New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, January 1, 2002 · MCI Center

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2–3

35–26

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Tuesday, January 1, 2002 at MCI Center. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 35–26.

Goals came from Sergei Gonchar, Jason Blake, Andrei Nikolishin, Jeff Halpern and Michael Peca.

Olie Kolzig made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Garth Snow stopped 23 of 26.

Goals
NYI	0	1	1	2	35
WSH	0	3	0	3	26

Scoring

2nd period

Sergei Gonchar (14)Adam Oates (31), Jaromir Jagr (22)0–103:53 WSH ·
Jason Blake (4)Michael Peca (22)1–105:33 NYI
Andrei Nikolishin (8)Dainius Zubrus (13), Peter Bondra (16)1–217:24 WSH ·
Jeff Halpern (4)Frantisek Kucera (5), Dmitri Khristich (5)1–319:59 WSH

3rd period

Michael Peca (10)Mark Parrish (17), Kenny Jonsson (7)2–316:35 NYI

Team stats

NYIWSH

3526

47%53%

0/52/5

1010

1010

1311

99

57

Penalties

4:01 into the first periodMichael Peca · slashing2 min
16:05 into the first periodBrendan Witt · holding2 min
16:23 into the first periodKen Klee · hooking2 min
18:46 into the first periodJason Blake · boarding2 min
1:49 into the second periodChris Simon · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2:41 into the second periodRaymond Giroux · hooking2 min
3:31 into the second periodAdrian Aucoin · roughing2 min
16:56 into the second periodKenny Jonsson · holding2 min
3:36 into the third periodAdam Oates · tripping2 min
17:07 into the third periodBrendan Witt · high sticking2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

27Michael PecaC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	1	2	40	24:36
37Mark ParrishR	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	21:42
55Jason BlakeL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	2	–	12:34
29Kenny JonssonD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	2	–	27:02
10Mats LindgrenC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	07:07
13Claude LapointeC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	58	11:27
15Brad IsbisterL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	19:01
16Raffi TorresL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	06:59
17Shawn BatesC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	26:25
20Steve WebbR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	04:45
21Mariusz CzerkawskiR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	16:45
79Alexei YashinC	0	0	0	−1	9	0	0	0	53	29:10
3Adrian AucoinD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	26:01
6Ken SuttonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	04:35
33Eric CairnsD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	19:55
41Raymond GirouxD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	07:43
45Marko KiprusoffD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	09:27
47Dick TarnstromD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	18:14

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Garth SnowG	L	26	23	3	.885	58:46
35Chris OsgoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Dmitri KhristichR	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	50	16:35
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	21:17
11Jeff HalpernC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	71	13:46
12Peter BondraR	0	1	1	−2	3	0	1	0	–	23:03
13Andrei NikolishinC	1	0	1	−1	4	1	2	0	44	20:19
68Jaromir JagrR	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	22:13
77Adam OatesC	0	1	1	−1	2	0	1	2	57	24:09
4Frantisek KuceraD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	–	15:19
55Sergei GoncharD	1	0	1	−1	2	1	0	0	–	21:14
17Chris SimonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	11:51
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	11:39
20Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	08:41
51Stephen PeatR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:51
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	16:55
3Sylvain CoteD	0	0	0	−1	3	1	2	0	–	20:08
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	–	18:56
24Rob ZettlerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	09:42
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:37

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	W	35	33	2	.943	60:00