Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, January 22, 2003 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at MCI Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 38–27.
Jaromir Jagr scored twice and Josef Vasicek scored twice. Ron Francis, Ivan Ciernik, Kip Miller and Jeff Halpern also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Jaromir Jagr (24)Kip Miller (24), Sergei Gonchar (29)0–113:14 WSH · 
Ron Francis (17)Jeff O'Neill (18), David Tanabe (9)1–118:55 CAR ·
2nd period
- Jaromir Jagr (25)Kip Miller (25), Michael Nylander (32)1–217:22 WSH
3rd period
Ivan Ciernik (4)Robert Lang (25), Jason Doig (3)1–303:52 WSH
Kip Miller (9)Jaromir Jagr (26), Sergei Gonchar (30)1–407:42 WSH · 
Josef Vasicek (3)Niclas Wallin (7), Jan Hlavac (13)2–414:11 CAR- Josef Vasicek (4)Jan Hlavac (14)3–417:28 CAR
Jeff Halpern (6)Unassisted3–519:59 WSH · ·
Team stats
CARWSH
3827
49%51%
1/52/3
610
12
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:55 into the first period
Sergei Gonchar · hooking2 min - 9:29 into the first periodBrendan Witt · tripping2 min
- 12:12 into the first period
Glen Wesley · holding the stick2 min - 18:02 into the first periodJoel Kwiatkowski · tripping2 min
- 7:27 into the second periodCraig Adams · hooking2 min
- 18:46 into the second periodJoel Kwiatkowski · cross checking2 min
- 6:38 into the third periodGlen Wesley · hooking2 min
- 19:00 into the third periodPeter Bondra · hooking2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 20Jan HlavacL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19:58 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 23:52 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | 23:53 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 12:48 |
| 21David TanabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:52 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 19:18 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:08 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:33 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:15 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:55 |
| 36Jesse BoulericeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 01:12 |
| 42Jeff HeeremaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:14 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:28 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 24:36 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 24:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 14Kip MillerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 16:19 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21:01 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 25:52 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:48 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 27Ivan CiernikL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:16 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:42 |
| 54Jason DoigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 8Josh GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:50 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:36 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:39 |
| 46Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:29 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:39 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:23 |
| 29Joel KwiatkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:38 |
| 45Alex HenryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Sebastien CharpentierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 38 | 3 | .921 |