Sylvain CoteD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	13:50
6Calle JohanssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	28:21
15Dmitri MironovD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	18:03
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	24:23
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	09:03

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	W	21	20	1	.952	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

32Rob RayR	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	–	09:30
55Denis HamelL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	2	–	12:32
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	0	–	24:29
9Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	2	36	11:02
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	4	–	19:09
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	15:32
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	27	12:03
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50	22:11
52Dave AndreychukL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	12:38
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	10:20
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	56	13:46
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	22:18
93Doug GilmourC	0	0	0	-3	5	0	1	0	100	12:23
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:16
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	21:26
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	21:02
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	18:21
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	18:26

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Dominik HasekG	L	28	25	3	.893	58:36
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	00:00