Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 2002 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

3–1

34–18

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3–1 on Saturday, December 21, 2002 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 34–18.

Michael Nylander scored twice. Mattias Weinhandl and Kip Miller also scored.

Olie Kolzig made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Rick DiPietro stopped 31 of 33.

Goals
WSH	0	0	3	3	34
NYI	0	1	0	1	18

Scoring

2nd period

Mattias Weinhandl (2)Mark Parrish (9), Alexei Yashin (22)0–114:53 NYI ·

3rd period

Michael Nylander (9)Ivan Ciernik (6), Sergei Gonchar (21)1–101:40 WSH
Michael Nylander (10)Kip Miller (15), Jaromir Jagr (16)2–117:50 WSH
Kip Miller (4)Unassisted3–119:50 WSH ·

Team stats

WSHNYI

3418

55%45%

0/31/3

Penalties

3:20 into the first periodJason Doig · broken stick2 min
5:54 into the first periodDave Scatchard · boarding2 min
7:53 into the first periodKen Klee · holding2 min
18:29 into the first periodJason Wiemer · slashing2 min
3:27 into the second periodOleg Kvasha · hooking2 min
13:55 into the second periodRick Berry · elbowing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

14Kip MillerC	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	–	08:50
92Michael NylanderC	2	0	2	+2	8	0	0	63	22:22
27Ivan CiernikL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	–	16:06
68Jaromir JagrR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	–	21:20
55Sergei GoncharD	0	1	1	+2	6	0	0	–	28:12
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	60	16:18
12Peter BondraR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	–	19:46
20Robert LangC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	43	17:20
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	15:22
23Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	75	06:17
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	–	22:07
46Brian SutherbyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:35
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	–	23:55
4Rick BerryD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	08:26
6Calle JohanssonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	–	20:33
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	–	22:05
45Alex HenryD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:08
54Jason DoigD	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	–	12:03

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
35Sebastien CharpentierG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	W	18	17	1	.944	59:49

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

11Mattias WeinhandlR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	–	16:21
37Mark ParrishR	0	1	1	−1	0	0	0	–	16:54
79Alexei YashinC	0	1	1	−2	2	0	0	27	24:40
12Oleg KvashaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50	08:23
13Claude LapointeC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	57	13:05
15Brad IsbisterL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:16
20Steve WebbR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	–	04:24
27Michael PecaC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	46	20:25
28Jason WiemerC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	40	15:23
38Dave ScatchardC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	2	58	17:48
45Arron AshamR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:45
55Jason BlakeL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	–	15:08
2Mattias TimanderD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:44
3Adrian AucoinD	0	0	0	−3	2	1	0	–	28:19
24Radek MartinekD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	16:23
29Kenny JonssonD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	–	26:39
44Sven ButenschonD	0	0	0	−2	4	0	0	–	14:51
59Alain NasreddineD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:27

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
35Chris OsgoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00
39Rick DiPietroG	L	33	31	2	.939	59:08