🦅 Away Capitals 33-33-5 before this game

1–3

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 40-26-5 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	0	1	1
COL	0	1	2	3

Capitals at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Capitals 3–1 at Ball Arena on March 26, 1999.

🗓 Fri, Mar 26, 1999 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Theo Fleury

2 A

1 shots · 21:02 TOI · +2

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Claude Lemieux

2 A

1 shots · 19:19 TOI · +2

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Stephane Yelle

1 G

2 shots · 12:35 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

2nd period

🏔️ Stephane Yelle Go-ahead 2nd · 15:33

Assists: Sylvain Lefebvre, Shjon Podein

0–1

3rd period

🦅 Brian Bellows Tying 3rd · 05:58

Assists: Benoit Gratton, Trevor Halverson

1–1

🏔️ Aaron Miller Go-ahead 3rd · 10:32

Assists: Claude Lemieux, Theo Fleury

1–2

🏔️ Dale Hunter Empty net 3rd · 19:08

Assists: Claude Lemieux, Theo Fleury

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH COL🏔️

20 Shots on goal 25

31 Hits 23

9 Blocked shots 10

8 Takeaways 9

5 Giveaways 5

10 Penalty minutes 6

WSH shooting 5.0% (1/20) COL shooting 12.0% (3/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

22/24

.917 SV% · 2 GA · 59:27 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

19/20

.950 SV% · 1 GA · 59:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 33-33-5 (46% win rate, 71 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 40-26-5 (56% win rate, 71 games)

After 2nd — 0–1

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Black · Oates · Nikolishin 17:29

L2 Toms · Eagles · Zednik 14:33

L3 Bellows · Pivonka · Gratton 13:10

L4 Miller · Herr · Halverson 12:09

D1 Gonchar · Reekie 24:22

D2 Klee · Witt 20:58

D3 Ciccone · Poapst 14:12

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Fleury 22:43

L2 Drury · Hejduk · Lemieux 19:19

L3 Podein · Hunter · Yelle 12:35

L4 Messier · Donovan · Odgers 6:55

D1 Ozolinsh · Foote 22:52

D2 Gusarov · Miller 19:22

D3 Lefebvre · De Vries 14:50

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

Mar 9, 1999

🏔️COL @ 🦅WSH

3–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

Nov 18, 1997

🏔️COL @ 🦅WSH

6–6 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ WSH vs COL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Avalanche on March 26, 1999?

Avalanche won 3–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Avalanche?

The final score was Capitals 1, Avalanche 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Brian Bellows.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Aaron Miller, Dale Hunter, Stephane Yelle.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche 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

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Mar 25

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Mar 24

Also on March 26, 1999

Capitals season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule