1–2

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 14-11-4 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MIN	0	0	1	1
WSH	0	2	0	2

Wild at Capitals

Capitals beat Wild 2–1 at Capital One Arena on December 14, 2000.

🗓 Thu, Dec 14, 2000 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Adam Oates

2 A

1 shots · 18:12 TOI

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Peter Bondra

1 G

3 shots · 20:57 TOI

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Sergei Gonchar

1 G

2 shots · 21:50 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

2nd period

🦅 Sergei Gonchar Go-ahead 2nd · 07:11

Assists: Adam Oates, Chris Simon · beat Jamie McLennan

0–1

🦅 Peter Bondra PP 2nd · 16:19

Assists: Adam Oates, Dmitri Khristich · beat Jamie McLennan

0–2

3rd period

🌲 Aaron Gavey 3rd · 01:42

Assists: Lubomir Sekeras, Darby Hendrickson · beat Olie Kolzig

1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌲MIN WSH🦅

29 Shots on goal 20

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

20 Hits 26

19 Blocked shots 19

9 Takeaways 10

12 Giveaways 14

6 Penalty minutes 4

MIN shooting 3.4% (1/29) WSH shooting 10.0% (2/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌲Wild

Jamie McLennan

18/20

.900 SV% · 2 GA · 59:48 TOI

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

28/29

.966 SV% · 1 GA · 59:41 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Wild

Wild — tied after 1st: 9-16-6 (29% win rate, 31 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 14-11-4 (48% win rate, 29 games)

After 2nd — 0–2

Wild

Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌲Wild

L1 Laaksonen · Walz · Nielsen 17:41

L2 Pellerin · Dowd · Gavey 16:16

L3 Hendrickson · Gaborik · Krivokrasov 13:56

L4 McKenna · Roest · Sushinsky 10:32

D1 O'Donnell · Kuba 23:08

D2 Bombardir · Benysek 20:24

D3 Sekeras · Sutton 16:28

🦅Capitals

L1 Oates · Bondra · Khristich 18:29

L2 Simon · Nikolishin · Zednik 17:28

L3 Konowalchuk · Sacco · Halpern 13:28

L4 Black · Whitfield · Dahlen 10:03

D1 Johansson · Gonchar 22:00

D2 Reekie · Zettler 20:16

D3 Mironov · Cote 16:14

❓ MIN vs WSH, answered

Who won Wild vs Capitals on December 14, 2000?

Capitals won 2–1.

What was the final score of Wild vs Capitals?

The final score was Wild 1, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Wild?

Aaron Gavey.

Who scored for Capitals?

Peter Bondra, Sergei Gonchar.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Jamie McLennan made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

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

Where is Wild vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Wild vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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

🌲Wild

Previous game · Dec 13

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Dec 12

Also on December 14, 2000

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