🦅 Away Capitals 47-24-9 before this game

4–2

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 55-20-5 before this game

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

Capitals at Red Wings

Capitals beat Red Wings 4–2 at Little Caesars Arena on April 7, 2000.

🗓 Fri, Apr 7, 2000 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Andrei Nikolishin

2 G

3 shots · 16:18 TOI · +1

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Adam Oates

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 24:16 TOI · +2

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Joe Murphy

2 A

2 shots · 14:34 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Adam Oates Go-ahead 1st · 02:59

Assists: Brendan Witt, Glen Metropolit · beat Chris Osgood

1–0

🦅 Richard Zednik 1st · 19:10

Assists: Adam Oates, Sergei Gonchar · beat Chris Osgood

2–0

2nd period

🦅 Andrei Nikolishin 2nd · 02:46

Assists: Joe Murphy · beat Chris Osgood

3–0

🦅 Andrei Nikolishin 2nd · 05:54

Assists: Joe Murphy · beat Chris Osgood

4–0

🐙 Larry Murphy PP 2nd · 08:31

Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Pat Verbeek · beat Olie Kolzig

4–1

3rd period

🐙 Igor Larionov 3rd · 01:28

Assists: Mathieu Dandenault, Jiri Fischer · beat Olie Kolzig

4–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH DET🐙

19 Shots on goal 27

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

24 Hits 26

14 Blocked shots 7

6 Takeaways 6

7 Giveaways 19

12 Penalty minutes 8

WSH shooting 21.1% (4/19) DET shooting 7.4% (2/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

25/27

.926 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Chris Osgood

15/19

.789 SV% · 4 GA · 59:10 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–1

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Simon · Oates · Halpern 19:58

L2 Sacco · Konowalchuk · Nikolishin 16:10

L3 Zednik · Murphy · Dahlen 14:34

L4 McKenzie · Metropolit · Yake 5:25

D1 Klee · Gonchar 21:00

D2 Zettler · Johansson 19:40

D3 Witt · Reekie 18:51

🐙Red Wings

L1 Shanahan · Fedorov · Lapointe 18:04

L2 Holmstrom · Larionov · Verbeek 16:05

L3 Maltby · Roest · Dandenault 14:27

L4 Gilchrist · Butsayev · Draper 10:12

D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 24:00

D2 Gill · Chelios 18:54

D3 Fischer · Golubovsky 15:59

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

Mar 3, 2000

🐙DET @ 🦅WSH

2–2 (OT) · Red Wings won

4–5 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ WSH vs DET, answered

Who won Capitals vs Red Wings on April 7, 2000?

Capitals won 4–2.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Red Wings?

The final score was Capitals 4, Red Wings 2.

Who scored for Capitals?

Andrei Nikolishin (2), Adam Oates, Richard Zednik.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Igor Larionov, Larry Murphy.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 15 saves on 19 shots (.789 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Red Wings season series?

Season series tied 1–1 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 · Apr 4

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Apr 2

Also on April 7, 2000

Capitals season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule