Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, March 8, 2003 · FleetCenter

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4–5

26–34

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime on Saturday, March 8, 2003 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 34–26.

Glen Murray scored twice. P.J. Axelsson, Steve Konowalchuk, Mike Grier, Mike Knuble, Robert Lang, Peter Bondra and Sean O'Donnell also scored.

Jeff Hackett made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Sebastien Charpentier stopped 26 of 28.

Goals
WSH	1	2	1	0	4	26
BOS	3	1	0	1	5	34

Scoring

1st period

P.J. Axelsson (13)Michal Grosek (16)0–106:05 BOS
Glen Murray (36)Joe Thornton (51), P.J. Axelsson (16)0–207:33 BOS ·
Glen Murray (37)Joe Thornton (52)0–310:04 BOS ·
Steve Konowalchuk (14)Michael Nylander (39), Peter Bondra (20)1–313:05 WSH ·

2nd period

Mike Grier (15)Unassisted2–304:46 WSH ·
Mike Knuble (19)Joe Thornton (53), Glen Murray (37)2–414:16 BOS
Robert Lang (18)Ken Klee (16), Dainius Zubrus (13)3–415:43 WSH ·

3rd period

Peter Bondra (25)Michael Nylander (40), Jaromir Jagr (37)4–401:33 WSH

Overtime

Sean O'Donnell (1)P.J. Axelsson (17), Glen Murray (38)4–502:15 BOS

Team stats

WSHBOS

2634

44%56%

2/32/4

2523

614

158

67

64

Penalties

7:19 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · interference2 min
9:01 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · hooking2 min
10:08 into the first periodKrzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
10:08 into the first periodStephen Peat · fighting5 min
10:12 into the first periodP.J. Stock · fighting5 min
10:12 into the first periodAlex Henry · fighting5 min
11:32 into the first periodJoe Thornton · roughing2 min
11:32 into the first periodJoe Thornton · fighting5 min
11:32 into the first periodBrendan Witt · fighting5 min
17:36 into the first periodDainius Zubrus · diving2 min
4:15 into the second periodDainius Zubrus · tripping2 min
15:38 into the second periodMartin Lapointe · hooking2 min
4:54 into the third periodHal Gill · tripping2 min
10:48 into the third periodMichal Grosek · interference2 min
10:48 into the third periodSergei Gonchar · roughing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

12Peter BondraR	1	1	2	−1	1	0	0	0	–	15:35
92Michael NylanderC	0	2	2	−1	2	0	0	0	17	12:41
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	1	1	−1	1	1	0	4	64	24:09
20Robert LangC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	50	19:00
22Steve KonowalchukL	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	19:30
25Mike GrierR	1	0	1	+1	5	2	0	0	–	21:32
68Jaromir JagrR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	22:45
2Ken KleeD	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	–	29:27
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	46	21:14
27Ivan CiernikL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	100	11:47
46Brian SutherbyC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	63	09:35
51Stephen PeatR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	5	–	00:46
6Calle JohanssonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	21:46
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	5	–	20:55
29Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	16:10
45Alex HenryD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	00:08
54Jason DoigD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	07:51
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	6	–	25:52

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
35Sebastien CharpentierG	L	28	26	2	.929	52:07
37Olie KolzigG		6	3	3	.500	10:04

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

27Glen MurrayR	2	2	4	+1	6	0	0	0	–	24:11
11P.J. AxelssonL	1	2	3	0	3	0	1	0	–	20:24
19Joe ThorntonC	0	3	3	0	2	0	1	7	57	22:10
22Michal GrosekL	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	22	14:38
26Mike KnubleR	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	21:22
21Sean O'DonnellD	1	0	1	+2	5	3	1	0	–	26:27
10Marty McinnisL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	22	20:16
16Jozef StumpelL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	69	19:49
17Rob ZamunerL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	15:23
20Martin LapointeR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	–	15:36
33Krzysztof OliwaL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	–	02:45
42P.J. StockC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	100	02:49
23Sean BrownD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	04:10
25Hal GillD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	2	–	21:36
32Don SweeneyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:40
34Bryan BerardD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	23:59
44Nick BoyntonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	25:33
46Jonathan GirardD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	09:38

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
30Jeff HackettG	W	26	22	4	.846	62:15
31Steve ShieldsG		0	0	0	–	00:00