New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, April 3, 2001 · MCI Center
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 6–4 on Tuesday, April 3, 2001 at MCI Center. The Devils outshot the Capitals 35–26.
Patrik Elias scored a hat trick. Bobby Holik, Sergei Gonchar, Trevor Linden, Andrei Nikolishin, Bob Corkum, Alexander Mogilny and Steve Konowalchuk also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Patrik Elias (36)Sergei Nemchinov (21), Brian Rafalski (42)1–004:25 NJD
Bobby Holik (15)Scott Stevens (22)2–014:41 NJD
Sergei Gonchar (19)Jeff Halpern (20)2–116:07 WSH
2nd period
Trevor Linden (15)Unassisted2–206:28 WSH
Andrei Nikolishin (13)Adam Oates (68), Sergei Gonchar (35)2–309:21 WSH · 
Bob Corkum (7)Unassisted3–319:20 NJD- Patrik Elias (37)Petr Sykora (42), Sergei Nemchinov (22)4–319:42 NJD
3rd period
- Patrik Elias (38)Petr Sykora (43)5–304:16 NJD ·
Alexander Mogilny (43)Scott Gomez (48), Sergei Brylin (29)6–309:50 NJD
Steve Konowalchuk (22)Sergei Gonchar (36), Trent Whitfield (4)6–412:45 WSH
Team stats
NJDWSH
3526
47%53%
0/31/3
88
1825
159
823
108
Penalties
- 8:44 into the first period
Patrik Elias · slashing2 min - 8:44 into the first period
Jason Marshall · slashing2 min - 2:41 into the second periodChris Simon · roughing2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodKen Sutton · slashing2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodColin White · holding2 min
- 16:56 into the second periodTrent Whitfield · slashing2 min
- 3:17 into the third periodSergei Nemchinov · tripping2 min
- 13:29 into the third periodJoe Sacco · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 26Patrik EliasC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 18:15 |
| 12Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:39 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:21 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 22Bob CorkumC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:55 |
| 23Scott GomezC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 16:55 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 3 | 22:15 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:38 |
| 19Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:54 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:57 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:34 |
| 2Ken SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 23:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23:55 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:07 |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:04 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:29 |
| 23Trent WhitfieldC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 1 | 14:30 |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 12:12 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 10Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:36 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:01 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:45 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:05 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:58 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:31 |
| 28Jason MarshallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 35 | 6 | .829 |