Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Tuesday, January 23, 2001 · Ice Palace
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 on Tuesday, January 23, 2001 at Ice Palace. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 33–29.
Goals came from Brendan Witt, Nisse Ekman, Richard Zednik, Martin St. Louis, Peter Bondra, Chris Simon and Jeff Halpern.
Olie Kolzig made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Kevin Weekes stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Brendan Witt (1)Trent Whitfield (2)1–002:44 WSH
Nisse Ekman (2)Mike Johnson (18), Pavel Kubina (13)1–105:14 TBL
Richard Zednik (9)Rob Zettler (1), Dmitri Khristich (17)2–113:11 WSH
2nd period
Martin St. Louis (7)Brian Holzinger (15), Freddy Modin (15)2–202:33 TBL
3rd period
Peter Bondra (24)Steve Konowalchuk (12), Jeff Halpern (13)3–213:57 WSH · 
Chris Simon (9)Andrei Nikolishin (16)4–216:30 WSH
Jeff Halpern (7)Chris Simon (5), Olie Kolzig (2)5–218:26 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHTBL
3329
58%42%
1/30/3
66
1615
106
1415
57
Penalties
- 9:04 into the first period
Nisse Ekman · boarding2 min - 9:40 into the first period
Chris Simon · high sticking2 min - 13:02 into the second periodRob Zettler · cross checking2 min
- 14:50 into the second periodCraig Millar · hooking obstruction2 min
- 6:00 into the third periodCalle Johansson · interference2 min
- 12:27 into the third periodRyan Johnson · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 12:58 |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:12 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:07 |
| 23Trent WhitfieldC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:56 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 20:49 |
| 24Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 10Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 26Matthew HerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:32 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:25 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:39 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:43 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 23:01 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 9Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 10Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:05 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 28Nisse EkmanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:22 |
| 33Freddy ModinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26:08 |
| 8Todd WarrinerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:59 |
| 17Ryan JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:35 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:54 |
| 20Stan DruliaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:30 |
| 27Sheldon KeefeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:56 |
| 34Gordie DwyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:58 |
| 36Alexandre KharitonovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:41 |
| 2Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 27:45 |
| 11Sergey GusevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:17 |
| 21Cory SarichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:15 |
| 30Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:35 |
| 32Craig MillarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |