Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals

Saturday, December 23, 2000, 7:00 PM ET MCI Center, Washington Regular Season Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 5–3 on Saturday, December 23, 2000 at home.

Final score, Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2000-2001 record
Florida Panthers	3	22-38-13-9
at Washington Capitals	5	41-27-10-4

Goals by period, Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Florida Panthers	1	1	1	3
Washington Capitals	2	3	0	5

Shots on goal by period, Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Florida Panthers	10	8	12	30
Washington Capitals	11	13	10	34

Scoring summary

Every goal, Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	07:10	Florida Panthers	Scott Mellanby (4)	Ray Whitney (16), Anders Eriksson (11)	Even strength	FLA 1, WSH 0
1st	13:14	Washington Capitals	Peter Bondra (14)	Calle Johansson (14), Adam Oates (21)	Power play	FLA 1, WSH 1
1st	18:34	Washington Capitals	Steve Konowalchuk (10)	Ulf Dahlen (11), Jeff Halpern (9)	Even strength	FLA 1, WSH 2
2nd	10:08	Washington Capitals	Calle Johansson (2)	Adam Oates (22), Dmitri Khristich (13)	Power play	FLA 1, WSH 3
2nd	11:30	Florida Panthers	Bret Hedican (4)	Mike Sillinger (7), Dan Boyle (9)	Even strength	FLA 2, WSH 3
2nd	14:55	Washington Capitals	Chris Simon (7)	Adam Oates (23), Dmitri Khristich (14)	Even strength	FLA 2, WSH 4
2nd	18:32	Washington Capitals	Dmitri Khristich (5)	Calle Johansson (15), Adam Oates (24)	Power play	FLA 2, WSH 5
3rd	18:51	Florida Panthers	Olli Jokinen (3)	Scott Mellanby (6), Ray Whitney (17)	Even strength	FLA 3, WSH 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Florida Panthers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 P. Worrell	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1		10:57
Number 9 I. Larionov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	07:05
Number 10 P. Bure	R	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0		26:33
Number 12 O. Jokinen	C	1	0	1	+1	2	3	3	1	33.3%	14:42
Number 14 R. Whitney	L	0	2	2	+2	4	5	0	0		15:42
Number 16 M. Sillinger	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	65.2%	20:05
Number 17 G. Adams	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		08:43
Number 18 M. Nilson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	100%	14:10
Number 27 S. Mellanby	R	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0		13:33
Number 39 I. Novoseltsev	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		10:57
Number 41 S. Payer	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		08:48
Number 44 R. Niedermayer	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	12.5%	18:51
Number 2 L. Pitlick	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		15:21
Number 4 B. Hedican	D	1	0	1	+2	8	1	0	4		18:24
Number 15 J. Jakopin	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1		14:51
Number 24 R. Svehla	D	0	0	0	0	10	1	2	2		23:09
Number 26 D. Boyle	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	2	1		27:22
Number 29 A. Eriksson	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	2		15:58

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 R. Luongo	10	10	0	1.000	20:00
Number 37 T. Kidd	24	19	5	.792	40:00	Loss

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 D. Khristich	R	1	2	3	+1	0	4	0	0	1		18:45
Number 10 U. Dahlen	R	0	1	1	-2	0	1	1	0	0		12:49
Number 11 J. Halpern	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	1	0	46.2%	13:23
Number 12 P. Bondra	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1		24:32
Number 13 A. Nikolishin	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1	0	63.6%	15:56
Number 14 J. Sacco	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		09:54
Number 17 C. Simon	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	0		18:54
Number 22 S. Konowalchuk	L	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	0	0		13:52
Number 23 T. Whitfield	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44.4%	09:56
Number 26 M. Herr	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		07:59
Number 44 R. Zednik	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	0		15:02
Number 77 A. Oates	C	0	4	4	+1	2	1	0	0	0	77.8%	21:57
Number 2 K. Klee	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0		16:33
Number 3 S. Cote	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	0		15:25
Number 6 C. Johansson	D	1	2	3	+1	0	7	0	2	1		26:12
Number 15 D. Mironov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	0		14:20
Number 19 B. Witt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0		19:59
Number 29 J. Reekie	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0		17:56

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 37 O. Kolzig	30	27	3	.900	59:57	Win

Penalties, Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	05:09	Florida Panthers	Bret Hedican	Tripping	2
1st	13:11	Florida Panthers	Bret Hedican	Interference	2
1st	13:28	Florida Panthers	Robert Svehla	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
1st	13:28	Florida Panthers	Olli Jokinen	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	13:28	Washington Capitals	Adam Oates	Hooking	2
1st	16:33	Florida Panthers	John Jakopin	Hooking	2
2nd	00:57	Florida Panthers	Bret Hedican	Interference	2
2nd	08:09	Florida Panthers	Ray Whitney	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	08:15	Florida Panthers	Anders Eriksson	High sticking	2
2nd	17:45	Florida Panthers	Pavel Bure	Elbowing	2
2nd	18:44	Florida Panthers	Ray Whitney	High sticking	2
3rd	03:38	Washington Capitals	Joe Reekie	Tripping	2
3rd	07:16	Florida Panthers	Bret Hedican	Roughing	2
3rd	07:16	Washington Capitals	Andrei Nikolishin	Roughing	2
3rd	07:16	Washington Capitals	Richard Zednik	Roughing	2
3rd	19:37	Washington Capitals	Matthew Herr	Holding the stick	2

Florida Panthers head coach: Terry Murray
Washington Capitals head coach: Ron Wilson
Referees: Stephen Walkom, Dean Warren
Linesmen: Gordon Broseker, Tim Nowak
Florida Panthers scratches: Len Barrie, David Emma, Paul Laus, Sean Gauthier, Paul Brousseau, Viktor Kozlov, Mike Wilson, Todd Simpson, Rocky Thompson, Lance Ward, Peter Ratchuk, Joey Tetarenko, Andrei Podkonicky, Brad Ference, Denis Shvidki
Washington Capitals scratches: Craig Berube, James Black, Joe Murphy, Terry Yake, Rob Zettler, Sergei Gonchar, Sebastien Charpentier, Glen Metropolit, Jan Bulis, Kris Beech, Matt Pettinger, Jakub Cutta

Every Florida Panthers and Washington Capitals game in the 2000-2001 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 3 at Florida Panthers 2	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Florida Panthers, Sat, Nov 4, 2000
Florida Panthers 3 at Washington Capitals 5	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals, Sat, Dec 23, 2000
Florida Panthers 1 at Washington Capitals 2	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals, Wed, Jan 24, 2001
Washington Capitals 1 at Florida Panthers 4	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Florida Panthers, Fri, Mar 23, 2001
Florida Panthers 0 at Washington Capitals 3	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals, Thu, Apr 5, 2001

Other NHL games on Saturday, December 23, 2000
Matchup	Status	Details
Nashville Predators 3 at New York Rangers 2	Final/OT	Game page: Nashville Predators at New York Rangers, Sat, Dec 23, 2000
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final/OT	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Dec 23, 2000
Chicago Blackhawks 3 at Ottawa Senators 2	Final	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Ottawa Senators, Sat, Dec 23, 2000
San Jose Sharks 2 at Buffalo Sabres 5	Final	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Dec 23, 2000
Detroit Red Wings 2 at Boston Bruins 1	Final/OT	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Boston Bruins, Sat, Dec 23, 2000
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Dec 23, 2000
Columbus Blue Jackets 7 at New York Islanders 5	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at New York Islanders, Sat, Dec 23, 2000
Anaheim Ducks 2 at St. Louis Blues 5	Final	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Dec 23, 2000
Dallas Stars 8 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2	Final	Game page: Dallas Stars at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Dec 23, 2000
New Jersey Devils 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1	Final	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, Dec 23, 2000
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Colorado Avalanche 3	Final/OT	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche, Sat, Dec 23, 2000