Washington Capitals vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Sunday, December 1, 2002 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 on Sunday, December 1, 2002 at Philips Arena. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 29–20.
Goals came from Dainius Zubrus, Pascal Rheaume, Chris Herperger, Mike Grier, Mark Hartigan, Sergei Gonchar, Andy Sutton, Jaromir Jagr and Tony Hrkac.
Byron Dafoe made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Dainius Zubrus (3)Robert Lang (14), Steve Eminger (2)1–008:43 WSH
Pascal Rheaume (3)Frantisek Kaberle (7), Chris Herperger (1)1–111:16 ATL
Chris Herperger (4)Chris Tamer (2)1–214:07 ATL
Mike Grier (6)Jeff Halpern (6), Sergei Gonchar (16)2–218:53 WSH
2nd period
Mark Hartigan (1)Shawn McEachern (8), Andy Sutton (4)2–318:27 ATL
3rd period
Sergei Gonchar (5)Michael Nylander (17), Ivan Ciernik (5)3–311:35 WSH
Andy Sutton (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (6), Dany Heatley (18)3–412:20 ATL
Jaromir Jagr (12)Michael Nylander (18), Brendan Witt (1)4–414:08 WSH
Tony Hrkac (3)Unassisted4–518:56 ATL
Team stats
WSHATL
2920
49%51%
0/30/2
810
31
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:49 into the first period
Michael Nylander · holding the stick2 min - 20:00 into the first period
Andy Sutton · roughing2 min - 20:00 into the first periodBrendan Witt · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodDainius Zubrus · roughing2 min
- 7:14 into the second periodFrantisek Kaberle · closing hand on puck2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodAndy Sutton · holding2 min
- 14:14 into the second periodIlya Kovalchuk · elbowing2 min
- 7:44 into the third periodVyacheslav Kozlov · slashing2 min
- 7:44 into the third periodBrendan Witt · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:55 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 29:09 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 05:53 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:35 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:38 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:19 |
| 27Ivan CiernikL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:03 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:13 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 20:06 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 04:20 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:33 |
| 14Kip MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:01 |
| 46Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:05 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 25:51 |
| 4Rick BerryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 22:29 |
| 45Alex HenryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 01:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 7Chris HerpergerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 20:52 |
| 3Mark HartiganC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:20 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:36 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 19Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:33 |
| 26Pascal RheaumeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:29 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:41 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:30 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:54 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 23:04 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 43Mike WeaverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Milan HnilickaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |