🦅 Away Capitals 13-13-5 before this game

2–6

Final

🛢️ Home Oilers 13-10-11 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	1	1	0	2
EDM	3	2	1	6

Capitals at Oilers

Oilers beat Capitals 6–2 at Rogers Place on December 21, 1999.

🗓 Tue, Dec 21, 1999 · 20:00 CST 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Oilers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🛢️ EDM

Bill Guerin

2 G

3 shots · 13:33 TOI

2nd star 🛢️ EDM

Tom Poti

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 21:58 TOI · -1

3rd star 🛢️ EDM

Jim Dowd

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 15:39 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🛢️ Tom Poti Go-ahead 1st · 03:17

Assists: Chad Kilger, Boyd Devereaux · beat Craig Billington

0–1

🛢️ Bill Guerin PP 1st · 07:40

Assists: Tom Poti, Roman Hamrlik · beat Craig Billington

0–2

🦅 Jeff Halpern SH 1st · 14:41

Assists: James Black · beat Bill Ranford

1–2

🛢️ Jim Dowd PP 1st · 16:06

Assists: Janne Niinimaa, Roman Hamrlik · beat Craig Billington

1–3

2nd period

🦅 Chris Simon 2nd · 04:37

Assists: Calle Johansson · beat Tommy Salo

2–3

🛢️ Bill Guerin 2nd · 05:16

Assists: Pat Falloon, Jason Smith · beat Craig Billington

2–4

🛢️ Ryan Smyth PP 2nd · 09:52

Assists: Pat Falloon, Jim Dowd · beat Craig Billington

2–5

3rd period

🛢️ Todd Marchant 3rd · 04:11

Unassisted · beat Olie Kolzig

2–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH EDM🛢️

28 Shots on goal 25

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 3/4

30 Hits 36

7 Blocked shots 22

5 Takeaways 5

18 Giveaways 17

15 Penalty minutes 17

WSH shooting 7.1% (2/28) EDM shooting 24.0% (6/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

11/12

.917 SV% · 1 GA · 30:08 TOI

Craig Billington

8/13

.615 SV% · 5 GA · 29:52 TOI

🛢️Oilers

Tommy Salo

18/19

.947 SV% · 1 GA · 40:00 TOI

Bill Ranford

8/9

.889 SV% · 1 GA · 20:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–3

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Oilers

Oilers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–5

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Oilers

Oilers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Oates · Halpern · Dahlen 19:14

L2 Konowalchuk · Nikolishin · Zednik 15:44

L3 Black · Simon · Sacco 13:09

L4 Toms · Eagles · Svejkovsky 8:43

D1 Johansson · Klee 26:16

D2 Mironov · Gonchar 23:10

D3 Reekie · Witt 10:34

🛢️Oilers

L1 Smyth · Marchant · Selivanov 16:25

L2 Dowd · Devereaux · Grier 15:11

L3 Moreau · Beranek · Guerin 13:33

L4 Kilger · Falloon 11:12

D1 Niinimaa · Poti 22:04

D2 Smith · Hamrlik 20:34

D3 Laflamme · Brown 17:30

D4 Robertsson 9:22

⚔️ Last meetings

Oilers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ WSH vs EDM, answered

Who won Capitals vs Oilers on December 21, 1999?

Oilers won 6–2.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Oilers?

The final score was Capitals 2, Oilers 6.

Who scored for Capitals?

Chris Simon, Jeff Halpern.

Who scored for Oilers?

Bill Guerin (2), Jim Dowd, Ryan Smyth, Todd Marchant, Tom Poti.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 11 saves on 12 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 18 saves on 19 shots (.947 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Oilers season series?

Oilers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Dec 18

🛢️Oilers

Previous game · Dec 19

Also on December 21, 1999

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