Colorado Avalanche vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, March 16, 2003 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche 2–1 on Sunday, March 16, 2003 at MCI Center. The Capitals outshot the Avalanche 28–22.
Goals came from Sergei Gonchar, Sergei Berezin and Joe Sakic.
Olie Kolzig made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; David Aebischer stopped 26 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Sergei Gonchar (15)Sergei Berezin (14), Dainius Zubrus (15)0–111:59 WSH
Sergei Berezin (20)Robert Lang (40), Dainius Zubrus (16)0–216:44 WSH
2nd period
Joe Sakic (25)Alex Tanguay (38), Bryan Marchment (10)1–202:56 COL
Team stats
COLWSH
2228
38%62%
0/20/2
99
2311
1012
1730
14
Penalties
- 20:00 into the first period
Dan Hinote · roughing2 min - 13:20 into the second periodAdam Foote · fighting5 min
- 13:20 into the second period
Brian Sutherby · fighting5 min - 20:00 into the second periodSteve Konowalchuk · boarding2 min
- 6:50 into the third periodBates Battaglia · interference2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodRobert Lang · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:22 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:38 |
| 20Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 10Serge AubinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 11Jeff ShantzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 07:55 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 07:23 |
| 13Dan HinoteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:10 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:26 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:15 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:26 |
| 32Riku HahlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 44Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:49 |
| 50Brian WillsieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:02 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:01 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:39 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David AebischerG | L | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 94Sergei BerezinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 13:39 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 26:20 |
| 8Josh GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:13 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:30 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:19 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:28 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:45 |
| 27Ivan CiernikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 46Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:39 |
| 51Stephen PeatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:49 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:57 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:16 |
| 29Joel KwiatkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:07 |
| 54Jason DoigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:10 |
| 58Jean-Francois FortinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Sebastien CharpentierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |