🦅 Away Capitals 43-25-9 before this game

1–2

Final / OT

🐙 Home Red Wings 52-19-7 before this game

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

Capitals at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Capitals 2–1 in overtime at Little Caesars Arena on April 1, 2001.

🗓 Sun, Apr 1, 2001 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Steve Yzerman

1 G

3 shots · 24:34 TOI

2nd star 🐙 DET

Kris Draper

1 G

3 shots · 11:09 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐙 DET

Larry Murphy

1 A

5 shots · 18:55 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

2nd period

🐙 Kris Draper Go-ahead 2nd · 12:38

Assists: Larry Murphy · beat Craig Billington

0–1

3rd period

🦅 Dmitri Khristich Tying 3rd · 11:01

Assists: Calle Johansson, Jeff Halpern · beat Manny Legace

1–1

Overtime

🐙 Steve Yzerman PP Go-ahead OT · 00:11

Assists: Sergei Fedorov · beat Craig Billington

1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH DET🐙

22 Shots on goal 42

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7

22 Hits 30

18 Blocked shots 13

2 Takeaways 11

10 Giveaways 14

23 Penalty minutes 17

WSH shooting 4.5% (1/22) DET shooting 4.8% (2/42)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Craig Billington

40/42

.952 SV% · 2 GA · 60:04 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Manny Legace

21/22

.955 SV% · 1 GA · 60:11 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 43-25-9 (56% win rate, 77 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 52-19-7 (67% win rate, 78 games)

After 2nd — 0–1

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 Linden · Oates · Bondra 19:48

L2 Konowalchuk · Nikolishin · Halpern 18:15

L3 Sacco · Zubrus · Whitfield 10:37

L4 Black · Metropolit · Khristich 8:31

D1 Johansson · Witt 22:24

D2 Gonchar · Cote 19:30

D3 Reekie · Zettler 15:15

🐙Red Wings

L1 Shanahan · Yzerman · Larionov 19:51

L2 Kozlov · Dandenault · Brown 15:10

L3 Gilchrist · Holmstrom · Fedorov 13:25

L4 Maltby · Draper · Lapointe 11:08

L5 Devereaux 7:17

D1 Lidstrom · Duchesne 23:14

D2 Murphy · Gill 18:12

D3 Fischer 16:20

⚔️ Last meetings

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

2–2 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ WSH vs DET, answered

Who won Capitals vs Red Wings on April 1, 2001?

Red Wings won 2–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Red Wings?

The final score was Capitals 1, Red Wings 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Capitals?

Dmitri Khristich.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Kris Draper, Steve Yzerman.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Craig Billington made 40 saves on 42 shots (.952 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Manny Legace made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 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 · Mar 30

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Mar 31

Also on April 1, 2001

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