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Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 2002 · Continental Airlines Arena

Washington CapitalsWashingtonCapitalsAway

1–2

Final, in overtime

15–40

New Jersey DevilsNew JerseyDevilsHome

Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 2–1 in overtime on Saturday, December 28, 2002 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 40–15.

Goals came from Kip Miller, Christian Berglund and Scott Niedermayer.

Martin Brodeur made 14 saves on 15 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 38 of 40.

Goals
Washington CapitalsWSH1000115
New Jersey DevilsNJD0101240

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

Overtime

Team stats

WSHNJD
1540
37%63%
0/31/6
1711
03
00
00
00

Penalties

  • 7:32 into the first periodJamie Langenbrunner · hooking2 min
  • 10:20 into the first periodJean-Francois Fortin · holding the stick2 min
  • 18:52 into the first periodJeff Halpern · hooking2 min
  • 13:59 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · fighting5 min
  • 13:59 into the second periodAlex Henry · fighting5 min
  • 18:24 into the second periodBrendan Witt · broken stick2 min
  • 1:45 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 5:00 into the third periodMike Grier · high sticking2 min
  • 9:54 into the third periodBrian Gionta · holding2 min
  • 17:04 into the third periodRobert Lang · slashing2 min
  • 2:51 into overtimeBench · too many men on the ice2 min

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