🦅 Away Capitals 32-31-5 before this game
1–0
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 33-28-7 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 1001
MTL 0000

Capitals at Canadiens

Capitals beat Canadiens 1–0 at Bell Centre on March 20, 1999.

🗓 Sat, Mar 20, 1999 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
James Black
1 G
2 shots · 13:54 TOI · +1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Andrei Nikolishin
1 A
4 shots · 15:21 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

1 goal · in order
1st period
🦅 James Black SH Go-ahead 1st · 12:56
Assists: Andrei Nikolishin
1–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦
21 Shots on goal 29
18 Hits 20
15 Blocked shots 15
15 Takeaways 24
29 Giveaways 27
15 Penalty minutes 11
WSH shooting 4.8% (1/21) MTL shooting 0.0% (0/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Rick Tabaracci Shutout
29/29
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jeff Hackett
20/21
.952 SV% · 1 GA · 58:46 TOI

🔮 Period by period

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

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Toms · Juneau · Oates 18:42
L2 Bellows · Nikolishin · Chorske 15:12
L3 Black · Eagles · Zednik 13:54
L4 Miller · Berube · Hunter 10:20
D1 Gonchar · Klee 24:10
D2 Reekie · Witt 22:12
D3 Ciccone · Poapst 12:40
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Rucinsky · Brunet · Koivu 19:43
L2 Zholtok · Damphousse · Zubrus 16:47
L3 Corson · Savage · Thornton 13:41
L4 Poulin · McCleary · Stevenson 9:01
D1 Quintal · Weinrich 24:14
D2 Lachance · Malakhov 23:12
D3 Ulanov · Clark 12:36

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →
Jan 18, 1999
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–4 (OT) · Capitals won
Jan 15, 1999
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
3–0 · Canadiens won
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

❓ WSH vs MTL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on March 20, 1999?

Capitals won 1–0.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Canadiens?

The final score was Capitals 1, Canadiens 0.

Who scored for Capitals?

James Black.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Rick Tabaracci made 29 saves on 29 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Canadiens season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 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
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Mar 17
⭐DAL @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · WSH won
Next game · Mar 21
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
4–1 · BOS won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Mar 18
🐯NSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · MTL won
Next game · Mar 22
🦈SJS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–1 · SJS won
Also on March 20, 1999
🦈SJS @ 🐻BOS
2–2 final
🐯NSH @ 🐧PIT
1–1 final
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
5–5 final
😈NJD @ 🍁TOR
1–3 final
🏛️OTT @ 🎵STL
3–2 final
🐋VAN @ 🛢️EDM
3–4 final
🐆FLA @ 👑LAK
3–4 final
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