🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 19-19-4 before this game
3–0
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 16-20-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 1203
WSH 0000

Canadiens at Capitals

Canadiens beat Capitals 3–0 at Capital One Arena on January 15, 1999.

🗓 Fri, Jan 15, 1999 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mark Recchi
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 15:50 TOI · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Stephane Quintal
1 G
3 shots · 23:49 TOI · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brian Savage
1 G
2 shots · 16:35 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Stephane Quintal Go-ahead 1st · 10:42
Assists: Mark Recchi, Martin Rucinsky
1–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Brian Savage 2nd · 00:50
Assists: Saku Koivu, Shayne Corson
2–0
🇨🇦 Mark Recchi 2nd · 19:17
Assists: Vladimir Malakhov, Vincent Damphousse
3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅
25 Shots on goal 23
50 Hits 52
24 Blocked shots 11
10 Takeaways 8
15 Giveaways 21
6 Penalty minutes 8
MTL shooting 12.0% (3/25) WSH shooting 0.0% (0/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jeff Hackett Shutout
23/23
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:44 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–0
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Brunet · Damphousse · Koivu 17:41
L2 Savage · Corson · Recchi 16:20
L3 Rucinsky · Poulin · Hoglund 13:26
L4 Thornton · Zholtok · Dawe 11:15
D1 Weinrich · Quintal 24:00
D2 Malakhov · Brisebois 20:18
D3 Ulanov · Rivet 15:50
🦅Capitals
L1 Konowalchuk · Nikolishin · Bondra 18:24
L2 Bellows · Eagles · Juneau 15:16
L3 Black · Pivonka · Halverson 12:31
L4 Berube · Hunter · Bulis 10:34
D1 Klee · Gonchar 20:46
D2 Johansson · Witt 19:57
D3 Reekie · Mironov 19:17

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 16, 1998
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
2–2 (OT) · Canadiens won
Apr 6, 1998
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
2–2 (OT) · Canadiens won
Nov 26, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
6–5 · Canadiens won
Nov 15, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · Capitals won
Oct 18, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · Capitals won

❓ MTL vs WSH, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on January 15, 1999?

Canadiens won 3–0.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Capitals?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Capitals 0.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Brian Savage, Mark Recchi, Stephane Quintal.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 23 saves on 23 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Capitals season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Jan 12
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET
1–5 · DET won
Next game · Jan 16
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–3 · MTL won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Jan 13
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
3–0 · PHI won
Next game · Jan 16
🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR
3–2 · WSH won
Also on January 15, 1999
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 final
⚡TBL @ 😈NJD
1–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🗽NYR
3–1 final
🌵PHX @ 🐯NSH
0–2 final
⭐DAL @ 🦆ANA
3–1 final
🐧PIT @ 🦈SJS
2–3 final
Canadiens season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule