Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Wednesday, January 3, 2001 · Mellon Arena

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2–3

26–29

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 29–26.

Goals came from Mario Lemieux, Steve Konowalchuk, Jan Hrdina, Peter Bondra and Jaromir Jagr.

Garth Snow made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 26 of 29.

Goals
WSH	0	2	0	2	26
PIT	1	1	1	3	29

Scoring

1st period

Mario Lemieux (3)Jaromir Jagr (22), Martin Straka (25)0–106:35 PIT ·

2nd period

Steve Konowalchuk (13)Ken Klee (4), Calle Johansson (18)1–104:25 WSH
Jan Hrdina (10)Jaromir Jagr (23), Hans Jonsson (9)1–209:50 PIT
Peter Bondra (21)Andrei Nikolishin (14), Ulf Dahlen (14)2–215:05 WSH

3rd period

Jaromir Jagr (24)Mario Lemieux (6), Jan Hrdina (14)2–311:53 PIT

Team stats

WSHPIT

2629

54%46%

0/21/3

86

2525

1615

27

35

Penalties

5:55 into the first periodKen Klee · hooking2 min
12:09 into the first periodRoman Simicek · interference2 min
12:09 into the first periodChris Simon · roughing2 min
12:49 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · hooking2 min
13:34 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · tripping2 min
7:43 into the third periodJoe Reekie · tripping2 min
19:55 into the third periodMario Lemieux · slashing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

10Ulf DahlenR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	16:46
12Peter BondraR	1	0	1	+1	3	2	1	0	–	18:36
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	53	17:16
22Steve KonowalchukL	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	15:18
2Ken KleeD	0	1	1	−1	0	4	3	2	–	21:54
6Calle JohanssonD	0	1	1	−1	2	1	2	0	–	22:21
8Dmitri KhristichR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:58
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	46	15:58
14Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	–	14:45
17Chris SimonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	12:28
23Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	83	07:40
26Matthew HerrC	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	–	07:30
44Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	−1	5	2	0	0	–	18:17
77Adam OatesC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	50	20:21
3Sylvain CoteD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	13:56
15Dmitri MironovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:02
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	2	–	22:46
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	+1	5	1	0	2	–	23:37

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	L	29	26	3	.897	58:57

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

68Jaromir JagrR	1	2	3	+1	3	0	1	0	–	24:39
38Jan HrdinaC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	65	19:17
66Mario LemieuxC	1	1	2	+1	4	1	1	2	–	22:52
82Martin StrakaC	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	20:12
8Hans JonssonD	0	1	1	+1	1	3	4	0	–	20:27
9Rene CorbetL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	12:14
14Milan KraftC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	12:20
15Roman SimicekC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	20	05:43
18Josef BeranekL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:28
20Robert LangC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	19:22
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	33	20:47
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	–	05:35
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	05:21
3Marc BergevinD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	3	0	–	17:07
5Janne LaukkanenD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	12:40
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	–	23:31
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	+1	4	2	2	0	–	22:47
71Jiri SlegrD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	2	0	–	16:34

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Garth SnowG	W	26	24	2	.923	60:00