Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, December 3, 2002 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 on Tuesday, December 3, 2002 at Mellon Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 32–17.
Goals came from Ivan Ciernik, Jaromir Jagr, Robert Lang, Jeff Halpern and Mario Lemieux.
Olie Kolzig made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Ivan Ciernik (2)Ken Klee (5), Michael Nylander (19)1–008:46 WSH
Jaromir Jagr (13)Jason Doig (1), Rick Berry (1)2–013:10 WSH
2nd period
Robert Lang (7)Sergei Gonchar (17), Brendan Witt (2)3–001:48 WSH
3rd period
Jeff Halpern (4)Mike Grier (2)4–002:43 WSH
Mario Lemieux (12)Alex Kovalev (19), Andrew Ference (1)4–117:07 PIT
Team stats
WSHPIT
3217
57%43%
0/20/3
64
21
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:32 into the first period
Ivan Ciernik · holding2 min - 13:28 into the first periodIvan Ciernik · hooking2 min
- 5:32 into the second period
Alex Kovalev · cross checking2 min - 9:08 into the second periodBrian Sutherby · interference2 min
- 5:13 into the third periodAleksey Morozov · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:20 |
| 20Robert LangC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:31 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:17 |
| 27Ivan CiernikL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:44 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:39 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:06 |
| 4Rick BerryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:28 |
| 54Jason DoigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:28 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:06 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 15:55 |
| 14Kip MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 21Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:36 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 36Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:41 |
| 46Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:44 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 17 | 1 | .941 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:55 |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25:14 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 10Ville NieminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 22Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:10 |
| 26Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:30 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:39 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:30 |
| 47Michal SivekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:02 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:58 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:37 |
| 3Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:49 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:37 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:36 |
| 25Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – |