Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, March 26, 2002 · HSBC Arena

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4–3

Final

SOG 19–31

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 31-19.

Miroslav Satan scored twice. Taylor Pyatt, Ken Klee, Brendan Witt, Dainius Zubrus and Chris Simon also scored.

Olie Kolzig made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 15 of 19.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	2	4	19
BUF	2	0	1	3	31

Scoring

1st period

Taylor Pyatt (8)Curtis Brown (14), Vaclav Varada (16)0–101:10 BUF
Miroslav Satan (27)Chris Gratton (20), Jason Woolley (16)0–208:25 BUF · PPG
Ken Klee (7)Dainius Zubrus (22), Glen Metropolit (13)1–216:47 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Brendan Witt (3)Dainius Zubrus (23), Benoit Hogue (8)2–206:38 WSH

3rd period

Dainius Zubrus (13)Glen Metropolit (14), Jaromir Jagr (42)3–200:41 WSH · PPG
Miroslav Satan (28)Alexei Zhitnik (33), Jason Woolley (17)3–305:27 BUF · PPG
Chris Simon (14)Dainius Zubrus (24), Brendan Witt (5)4–318:02 WSH

Team stats

WSHBUF

19Shots on goal31

45%Faceoff %55%

2/3Power play2/3

6Penalty minutes6

21Hits24

15Blocked shots11

7Giveaways6

4Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 07:31Steve Konowalchuk · boarding2 min
1st 15:25Dmitri Kalinin · hooking2 min
1st 18:06Erik Rasmussen · slashing2 min
2nd 14:55Jaromir Jagr · hooking2 min
3rd 00:30J-P Dumont · tripping2 min
3rd 05:12Benoit Hogue · holding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

9Dainius ZubrusC	1	3	4	+1	2	1	0	0	33	21:05
20Glen MetropolitC	0	2	2	-1	2	1	0	0	45	10:17
19Brendan WittD	1	1	2	+1	2	3	3	0	–	26:27
17Chris SimonL	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0	–	14:34
33Benoit HogueL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	38	12:32
68Jaromir JagrR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	21:16
2Ken KleeD	1	0	1	+2	1	1	1	0	–	29:45
8Dmitri KhristichR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	41	18:41
10Ulf DahlenR	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	16:49
12Peter BondraR	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	21:22
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	52	16:31
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	02:54
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	18:38
36Colin ForbesL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	05:40
4Frantisek KuceraD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	09:00
24Rob ZettlerD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	3	0	–	21:40
40Nolan YonkmanD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	07:46
58Jean-Francois FortinD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	21:48

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	W	31	28	3	.903	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

81Miroslav SatanR	2	0	2	0	6	1	0	0	–	18:53
5Jason WoolleyD	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:05
24Taylor PyattL	1	0	1	-1	3	0	1	0	–	15:42
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	1	1	-1	3	4	0	0	–	18:10
37Curtis BrownC	0	1	1	-1	2	2	1	0	59	19:26
77Chris GrattonC	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	48	17:35
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	–	23:36
9Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	50	20:10
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100	09:51
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	15:01
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	55	19:27
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	100	09:34
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:40
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	13:32
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	18:51
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	–	17:56
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	13:39
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	–	18:03

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	L	19	15	4	.789	59:16