🦅 Away Capitals 1-1 in series
0–3
Final
PIT leads 4–2
🐧 Home Penguins 1-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 0000
PIT 0003

Capitals at Penguins — First Round Game 3

Penguins, First Round Game 3, beat Capitals 3–0 at PPG Paints Arena on April 16, 2001.

🗓 Mon, Apr 16, 2001 · 18:00 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2000-01 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

PIT vs WSH · PIT leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
0–1
Final · WSH
Game 2
2–1
Final · PIT
Game 3
0–3
Final · PIT
Game 4
4–3
OT · WSH
Game 5
2–1
Final · PIT
Game 6
3–4
OT · PIT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Alex Kovalev
1 G
3 shots · 22:00 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jan Hrdina
1 G
2 shots · 16:42 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Kevin Stevens
1 G
1 shots · 16:04 TOI · +1
4rd star 🐧 PIT
Johan Hedberg
34 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
34 Shots on goal 24
22 Hits 39
8 Blocked shots 8
0 Takeaways 6
3 Giveaways 7
16 Penalty minutes 16
WSH shooting 0.0% (0/34) PIT shooting 12.5% (3/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
21/24
.875 SV% · 3 GA · 59:56 TOI
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg Shutout
34/34
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 46-28-10 (55% win rate, 84 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 50-29-5 (60% win rate, 84 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 46-28-10 (55% win rate, 84 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 50-29-5 (60% win rate, 84 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Linden · Halpern · Bondra 20:12
L2 Konowalchuk · Zubrus · Dahlen 16:10
L3 Simon · Oates · Nikolishin 13:37
L4 Sacco · Whitfield 9:18
D1 Cote · Johansson 20:09
D2 Zettler · Witt 17:17
D3 Gonchar · Klee 15:04
D4 Reekie 12:18
🐧Penguins
L1 Lemieux · Kovalev · Jagr 22:00
L2 Straka · Lang · Hrdina 17:57
L3 Stevens · Primeau · Morozov 15:50
L4 Corbet · Oliwa 1:56
D1 Jonsson · Ference 21:07
D2 Kasparaitis · Bergevin 19:45
D3 Laukkanen · Boughner 16:24
D4 Moran 2:10

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 14, 2001
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–1 · Penguins won
Apr 12, 2001
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
0–1 · Capitals won
Mar 7, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
4–3 · Capitals won
Mar 3, 2001
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · Capitals won
Jan 8, 2001
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
5–3 · Penguins won

❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on April 16, 2001?

Penguins won 3–0.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Penguins?

The final score was Capitals 0, Penguins 3.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 21 saves on 24 shots (.875 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 34 saves on 34 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Capitals vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins 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
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 14
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–1 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 18
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
4–3 · WSH won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 14
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–1 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 18
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
4–3 · WSH won
Also on April 16, 2001
🏛️OTT @ 🍁TOR
2–3 final
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
3–2 final
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
4–3 final
🎵STL @ 🦈SJS
6–3 final
Capitals season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule