Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Wednesday, March 7, 2001 · Mellon Arena

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4–3

24–33

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Wednesday, March 7, 2001 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 33–24.

Goals came from Kevin Stevens, Sergei Gonchar, Richard Zednik, Adam Oates, Alex Kovalev, Mario Lemieux and Jeff Halpern.

Olie Kolzig made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Jean-Sebastien Aubin stopped 20 of 24.

Goals
WSH	0	2	2	4	24
PIT	1	0	2	3	33

Scoring

1st period

Kevin Stevens (8)Alex Kovalev (41), Jaromir Jagr (56)0–112:50 PIT

2nd period

Sergei Gonchar (16)James Black (3), Peter Bondra (32)1–108:45 WSH
Richard Zednik (16)Glen Metropolit (3), Adam Oates (56)2–111:24 WSH ·

3rd period

Adam Oates (13)Calle Johansson (27), Richard Zednik (18)3–109:17 WSH ·
Alex Kovalev (40)Martin Straka (52), Mario Lemieux (24)3–210:27 PIT ·
Mario Lemieux (25)Martin Straka (53), Kevin Stevens (20)3–313:57 PIT ·
Jeff Halpern (17)James Black (4), Richard Zednik (19)4–316:40 WSH

Team stats

WSHPIT

2433

60%40%

2/52/5

1515

1723

137

26

23

Penalties

3:04 into the first periodKrzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
3:04 into the first periodBrantt Myhres · fighting5 min
5:43 into the first periodWayne Primeau · slashing2 min
10:46 into the first periodJan Bulis · hooking obstruction2 min
1:00 into the second periodJeff Halpern · high sticking2 min
5:07 into the second periodBrendan Witt · interference2 min
10:00 into the second periodDarius Kasparaitis · interference2 min
16:48 into the second periodJan Hrdina · tripping2 min
7:36 into the third periodMario Lemieux · roughing2 min
10:00 into the third periodSergei Gonchar · hooking2 min
12:31 into the third periodAndrei Nikolishin · holding2 min
14:35 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · boarding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

44Richard ZednikR	1	2	3	+1	1	2	0	0	–	17:51
21James BlackL	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	–	12:20
77Adam OatesC	1	1	2	−1	2	1	0	0	78	23:11
11Jeff HalpernC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	2	2	52	19:40
12Peter BondraR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	23:48
20Glen MetropolitC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:48
6Calle JohanssonD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	25:19
55Sergei GoncharD	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	2	–	19:58
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	64	11:18
14Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	–	19:05
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	1	0	–	21:23
23Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	29	12:44
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	–	05:22
74Brantt MyhresR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	01:30
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	00:54
3Sylvain CoteD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	19:32
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	3	2	–	24:14
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	21:49

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Corey HirschG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	W	33	30	3	.909	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

25Kevin StevensL	1	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	–	16:04
27Alex KovalevR	1	1	2	0	7	2	0	2	33	24:56
66Mario LemieuxC	1	1	2	0	4	1	1	2	54	27:20
82Martin StrakaC	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	24:46
68Jaromir JagrR	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	24:32
12Billy TibbettsR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	02:00
15Wayne PrimeauC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	2	17	11:24
18Josef BeranekL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	50	14:17
20Robert LangC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	31	18:47
23Steve McKennaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:38
29Krzysztof OliwaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	01:56
38Jan HrdinaC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	60	19:31
2Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	17:15
4Jeff NortonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	20:20
5Janne LaukkanenD	0	0	0	−1	3	0	2	0	–	16:45
6Bob BoughnerD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	15:01
7Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	–	19:00
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	2	–	15:49

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG	L	24	20	4	.833	58:34
31Rich ParentG		0	0	0	–	00:00