Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Saturday, March 23, 2002 · Nationwide Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Saturday, March 23, 2002 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Capitals 29-27.
Ulf Dahlen scored twice. Andrei Nikolishin, Geoff Sanderson, Jody Shelley, Jaromir Jagr and Jean-Francois Fortin also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Ulf Dahlen (20)Unassisted1–006:26 WSH
2nd period
Andrei Nikolishin (12)Peter Bondra (25), Steve Konowalchuk (8)2–000:56 WSH
Geoff Sanderson (9)Mike Sillinger (21), Ray Whitney (37)2–119:09 CBJ · PPG
3rd period
Jody Shelley (3)Grant Marshall (15), Rostislav Klesla (7)2–207:29 CBJ- Ulf Dahlen (21)Steve Konowalchuk (9)3–214:07 WSH
Jaromir Jagr (30)Dainius Zubrus (21), Chris Simon (11)4–214:25 WSH
Jean-Francois Fortin (1)Ulf Dahlen (25)5–219:48 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHCBJ
27Shots on goal29
44%Faceoff %56%
0/2Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes4
17Hits27
17Blocked shots7
5Giveaways1
5Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 13:27
Peter Bondra · interference goalkeeper2 min - 2nd 10:46Bench · abuse of officials2 min
- 2nd 12:46Ken Klee · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 18:11Benoit Hogue · tripping2 min
- 3rd 00:48Patrick Boileau · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:27
Geoff Sanderson · boarding2 min - 3rd 08:14Jaroslav Spacek · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Ulf DahlenR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 12:18 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 20:00 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:29 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 08:12 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:54 |
| 58Jean-Francois FortinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 21:20 |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:22 |
| 20Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:02 |
| 36Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:56 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:55 |
| 4Frantisek KuceraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:05 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 23:54 |
| 24Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:08 |
| 39Patrick BoileauD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 59:58 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 8 | 18:03 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 23:34 |
| 16Mike SillingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 24:03 |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 16:14 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 07:45 |
| 44Rostislav KleslaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 9David VybornyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 10Serge AubinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:04 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:31 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:43 |
| 21Espen KnutsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 28Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 3Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 23:50 |
| 7Deron QuintD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:54 |
| 32Radim BicanekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 34Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:59 |
| 37Mattias TimanderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 40Duvie WestcottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Marc DenisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 58:58 |