🐧 Away Penguins 2-2 in series
2–1
Final
PIT leads 4–2
🦅 Home Capitals 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 2002
WSH 0101

Penguins at Capitals — First Round Game 5

Penguins, First Round Game 5, beat Capitals 2–1 at Capital One Arena on April 21, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Apr 21, 2001 · 14:00 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 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
Andrew Ference
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:29 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 25:40 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Jaromir Jagr
1 A
2 shots · 22:50 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Andrew Ference Go-ahead 1st · 06:35
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Mario Lemieux
1–0
🐧 Mario Lemieux 1st · 07:06
Assists: Jan Hrdina, Andrew Ference
2–0
2nd period
🦅 Sergei Gonchar PP 2nd · 10:01
Assists: Jeff Halpern, Trevor Linden
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
18 Shots on goal 22
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
24 Hits 31
15 Blocked shots 11
4 Takeaways 11
17 Giveaways 20
26 Penalty minutes 41
PIT shooting 11.1% (2/18) WSH shooting 4.5% (1/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
21/22
.955 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
16/18
.889 SV% · 2 GA · 58:39 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Lemieux · Kovalev · Jagr 23:06
L2 Straka · Lang · Hrdina 20:08
L3 Stevens · Primeau · Morozov 15:10
L4 Beranek · Corbet 5:30
D1 Kasparaitis · Moran 20:41
D2 Ference · Bergevin 18:04
D3 Boughner · Jonsson 13:00
D4 Laukkanen 6:18
🦅Capitals
L1 Linden · Halpern · Bondra 23:06
L2 Konowalchuk · Zubrus · Oates 18:32
L3 Sacco · Nikolishin · Dahlen 12:26
L4 Simon · Whitfield 9:02
D1 Cote · Johansson 22:04
D2 Witt · Gonchar 18:12
D3 Zettler · Reekie 13:03
D4 Klee 10:35

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 18, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
4–3 (OT) · Capitals won
Apr 16, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
0–3 · Penguins won
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

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on April 21, 2001?

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?

Andrew Ference, Mario Lemieux.

Who scored for Capitals?

Sergei Gonchar.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 16 saves on 18 shots (.889 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 18
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
4–3 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 23
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · PIT won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 18
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
4–3 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 23
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · PIT won
Also on April 21, 2001
🎵STL @ 🦈SJS
2–1 final
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
0–8 final
👑LAK @ 🐙DET
3–2 final
⭐DAL @ 🛢️EDM
3–1 final
Penguins season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule