🦅 Away Capitals 34-20-7 before this game
3–0
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 27-25-8 before this game
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MTL 0000

Capitals at Canadiens

Capitals beat Canadiens 3–0 at Bell Centre on February 26, 2000.

🗓 Sat, Feb 26, 2000 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Calle Johansson
1 G
4 shots · 22:31 TOI · +1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Terry Yake
1 G
3 shots · 16:50 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Chris Simon
1 G
2 shots · 17:36 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Chris Simon PP Go-ahead 2nd · 11:33
Assists: Alexei Tezikov, Ken Klee · beat Jose Theodore
1–0
🦅 Terry Yake PP 2nd · 16:29
Assists: Peter Bondra, Sergei Gonchar · beat Jose Theodore
2–0
3rd period
🦅 Calle Johansson 3rd · 14:21
Unassisted · beat Jose Theodore
3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦
22 Shots on goal 21
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
7 Hits 13
11 Blocked shots 11
13 Takeaways 9
35 Giveaways 11
8 Penalty minutes 8
WSH shooting 13.6% (3/22) MTL shooting 0.0% (0/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig Shutout
21/21
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
19/22
.864 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 34-20-7 (56% win rate, 61 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 27-25-8 (45% win rate, 60 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
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 Simon · Oates · Bondra 18:26
L2 Yake · Nikolishin · Murphy 16:42
L3 Konowalchuk · Halpern · Dahlen 15:05
L4 Sacco · McKenzie · Bulis 5:19
D1 Witt · Johansson 22:40
D2 Gonchar · Klee 20:39
D3 Reekie · Tezikov 16:41
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Brunet · Koivu · Zubrus 18:26
L2 Corson · Linden · Zholtok 16:33
L3 Rucinsky · Petrov · Stevenson 15:31
L4 Poulin · Darby 11:33
D1 Brisebois · Weinrich 21:06
D2 Malakhov · Dykhuis 17:48
D3 Rivet · Bouillon 15:44
D4 Ulanov 10:34

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Feb 10, 2000
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–0 · Capitals won
Jan 4, 2000
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–6 · Capitals won
Dec 13, 1999
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–0 · Canadiens won
Mar 20, 1999
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–0 · Capitals won
Jan 18, 1999
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–4 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs MTL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on February 26, 2000?

Capitals won 3–0.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Canadiens?

The final score was Capitals 3, Canadiens 0.

Who scored for Capitals?

Calle Johansson, Chris Simon, Terry Yake.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 21 saves on 21 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 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?

Capitals lead the season series 3–1 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 · Feb 25
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
3–0 · BOS won
Next game · Feb 28
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
3–2 · WSH won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Feb 24
😈NJD @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · MTL won
Next game · Feb 27
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
0–3 · NJD won
Also on February 26, 2000
⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR
2–5 final
🗽NYR @ 🏛️OTT
2–4 final
🔔PHI @ 🏝️NYI
5–1 final
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
2–2 final
🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA
2–1 final
⚡TBL @ 🐯NSH
3–2 final
🐦ATL @ 🔥CGY
2–5 final
👑LAK @ 🦈SJS
3–6 final
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