Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Monday, March 19, 2001 · Madison Square Garden

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3–6

Final

SOG 31–25

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 6-3 on Monday, March 19, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 31-25.

Goals came from Mark Messier, Calle Johansson, Jan Hlavac, Kim Johnsson, Brian Leetch, Jeff Halpern, Radek Dvorak, Sergei Gonchar and Petr Nedved.

Kirk McLean made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 9 of 13.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	2	0	3	31
NYR	4	1	1	6	25

Scoring

1st period

Mark Messier (23)Radek Dvorak (34)0–105:45 NYR · SHG
Calle Johansson (6)Sylvain Cote (9), Dmitri Khristich (25)1–106:24 WSH · PPG
Jan Hlavac (25)Petr Nedved (40), Michal Grosek (8)1–208:00 NYR
Kim Johnsson (5)Michal Grosek (9), Jan Hlavac (32)1–310:20 NYR · PPG
Brian Leetch (19)Mike Mottau (2), Manny Malhotra (5)1–418:44 NYR · PPG

2nd period

Jeff Halpern (18)Steve Konowalchuk (19), Calle Johansson (28)2–406:34 WSH
Radek Dvorak (25)Mark Messier (36)2–510:12 NYR · SHG
Sergei Gonchar (18)Ulf Dahlen (29), Adam Oates (64)3–512:05 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Petr Nedved (29)Jan Hlavac (33), Valeri Kamensky (19)3–618:02 NYR

Team stats

WSHNYR

31Shots on goal25

48%Faceoff %52%

2/4Power play2/4

12Penalty minutes35

21Hits24

20Blocked shots17

8Giveaways15

11Takeaways13

Penalties

1st 00:44Brendan Witt · interference2 min
1st 04:29Manny Malhotra · holding obstruction2 min
1st 08:34Brendan Witt · holding2 min
1st 17:35Joe Reekie · tripping2 min
2nd 00:49Mike York · roughing2 min
2nd 00:49Steve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
2nd 00:49Brendan Witt · roughing2 min
2nd 10:01Valeri Kamensky · interference2 min
2nd 11:46Sylvain Lefebvre · elbowing2 min
2nd 16:16Michal Grosek · instigator2 min
2nd 16:16Michal Grosek · fighting5 min
2nd 16:16Michal Grosek · misconduct10 min
2nd 16:16Michal Grosek · game misconduct10 min
2nd 16:16Dmitri Khristich · boarding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

6Calle JohanssonD	1	1	2	+1	2	1	2	0	–	25:28
8Dmitri KhristichR	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	2	–	07:20
10Ulf DahlenR	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	–	20:15
11Jeff HalpernC	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	50	20:47
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	2	–	20:29
77Adam OatesC	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	45	19:20
3Sylvain CoteD	0	1	1	-1	1	3	3	0	–	22:09
55Sergei GoncharD	1	0	1	-3	3	1	3	0	–	20:31
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	11:28
12Peter BondraR	0	0	0	-4	3	0	1	0	–	19:29
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	50	12:45
14Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:43
16Trevor LindenC	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	–	16:30
17Chris SimonL	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	0	–	06:39
23Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	58	13:06
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	17:29
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	4	6	–	18:23
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	–	09:27

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Craig BillingtonG		12	10	2	.833	40:00
37Olie KolzigG	L	13	9	4	.692	20:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

27Jan HlavacL	1	2	3	+1	3	0	0	0	–	17:13
8Michal GrosekL	0	2	2	0	1	3	1	27	–	10:30
11Mark MessierC	1	1	2	+2	1	0	2	0	61	19:48
20Radek DvorakR	1	1	2	+2	7	0	2	0	–	19:22
93Petr NedvedC	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	44	22:01
6Manny MalhotraC	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	–	15:59
13Valeri KamenskyL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	11:57
2Brian LeetchD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	22:18
3Kim JohnssonD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	19:54
33Mike MottauD	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:18
9Adam GravesL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	16:42
10Sandy McCarthyR	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	14:33
17Colin ForbesL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:33
18Mike YorkL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	48	18:03
22Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	+1	1	5	0	0	–	16:50
24Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	2	–	15:18
25Peter SmrekD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	15:42
47Rich PilonD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	4	0	–	15:40

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Kirk McLeanG	W	31	28	3	.903	60:00
32Johan HolmqvistG		0	0	0	–	00:00