⚔️ Away Sabres 31-28-7 before this game
1–2
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 37-20-8 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BUF 0011
WSH 1012

Sabres at Capitals

Capitals beat Sabres 2–1 at Capital One Arena on March 5, 2000.

🗓 Sun, Mar 5, 2000 · 12:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Jeff Halpern
1 G
3 shots · 16:48 TOI · +1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Calle Johansson
1 G
2 shots · 27:46 TOI · +1
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Chris Simon
1 A
2 shots · 14:37 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Jeff Halpern Go-ahead 1st · 13:19
Assists: Steve Konowalchuk, Ulf Dahlen · beat Martin Biron
0–1
3rd period
🦅 Calle Johansson 3rd · 18:09
Assists: Chris Simon · beat Martin Biron
0–2
⚔️ Stu Barnes 3rd · 19:50
Assists: Dixon Ward, Curtis Brown · beat Olie Kolzig
1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF WSH🦅
29 Shots on goal 26
20 Hits 18
10 Blocked shots 14
4 Takeaways 14
11 Giveaways 13
36 Penalty minutes 26
BUF shooting 3.4% (1/29) WSH shooting 7.7% (2/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 58:50 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

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

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Peca · Barnes · Satan 19:35
L2 Tsyplakov · Brown · Varada 16:26
L3 Ward · Holzinger · Afinogenov 12:10
L4 Rasmussen · Primeau · Ray 9:33
D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 24:09
D2 Patrick · McKee 18:42
D3 Holland · Grand-Pierre 15:42
🦅Capitals
L1 Oates · Nikolishin · Bondra 19:18
L2 Konowalchuk · Simon · Halpern 15:17
L3 Sacco · Murphy · Dahlen 12:19
L4 McKenzie · Eagles · Yake 7:42
D1 Klee · Johansson 28:42
D2 Mironov · Witt 24:02
D3 Baumgartner · Gonchar 6:18

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 24, 1999
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
2–5 · Sabres won
Oct 8, 1999
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
3–2 · Capitals won
Apr 18, 1999
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 · Sabres won
Feb 7, 1999
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
1–3 · Capitals won
Nov 12, 1998
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
2–0 · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs WSH, answered

Who won Sabres vs Capitals on March 5, 2000?

Capitals won 2–1.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Capitals?

The final score was Sabres 1, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Stu Barnes.

Who scored for Capitals?

Calle Johansson, Jeff Halpern.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Sabres vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Mar 4
⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI
2–4 · NYI won
Next game · Mar 8
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · BUF won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Mar 3
🐙DET @ 🦅WSH
2–2 · DET won
Next game · Mar 7
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · WSH won
Also on March 5, 2000
🌵PHX @ 🪶CHI
3–7 final
🏝️NYI @ 🔔PHI
4–3 final
🐙DET @ ⭐DAL
5–3 final
😈NJD @ 🔥CGY
2–2 final
🐯NSH @ 🦆ANA
0–1 final
Sabres season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule