Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, January 27, 2001 · Centre Molson

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2–4

22–27

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Saturday, January 27, 2001 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 27–22.

Goals came from Saku Koivu, Adam Oates, Oleg Petrov, Steve Konowalchuk, Sheldon Souray and Chad Kilger.

Jose Theodore made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 23 of 27.

Goals
WSH	0	1	1	2	22
MTL	1	1	2	4	27

Scoring

1st period

Saku Koivu (7)Patrice Brisebois (18), Chad Kilger (10)0–119:13 MTL ·

2nd period

Adam Oates (7)Dmitri Khristich (19), Chris Simon (6)1–102:43 WSH
Oleg Petrov (8)Trevor Linden (16), Andrei Markov (15)1–213:47 MTL ·

3rd period

Steve Konowalchuk (15)Sergei Gonchar (20), Ulf Dahlen (18)2–207:27 WSH
Sheldon Souray (2)Craig Darby (10), Trevor Linden (17)2–307:54 MTL
Chad Kilger (10)Saku Koivu (11), Oleg Petrov (16)2–409:41 MTL

Team stats

WSHMTL

2227

57%43%

0/62/4

1317

1619

319

928

79

Penalties

7:35 into the first periodJeff Halpern · hooking2 min
8:49 into the first periodJim Campbell · holding2 min
14:28 into the first periodSheldon Souray · hooking2 min
16:55 into the first periodChad Kilger · interference2 min
19:07 into the first periodChris Simon · cross checking2 min
2:59 into the second periodEric Landry · fighting5 min
2:59 into the second periodTrent Whitfield · fighting5 min
8:56 into the second periodTrevor Linden · holding2 min
11:45 into the second periodBrendan Witt · slashing2 min
13:32 into the second periodKen Klee · hooking2 min
9:53 into the third periodAndrei Markov · tripping2 min
17:01 into the third periodChad Kilger · hooking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Dmitri KhristichR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:33
10Ulf DahlenR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	16:09
17Chris SimonL	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	2	–	20:08
22Steve KonowalchukL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	50	11:58
77Adam OatesC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	68	22:08
55Sergei GoncharD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	28:02
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	38	16:57
12Peter BondraR	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	–	25:38
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	57	11:48
14Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:52
23Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	57	06:02
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	13:12
44Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	16:07
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	10:34
3Sylvain CoteD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:23
6Calle JohanssonD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	–	22:10
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	2	–	17:44
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	17:38

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	L	27	23	4	.852	58:36

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	40	21:45
14Trevor LindenC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1	2	53	16:33
25Chad KilgerL	1	1	2	0	5	4	1	4	20	22:12
32Oleg PetrovR	1	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	–	18:45
63Craig DarbyC	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	33	19:30
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	3	0	–	29:51
44Sheldon SourayD	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	2	–	24:05
79Andrei MarkovD	0	1	1	−1	0	0	1	2	–	11:44
8Jim CampbellR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	08:36
37Patrick PoulinL	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	–	19:57
40Eric ChouinardC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:28
45Arron AshamR	0	0	0	−1	0	3	0	0	–	09:27
46Matt HigginsC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	3	0	44	12:58
47Juha LindL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	06:21
78Eric LandryC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	60	03:29
22Eric WeinrichD	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	–	22:47
28Karl DykhuisD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	1	0	–	12:23
56Stephane RobidasD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	19:20

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30Mathieu GaronG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Jose TheodoreG	W	22	20	2	.909	59:47