Washington Capitals vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Friday, December 13, 2002 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4–3 on Friday, December 13, 2002 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Capitals 33–19.
Mike Grier scored twice. Michael Nylander, Todd Simpson, Ladislav Nagy, Steve Konowalchuk and Teppo Numminen also scored.
Sebastien Charpentier made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Brian Boucher stopped 15 of 19.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 WSH | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
 PHX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 33 |
Scoring
1st period
Michael Nylander (8)Kip Miller (14), Ken Klee (6)1–001:09 WSH
Todd Simpson (2)Landon Wilson (8), Shane Doan (7)1–101:43 PHX
Mike Grier (7)Sergei Gonchar (19), Michael Nylander (22)2–116:59 WSH ·
2nd period
Ladislav Nagy (6)Tony Amonte (14), Shane Doan (8)2–219:41 PHX ·
3rd period
Steve Konowalchuk (6)Jeff Halpern (7), Mike Grier (5)3–204:22 WSH- Mike Grier (8)Unassisted4–207:11 WSH ·
Teppo Numminen (2)Shane Doan (9), Mike Johnson (17)4–315:07 PHX ·
Team stats
WSHPHX
1933
64%36%
1/62/10
3414
15
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:09 into the first periodRick Berry · high sticking2 min
- 15:30 into the first periodPaul Mara · hooking2 min
- 19:41 into the first periodJeff Halpern · interference2 min
- 1:56 into the second periodKen Klee · high sticking2 min
- 3:19 into the second periodDaymond Langkow · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 6:32 into the second periodAlex Henry · misconduct10 min
- 9:25 into the second periodKip Miller · hooking2 min
- 11:55 into the second periodDaymond Langkow · slashing2 min
- 15:57 into the second periodJaromir Jagr · high sticking2 min
- 15:57 into the second periodJaromir Jagr · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:12 into the second periodTrent Whitfield · hooking2 min
- 1:13 into the third periodBrendan Witt · roughing2 min
- 5:42 into the third periodSergei Gonchar · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:32 into the third periodMike Johnson · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 14:28 into the third periodJean-Francois Fortin · tripping2 min
- 16:00 into the third periodBrian Savage · high sticking2 min
- 16:00 into the third periodBranko Radivojevic · roughing2 min
- 16:00 into the third periodJeff Halpern · roughing2 min
- 18:07 into the third periodOssi Vaananen · interference2 min
- 18:48 into the third periodMichael Nylander · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 25Mike GrierR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 20:35 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 23:03 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 14Kip MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:00 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:30 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:56 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27:10 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:04 |
| 16Andreas SalomonssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:07 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:18 |
| 23Trent WhitfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:01 |
| 46Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:46 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:13 |
| 4Rick BerryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:07 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:52 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:24 |
| 45Alex HenryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:20 |
| 58Jean-Francois FortinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 10:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Sebastien CharpentierG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 26:34 |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 23:00 |
| 12Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 19:49 |
| 17Ladislav NagyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 19:33 |
| 28Landon WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:24 |
| 2Todd SimpsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:43 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 28:21 |
| 8Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:13 |
| 11Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:57 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:03 |
| 24Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:24 |
| 29Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:49 |
| 44Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:23 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 4Ossi VaananenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:57 |
| 15Radoslav SuchyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:26 |
| 23Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 55Danny MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Brian BoucherG | L | 19 | 4 | .789 |
| 40Patrick DesrochersG | 0 | 0 | – |