Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, April 3, 2003 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Washington Capitals 5–1 on Thursday, April 3, 2003 at MCI Center.
Peter Schaefer scored twice and Daniel Alfredsson scored twice. Jody Hull and Robert Lang also scored.
Patrick Lalime made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 14 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Schaefer (5)Martin Havlat (34), Karel Rachunek (25)1–001:43 OTT
Jody Hull (3)Martin Havlat (35), Jason Spezza (11)2–013:10 OTT
2nd period
Daniel Alfredsson (26)Jason Spezza (12), Brian Pothier (4)3–004:29 OTT · 
Robert Lang (22)Jaromir Jagr (41), Sergei Gonchar (48)3–110:12 WSH · - Peter Schaefer (6)Jason Spezza (13), Curtis Leschyshyn (6)4–114:43 OTT
- Daniel Alfredsson (27)Magnus Arvedson (20), Todd White (35)5–119:46 OTT
Team stats
OTTWSH
2828
46%54%
1/41/5
1433
914
1315
816
55
Penalties
- 9:25 into the first period
Chris Neil · charging2 min - 13:10 into the first period
Rick Berry · roughing2 min - 17:49 into the first periodRick Berry · instigator2 min
- 17:49 into the first periodRick Berry · fighting5 min
- 17:49 into the first periodRick Berry · misconduct10 min
- 17:49 into the first periodRick Berry · game misconduct10 min
- 5:16 into the second periodKarel Rachunek · holding2 min
- 8:14 into the second periodVaclav Varada · slashing2 min
- 8:14 into the second periodBrian Pothier · interference2 min
- 9:41 into the third periodMarian Hossa · holding2 min
- 16:47 into the third periodMartin Havlat · roughing2 min
- 16:47 into the third periodJeff Halpern · slashing2 min
- 19:22 into the third periodJeff Halpern · roughing2 min
- 19:52 into the third periodMartin Havlat · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 39Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 9Martin HavlatR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 7 | 16:21 |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 20:17 |
| 15Peter SchaeferL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:55 |
| 16Jody HullR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:59 |
| 20Magnus ArvedsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 28Todd WhiteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:00 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 11:08 |
| 23Karel RachunekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:21 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:12 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:29 |
| 26Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:49 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:54 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin PrusekG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
Washington Capitals
| 20Robert LangC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:07 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 22:12 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 26:50 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:37 |
| 14Kip MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:23 |
| 23Trent WhitfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:53 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:56 |
| 27Ivan CiernikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 04:13 |
| 46Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:39 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 4Rick BerryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:41 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:27 |
| 29Joel KwiatkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 39Josef BoumedienneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 54Jason DoigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Sebastien CharpentierG | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 19 | 5 | .737 |