Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 18, 2001 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, April 18, 2001 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 32–29.
Steve Konowalchuk scored twice. Mario Lemieux, Brendan Witt, Jaromir Jagr, Janne Laukkanen and Jeff Halpern also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Konowalchuk (1)Jeff Halpern (1), Calle Johansson (1)1–007:49 WSH ·
2nd period
Mario Lemieux (2)Jan Hrdina (2), Marc Bergevin (1)1–101:15 PIT
Brendan Witt (1)Calle Johansson (2), Trevor Linden (2)2–119:16 WSH ·
3rd period
- Steve Konowalchuk (2)Sergei Gonchar (3), Trevor Linden (3)3–109:09 WSH ·
Jaromir Jagr (1)Mario Lemieux (2), Kevin Stevens (1)3–211:14 PIT · 
Janne Laukkanen (1)Robert Lang (2), Jaromir Jagr (4)3–313:50 PIT ·
Overtime
Jeff Halpern (1)Steve Konowalchuk (1), Ulf Dahlen (1)4–304:01 WSH
Team stats
WSHPIT
2932
45%55%
3/42/5
1412
2145
69
49
22
Penalties
- 5:43 into the first period
Robert Lang · holding the stick2 min - 7:29 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 14:58 into the first period
Jeff Halpern · slashing2 min - 3:54 into the second periodTrevor Linden · tripping2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodJanne Laukkanen · tripping2 min
- 6:39 into the third periodDainius Zubrus · clipping2 min
- 8:39 into the third periodJanne Laukkanen · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 10:46 into the third periodUlf Dahlen · tripping2 min
- 12:07 into the third periodJoe Reekie · interference2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · high sticking2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · roughing2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodBrendan Witt · high sticking2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodBrendan Witt · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:31 |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:38 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23:43 |
| 10Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:03 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:19 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:20 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27:11 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:18 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 08:28 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:48 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:21 |
| 24Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:24 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 26:29 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 23:20 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:42 |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 3Marc BergevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:28 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 9Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:25 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:41 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:27 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:29 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:35 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:43 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:13 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 34Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |