🌪️ Away Hurricanes 35-30-5 before this game

2–4

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 41-21-8 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CAR	0	0	2	2
WSH	1	1	2	4

Hurricanes at Capitals

Capitals beat Hurricanes 4–2 at Capital One Arena on March 17, 2000.

🗓 Fri, Mar 17, 2000 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Jeff Halpern

2 G

3 shots · 16:04 TOI

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Joe Murphy

2 G

3 shots · 14:21 TOI · +2

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Adam Oates

2 A

2 shots · 20:24 TOI · -1

4rd star 🦅 WSH

Olie Kolzig

31 saves

0.939 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Joe Murphy Go-ahead 1st · 03:47

Assists: Terry Yake, Dmitri Mironov · beat Arturs Irbe

0–1

2nd period

🦅 Jeff Halpern PP 2nd · 07:13

Assists: Adam Oates, Glen Metropolit · beat Arturs Irbe

0–2

3rd period

🌪️ Martin Gelinas 3rd · 06:43

Assists: Jeff O'Neill, Sean Hill · beat Olie Kolzig

1–2

🦅 Joe Murphy 3rd · 07:47

Assists: Andrei Nikolishin · beat Arturs Irbe

1–3

🦅 Jeff Halpern PP 3rd · 12:47

Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Adam Oates · beat Arturs Irbe

1–4

🌪️ Andrei Kovalenko 3rd · 13:04

Assists: Robert Kron, Glen Wesley · beat Olie Kolzig

2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR WSH🦅

33 Shots on goal 24

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3

35 Hits 24

8 Blocked shots 9

1 Takeaways 6

15 Giveaways 16

10 Penalty minutes 12

CAR shooting 6.1% (2/33) WSH shooting 16.7% (4/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Arturs Irbe

20/24

.833 SV% · 4 GA · 59:04 TOI

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

31/33

.939 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 0–2

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Francis · Brind'Amour · Kapanen 23:30

L2 Gelinas · Roberts · O'Neill 19:16

L3 Battaglia · Kron · Kovalenko 12:30

L4 Ranheim · McCarthy 6:04

D1 Coffey · Wesley 22:04

D2 Hill · Halko 18:36

D3 Malik · Karpa 15:12

D4 Leschyshyn 8:19

🦅Capitals

L1 Oates · Nikolishin · Bondra 18:53

L2 Simon · Halpern · Metropolit 16:04

L3 Konowalchuk · Sacco · Murphy 14:21

L4 McKenzie · Eagles · Yake 8:20

D1 Witt · Johansson 20:57

D2 Gonchar · Klee 19:44

D3 Reekie · Mironov 17:48

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →

Feb 21, 2000

🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR

1–1 (OT) · Capitals won

3–3 (OT) · Hurricanes won

❓ CAR vs WSH, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Capitals on March 17, 2000?

Capitals won 4–2.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Capitals?

The final score was Hurricanes 2, Capitals 4.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Andrei Kovalenko, Martin Gelinas.

Who scored for Capitals?

Jeff Halpern (2), Joe Murphy (2).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 20 saves on 24 shots (.833 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Hurricanes vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 3–2 after 5 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

🌪️Hurricanes

Previous game · Mar 15

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Mar 15

Also on March 17, 2000

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