Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, December 19, 2002 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 5–3 on Thursday, December 19, 2002 at MCI Center. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 39–18.
Peter Bondra scored twice and Brian Rolston scored twice. Mike Grier, Rick Berry, Joe Thornton and Steve Konowalchuk also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; John Grahame stopped 13 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Bondra (12)Unassisted0–107:10 WSH · 
Mike Grier (9)Jeff Halpern (8), Brendan Witt (3)0–210:51 WSH
2nd period
- Peter Bondra (13)Brian Sutherby (2)0–315:18 WSH
Rick Berry (1)Michael Nylander (24), Jaromir Jagr (15)0–415:54 WSH
3rd period
Joe Thornton (17)Mike Knuble (14), Brian Rolston (10)1–405:00 BOS · 
Brian Rolston (12)Glen Murray (17), Joe Thornton (27)2–405:38 BOS · - Brian Rolston (13)Unassisted3–409:57 BOS
Steve Konowalchuk (7)Mike Grier (6), Jeff Halpern (9)3–513:38 WSH
Team stats
BOSWSH
3918
61%39%
2/60/4
2529
12
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00
Penalties
- 6:47 into the first period
Brendan Witt · tripping2 min - 16:18 into the first period
Martin Lapointe · instigator2 min - 16:18 into the first periodMartin Lapointe · fighting5 min
- 16:18 into the first periodMartin Lapointe · misconduct10 min
- 16:18 into the first periodBrendan Witt · fighting5 min
- 2:38 into the second periodP.J. Axelsson · holding2 min
- 3:21 into the second periodNick Boynton · tripping2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodTrent Whitfield · cross checking2 min
- 13:12 into the second periodPeter Bondra · high sticking2 min
- 19:08 into the second periodMartin Lapointe · hooking2 min
- 19:08 into the second periodMartin Lapointe · roughing2 min
- 19:08 into the second periodSteve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
- 19:08 into the second periodJason Doig · misconduct10 min
- 3:54 into the third periodBrendan Witt · interference2 min
- 4:34 into the third periodCalle Johansson · high sticking2 min
- 15:00 into the third periodKen Klee · interference2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Brian RolstonR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20:33 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 27:16 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 24:21 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 24:29 |
| 10Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:23 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:53 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 05:54 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:31 |
| 29Andy HilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:35 |
| 36Ivan HumlL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:47 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:02 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:50 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:24 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:23 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 18:43 |
| 46Jonathan GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 26:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 47John GrahameG | L | 18 | 5 | .722 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 19:06 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:35 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 21:35 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 13:17 |
| 46Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:43 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:32 |
| 4Rick BerryD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:44 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:55 |
| 14Kip MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:59 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 23Trent WhitfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:45 |
| 27Ivan CiernikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:35 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:54 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 23:18 |
| 45Alex HenryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 54Jason DoigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 25:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Sebastien CharpentierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 39 | 3 | .923 |