Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Friday, March 29, 2002 · Continental Airlines Arena

3–1

16–27

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 3–1 on Friday, March 29, 2002 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 27–16.

Peter Bondra scored twice. Patrik Elias and Andrei Nikolishin also scored.

Olie Kolzig made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 13 of 15.

Goals
WSH	1	0	2	3	16
NJD	1	0	0	1	27

Scoring

1st period

Patrik Elias (26)Petr Sykora (25)0–110:01 NJD
Andrei Nikolishin (13)Peter Bondra (27)1–114:37 WSH

3rd period

Peter Bondra (36)Andrei Nikolishin (21), Chris Simon (12)2–109:55 WSH
Peter Bondra (37)Unassisted3–119:00 WSH ·

Team stats

WSHNJD

1627

55%45%

0/10/2

1517

1520

1514

Penalties

12:47 into the second periodTodd Rohloff · holding2 min
16:43 into the second periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · tripping2 min
14:11 into the third periodJaromir Jagr · holding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

12Peter BondraR	2	1	3	+2	4	0	1	0	–	17:36
13Andrei NikolishinC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	1	0	55	15:37
17Chris SimonL	0	1	1	+2	1	2	0	0	–	14:10
8Dmitri KhristichR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	50	18:04
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	22:04
10Ulf DahlenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:19
14Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:54
20Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	12:03
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	19:07
33Benoit HogueL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	09:55
36Colin ForbesL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	83	04:50
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	21:12
3Sylvain CoteD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	18:46
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	–	23:49
24Rob ZettlerD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	2	0	–	22:15
38Todd RohloffD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	11:34
40Nolan YonkmanD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	18:03
58Jean-Francois FortinD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	23:31

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	W	27	26	1	.963	60:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

17Petr SykoraR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	–	13:02
26Patrik EliasC	1	0	1	−1	3	1	0	–	14:50
11John MaddenC	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	43	13:35
14Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	30	12:17
15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	–	14:57
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	−2	3	2	0	63	21:38
18Sergei BrylinL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	–	19:34
20Jay PandolfoL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:15
22Valeri KamenskyL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	10:00
23Scott GomezC	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	–	21:11
25Joe NieuwendykC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	36	14:52
44Stephane RicherR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	12:18
3Ken DaneykoD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	–	14:21
4Scott StevensD	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	–	22:05
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	−2	3	2	2	–	19:11
6Tommy AlbelinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	–	15:32
27Scott NiedermayerD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	–	20:36
28Brian RafalskiD	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	–	23:39

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Martin BrodeurG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34John VanbiesbrouckG	L	15	13	2	.867	59:43