Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, February 26, 2003 · MCI Center

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2–3

Final

SOG 37–31

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at MCI Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 37-31.

Goals came from Jaromir Jagr, Brendan Witt, Peter Bondra, Curtis Brown and Dmitri Kalinin.

Olie Kolzig made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 28 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	2	2	37
WSH	2	1	0	3	31

Scoring

1st period

Jaromir Jagr (34)Robert Lang (34), Kip Miller (36)0–104:58 WSH
Brendan Witt (1)Michael Nylander (37), Dainius Zubrus (11)0–214:23 WSH

2nd period

Peter Bondra (24)Kip Miller (37), Robert Lang (35)0–314:59 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Curtis Brown (12)Maxim Afinogenov (1)1–302:57 BUF
Dmitri Kalinin (6)Miroslav Satan (30), Ales Kotalik (11)2–314:50 BUF · PPG

Team stats

BUFWSH

37Shots on goal31

52%Faceoff %48%

1/3Power play1/5

25Penalty minutes21

6Hits7

8Blocked shots21

17Giveaways34

9Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 05:26Adam Mair · cross checking2 min
1st 13:23Eric Boulton · fighting5 min
1st 13:23Alex Henry · fighting5 min
2nd 03:10Maxim Afinogenov · interference2 min
2nd 14:50Stu Barnes · hooking2 min
2nd 17:08Adam Mair · fighting5 min
2nd 17:08Brian Sutherby · fighting5 min
2nd 17:40Denis Hamel · fighting5 min
2nd 17:40Rick Berry · fighting5 min
2nd 19:56Robert Lang · holding obstruction2 min
3rd 05:27Tim Connolly · tripping2 min
3rd 08:49J-P Dumont · roughing2 min
3rd 10:47Ivan Ciernik · holding the stick2 min
3rd 13:35Dainius Zubrus · hooking obstruction2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Ales KotalikR	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	–	19:50
37Curtis BrownC	1	0	1	-1	4	0	1	0	75	16:46
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	2	–	12:35
81Miroslav SatanR	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	–	23:47
45Dmitri KalininD	1	0	1	-2	3	0	0	0	–	24:17
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	–	15:20
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	27	15:42
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	71	06:14
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	+1	3	1	1	0	–	14:27
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	05:06
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	33	19:29
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	07:04
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	59	18:19
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	22:19
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	13:10
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:10
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	23:32
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	17:52

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	L	31	28	3	.903	58:51

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

14Kip MillerC	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:45
20Robert LangC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	3	2	76	19:43
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	2	57	16:59
12Peter BondraR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	18:55
68Jaromir JagrR	1	0	1	+1	6	0	1	0	–	21:52
92Michael NylanderC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	25	13:26
19Brendan WittD	1	0	1	+1	8	0	3	0	–	23:09
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	37	19:43
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	17:58
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	21:38
27Ivan CiernikL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	05:51
46Brian SutherbyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	50	07:00
4Rick BerryD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	05:25
6Calle JohanssonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	24:02
29Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	19:40
45Alex HenryD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	02:19
54Jason DoigD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	11:54
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	–	28:12

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Sebastien CharpentierG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	W	37	35	2	.946	59:49