New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, December 27, 2002 · MCI Center

New JerseyDevilsAway

2–3

31–17

WashingtonCapitalsHome

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 3–2 on Friday, December 27, 2002 at MCI Center. The Devils outshot the Capitals 31–17.

Goals came from Steve Konowalchuk, Peter Bondra, Jaromir Jagr, Jamie Langenbrunner and Sergei Brylin.

Olie Kolzig made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 14 of 17.

Goals
NJD	0	0	2	2	31
WSH	1	2	0	3	17

Scoring

1st period

Steve Konowalchuk (9)Jeff Halpern (11), Mike Grier (8)0–119:52 WSH

2nd period

Peter Bondra (15)Kip Miller (16), Michael Nylander (25)0–216:36 WSH
Jaromir Jagr (17)Kip Miller (17)0–317:29 WSH ·

3rd period

Jamie Langenbrunner (10)Patrik Elias (11), Brian Rafalski (16)1–301:07 NJD ·
Sergei Brylin (8)Brian Rafalski (17), Patrik Elias (12)2–313:12 NJD ·

Team stats

NJDWSH

3117

51%49%

2/41/3

68

32

00

00

00

Penalties

3:25 into the second periodKen Klee · holding the stick2 min
4:12 into the second periodScott Niedermayer · holding the stick2 min
8:38 into the second periodPeter Bondra · tripping2 min
10:53 into the second periodJohn Madden · hooking2 min
16:52 into the second periodJohn Madden · interference2 min
19:54 into the second periodSteve Konowalchuk · cross checking2 min
12:53 into the third periodBrendan Witt · holding the stick2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

26Patrik EliasC	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	46	19:27
28Brian RafalskiD	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	–	21:10
15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	50	17:10
18Sergei BrylinL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:07
9Jiri BicekR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:46
11John MaddenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	40	16:06
12Jeff FriesenL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:58
14Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:36
19Jim McKenzieL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	08:48
20Jay PandolfoL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	14:38
23Scott GomezC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	58	15:54
24Turner StevensonR	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	–	11:09
25Joe NieuwendykC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	60	16:16
3Ken DaneykoD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	16:27
4Scott StevensD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	22:24
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	19:21
6Tommy AlbelinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:16
27Scott NiedermayerD	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	2	–	25:42

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Martin BrodeurG	L	17	14	3	.824	59:08
35Corey SchwabG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

14Kip MillerC	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	–	14:12
11Jeff HalpernC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	62	21:10
12Peter BondraR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	18:02
22Steve KonowalchukL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	19:13
25Mike GrierR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	21:10
68Jaromir JagrR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	19:18
92Michael NylanderC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	59	18:10
20Robert LangC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	14:59
23Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	06:34
27Ivan CiernikL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:19
46Brian SutherbyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:57
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	–	24:45
6Calle JohanssonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	21:54
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	24:00
45Alex HenryD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:57
54Jason DoigD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	09:07
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	28:52
58Jean-Francois FortinD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	07:46

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
35Sebastien CharpentierG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00