Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Monday, December 30, 2002 · MCI Center

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3–4

Final

SOG 21–28

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Monday, December 30, 2002 at MCI Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 28-21.

Goals came from Dainius Zubrus, Dmitri Kalinin, Mike Grier, Miroslav Satan, Jaromir Jagr, Ivan Ciernik and Vaclav Varada.

Olie Kolzig made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 24 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	1	3	21
WSH	1	1	2	4	28

Scoring

1st period

Dainius Zubrus (4)Ken Klee (8)0–103:43 WSH
Dmitri Kalinin (4)Stu Barnes (9), Miroslav Satan (17)1–114:52 BUF

2nd period

Mike Grier (10)Sergei Gonchar (22), Dainius Zubrus (5)1–214:30 WSH
Miroslav Satan (13)Alexei Zhitnik (8), Stu Barnes (10)2–217:37 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Jaromir Jagr (18)Michael Nylander (26), Kip Miller (18)2–304:29 WSH
Ivan Ciernik (3)Calle Johansson (6)2–411:36 WSH
Vaclav Varada (5)Alexei Zhitnik (9)3–411:56 BUF

Team stats

BUFWSH

21Shots on goal28

50%Faceoff %50%

1/3Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes6

4Hits3

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

2nd 02:41Alexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
2nd 12:27Stu Barnes · tripping2 min
2nd 15:52Ivan Ciernik · tripping2 min
2nd 17:26Jason Doig · cross checking2 min
3rd 15:37Sergei Gonchar · hooking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

41Stu BarnesC	0	2	2	-2	1	0	0	2	47	18:26
81Miroslav SatanR	1	1	2	-3	4	0	0	0	–	21:53
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	2	–	25:43
25Vaclav VaradaR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	12:48
45Dmitri KalininD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	23:33
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	18:40
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	13:57
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	33	14:58
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	60	11:16
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:16
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	03:48
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	50	15:27
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:56
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	70	16:12
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	17:13
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	18:03
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	20:14
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	14:36

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	L	28	24	4	.857	58:50

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

9Dainius ZubrusC	1	1	2	+3	2	0	0	0	50	17:04
14Kip MillerC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	13:29
25Mike GrierR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	21:49
27Ivan CiernikL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	100	15:17
68Jaromir JagrR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	13:45
92Michael NylanderC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	45	17:02
2Ken KleeD	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	23:55
6Calle JohanssonD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	19:25
55Sergei GoncharD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	26:00
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	55	20:02
12Peter BondraR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:04
20Robert LangC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	56	14:04
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	20:32
46Brian SutherbyC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	06:22
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	25:40
45Alex HenryD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	04:09
54Jason DoigD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	11:57
58Jean-Francois FortinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:38

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Sebastien CharpentierG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	W	21	18	3	.857	60:00