🦅 Away Capitals 22-20-5 before this game
0–2
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 21-20-5 before this game
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MTL 0202

Capitals at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Capitals 2–0 at Bell Centre on January 16, 2002.

🗓 Wed, Jan 16, 2002 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Patrice Brisebois
1 G
3 shots · 27:27 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jan Bulis
1 G
3 shots · 20:31 TOI · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andrei Markov
1 A
5 shots · 20:31 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
2nd period
🇨🇦 Jan Bulis Go-ahead 2nd · 04:50
Assists: Andrei Markov, Joe Juneau · beat Olie Kolzig
0–1
🇨🇦 Patrice Brisebois PP 2nd · 17:00
Assists: Mike Ribeiro, Yanic Perreault · beat Olie Kolzig
0–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦
28 Shots on goal 30
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
17 Hits 14
15 Blocked shots 7
10 Takeaways 14
17 Giveaways 22
10 Penalty minutes 4
WSH shooting 0.0% (0/28) MTL shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 59:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore Shutout
28/28
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 22-20-5 (47% win rate, 47 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 21-20-5 (46% win rate, 46 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Oates · Zubrus · Bondra 24:10
L2 Forbes · Nikolishin · Halpern 18:18
L3 Simon · Sacco · Khristich 10:11
L4 Peat 5:28
D1 Gonchar · Kucera 26:34
D2 Cote · Fortin 17:36
D3 Klee · Rohloff 16:08
D4 Zettler · Yonkman 7:16
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Juneau · Bulis · Dackell 20:31
L2 Gilmour · Petrov · Zednik 17:06
L3 Perreault · Ribeiro · Asham 15:36
L4 Odjick · Van Allen 7:34
D1 Brisebois · Dykhuis 25:09
D2 Markov · Rivet 19:44
D3 Quintal · Bouillon 14:45
D4 Robidas 7:00

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 24, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–5 · Canadiens won
Oct 19, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–4 · Capitals won
Feb 23, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–3 · Capitals won
Feb 17, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–3 · Capitals won
Jan 27, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–4 · Canadiens won

❓ WSH vs MTL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on January 16, 2002?

Canadiens won 2–0.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Canadiens?

The final score was Capitals 0, Canadiens 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Jan Bulis, Patrice Brisebois.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 28 saves on 28 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Capitals vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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 · Jan 14
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
0–1 · WSH won
Next game · Jan 18
🦅WSH @ 🐙DET
1–3 · DET won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Jan 14
🔔PHI @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–3 · PHI won
Next game · Jan 17
🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR
1–1 · MTL won
Also on January 16, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🧥CBJ
0–2 final
🪶CHI @ 🐆FLA
3–0 final
🐙DET @ ⭐DAL
2–3 final
⚔️BUF @ 🦆ANA
3–1 final
Capitals season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule