Kings vs. Capitals

Oct 06, 2000

    FINAL            1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
                            ---    ---     ---    -----
LOS ANGELES    3       1      0       4
WASHINGTON    0       1      0       1   FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: LOS - LUC ROBITAILLE 1 (JAROSLAV MODRY, ERIC BELANGER) 1:36
                 LOS - ROB BLAKE 1 (CRAIG JOHNSON, GLEN MURRAY) 3:20
                 LOS - LUC ROBITAILLE 2 (ERIC BELANGER, MATTIAS NORSTROM) 10:54
2ND PRD: WAS - (PP) CALLE JOHANSSON 1 (ADAM OATES, JEFF HALPERN) 0:47
                 LOS - ERIC BELANGER 1 (ZIGMUND PALFFY, LUC ROBITAILLE) 17:12
3RD PRD: NONE

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: LOS - 0 OF 3, WAS - 1 OF 8.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
                                ---   ---     ---     -----
                    LOS     13   11      7       31
                    WAS    10     5      5       20

GOALIES: LOS - JAMIE STORR
WAS - CRAIG BILLINGTON

OFFICIALS: REF - P DEVORSKI, KOWAL
LIN - DAPUZZO, NOWAK

ATT: 18,082

Box Score

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Los Angeles 3 1 0--4
Washington 0 1 0--1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Los Angeles, Robitaille 1 (Modry, Belanger), 1:36. 2, Los Angeles, R Blake 1 (Johnson, G Murray), 3:20. 3, Los Angeles, Robitaille 2 (Belanger, Norstrom), 10:54. Penalties: J Blake, L.A. (hooking), 11:55; Klee, Was (tripping), 15:44; R Blake, L.A. (tripping), 19:10; Corkum, L.A. (slashing), 19:21.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Washington, C Johansson 1 (power play) (Oates, Halpern), 0:47. 5, Los Angeles, Belanger 1 (Palffy, Robitaille), 17:12. Penalties: M Schneider, L.A. (slashing), 5:23; Norstrom, L.A. (holding), 10:31; Sacco, Was (holding stick), 12:36; Emerson, L.A. (hooking), 14:45.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Karalahti, L.A. (hooking), 1:14; Beech, Was (hooking), 7:47; Modry, L.A. (interference), 12:40.

Shots on goal:
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Los Angeles 13 11 7--31
Washington 10 5 5--20
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Power-play Conversions: Los - 0 of 2, Was - 1 of 5. Goalies: Los Angeles, Storr (20 shots, 19 saves; record: 1-0-0). Washington, Billington (31, 27; record: 0-1-0). A:18,082. Referees: P Devorski, Kowal. Linesmen: Dapuzzo, Nowak.

Game Story

WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Olaf Kolzig received his Vezina Trophy and the Washington Capitals missed his presence in the net as Luc Robitaille scored twice in the first period to lift the Los Angeles Kings to a 4-1 victory in the season opener for both teams.

Kolzig received his Vezina Trophy in a ceremony in between the first and second periods. Last season, he went 41-20-11 with a 2.24 goals-against average and led the Capitals to a first-place finish in the Southeast Division. However, he had arthroscopic knee surgery September 26 and will be out at least two weeks.

With Craig Billington in net for the Capitals, the Kings took advantage. Robitaille's first goal came just 96 seconds into the game to give the Kings an early lead that they never lost. He gave Los Angeles a 3-0 cushion with 9:06 left in the opening period when he beat Billington with a one-timer from the right faceoff circle.

Robitaille had a chance to record his 15th career hat trick but Billington made a pad save on his one-timer from the slot with 4:44 left in the third period.

Rookie Eric Belanger had a goal and two assists in his NHL debut and Jamie Storr turned aside 19 shots for Los Angeles, which improved to 4-1-1 in its last six trips to Washington.

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