🐧 Away Penguins 3-1 in series
2–1
Final
PIT leads 4–1
🦅 Home Capitals 1-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 1012
WSH 1001

Penguins at Capitals — First Round Game 5

Penguins, First Round Game 5, beat Capitals 2–1 at Capital One Arena on April 21, 2000.

🗓 Fri, Apr 21, 2000 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1999-00 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

PIT vs WSH · PIT leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
7–0
Final · PIT
Game 2
1–2
OT · PIT
Game 3
3–4
Final · PIT
Game 4
2–3
Final · WSH
Game 5
2–1
Final · PIT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Jaromir Jagr
1 G
3 shots · 23:14 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Tyler Wright
1 G
2 shots · 15:04 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Matthew Barnaby
1 A
1 shots · 14:54 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Tyler Wright Go-ahead 1st · 05:52
Assists: Matthew Barnaby, Jiri Slegr
1–0
🦅 Sergei Gonchar Tying 1st · 10:01
Assists: Ulf Dahlen, Joe Reekie
1–1
3rd period
🐧 Jaromir Jagr Go-ahead 3rd · 07:56
Unassisted
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
17 Shots on goal 26
22 Hits 30
22 Blocked shots 8
3 Takeaways 8
16 Giveaways 15
6 Penalty minutes 18
PIT shooting 11.8% (2/17) WSH shooting 3.8% (1/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Ron Tugnutt
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 59:56 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
15/17
.882 SV% · 2 GA · 59:18 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 41-32-13 (48% win rate, 86 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 49-26-11 (57% win rate, 86 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 41-32-13 (48% win rate, 86 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 49-26-11 (57% win rate, 86 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Beranek · Jagr · Kovalev 23:10
L2 Straka · Lang · Wright 20:22
L3 Corbet · Barnaby · Falloon 13:53
L4 Brown 7:58
D1 Laukkanen · Kasparaitis 20:19
D2 Jonsson · Popovic 18:56
D3 Slegr · Boughner 18:10
D4 Moran · Slaney 4:16
🦅Capitals
L1 Oates · Nikolishin · Zednik 21:14
L2 Simon · Konowalchuk · Bondra 14:37
L3 Sacco · Halpern · Dahlen 13:10
L4 Yake · Whitfield · Murphy 8:52
D1 Johansson · Klee 23:32
D2 Mironov · Gonchar 21:00
D3 Zettler · Reekie 15:38

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 19, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · Capitals won
Apr 17, 2000
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · Penguins won
Apr 15, 2000
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
1–2 (OT) · Penguins won
Apr 13, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
7–0 · Penguins won
Mar 30, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–3 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on April 21, 2000?

Penguins won 2–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 2, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jaromir Jagr, Tyler Wright.

Who scored for Capitals?

Sergei Gonchar.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 15 saves on 17 shots (.882 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Capitals played?

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

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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 19
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 27
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
2–0 · PIT won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 19
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
Next game · Oct 6
👑LAK @ 🦅WSH
4–1 · LAK won
Also on April 21, 2000
🦈SJS @ 🎵STL
3–5 final
🛢️EDM @ ⭐DAL
2–3 final
🌵PHX @ 🏔️COL
1–2 final
Penguins season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule