Washington Capitals vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Monday, December 8, 2003 · Pepsi Center

WashingtonCapitalsAway

1–4

23–29

ColoradoAvalancheHome

Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Monday, December 8, 2003 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Capitals 29–23.

Goals came from Teemu Selanne, Rob Blake, Sergei Gonchar, Andrei Nikolishin and Alex Tanguay.

David Aebischer made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 25 of 28.

Goals
WSH	0	0	1	1	23
COL	2	0	2	4	29

Scoring

1st period

Teemu Selanne (9)Rob Blake (15), Joe Sakic (20)0–105:44 COL
Rob Blake (6)Milan Hejduk (10), Joe Sakic (21)0–211:13 COL

3rd period

Sergei Gonchar (4)Jaromir Jagr (20), Robert Lang (20)1–201:04 WSH ·
Andrei Nikolishin (3)Unassisted1–317:57 COL
Alex Tanguay (9)Joe Sakic (22), Teemu Selanne (10)1–419:01 COL ·

Team stats

WSHCOL

2329

39%61%

1/40/5

2020

1212

169

510

2020

Penalties

8:56 into the first periodChris McAllister · fighting5 min
8:56 into the first periodStephen Peat · fighting5 min
12:05 into the first periodRick Berry · roughing2 min
18:17 into the first periodSteve Eminger · holding2 min
18:43 into the first periodJoe Sakic · tripping2 min
19:59 into the first periodJason Doig · boarding2 min
5:41 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
11:00 into the second periodJeff Halpern · interference goalkeeper2 min
14:22 into the second periodJoel Kwiatkowski · slashing2 min
17:38 into the second periodChris McAllister · roughing2 min
17:38 into the second periodChris McAllister · roughing2 min
17:38 into the second periodCody McCormick · fighting5 min
17:38 into the second periodBrian Sutherby · fighting5 min
19:38 into the second periodAlex Tanguay · high sticking2 min

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

20Robert LangC	0	1	1	−1	3	0	0	0	44	0	1	29	24:18
68Jaromir JagrR	0	1	1	−2	3	0	2	0	–	1	2	30	23:45
55Sergei GoncharD	1	0	1	−2	3	0	2	0	–	0	2	32	30:54
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	38	0	3	28	18:34
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0	2	54	0	4	30	16:18
12Peter BondraR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	0	2	24	19:09
13Bates BattagliaL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	14	09:11
14Kip MillerC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	1	0	33	1	0	23	16:56
16Brian SutherbyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	13	0	0	15	08:51
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	1	0	9	06:50
24Brian WillsieR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	18	10:37
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	−2	2	1	0	0	–	0	2	24	17:10
51Stephen PeatR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	0	0	6	03:13
3Jason DoigD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	2	2	–	0	0	27	17:56
4Rick BerryD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	0	2	21	14:06
8Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	−1	3	1	4	2	–	0	0	27	22:01
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	9	06:53
29Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	3	2	–	0	0	31	22:31

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Rastislav StanaG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	L	28	25	3	.893	59:20

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

19Joe SakicC	0	3	3	+3	4	0	0	2	72	2	0	29	20:24
8Teemu SelanneR	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	–	2	4	26	18:19
4Rob BlakeD	1	1	2	+3	4	0	2	0	–	0	1	39	20:44
11Andrei NikolishinC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	52	0	1	36	19:13
18Alex TanguayL	1	0	1	+2	2	0	1	2	–	0	4	31	19:53
23Milan HejdukR	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	1	1	29	18:25
13Dan HinoteR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	23	11:43
20Cody McCormickC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	33	1	0	11	05:38
22Steve KonowalchukL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	50	0	0	29	18:00
24Chris McAllisterL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	–	0	0	5	02:23
36Steve MooreC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	78	0	0	12	07:50
37Jordan KrestanovichL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	1	2	20	12:23
60Travis BrigleyL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	57	2	3	21	11:22
3Karlis SkrastinsD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	0	1	35	22:38
26John-Michael LilesD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	21	12:40
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0	–	0	2	27	15:16
52Adam FooteD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	0	1	35	25:57
53Derek MorrisD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	33	20:51

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1David AebischerG	W	23	22	1	.957	60:00
30Philippe SauveG		0	0	0	–	–