Washington Capitals vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Tuesday, December 16, 2003 · Philips Arena

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5–0

29–37

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–0 on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Capitals 37–29.

Robert Lang scored twice. Brian Willsie, Kip Miller and Peter Bondra also scored.

Maxime Ouellet made 37 saves on 37 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 24 of 29.

Goals
WSH	2	1	2	5	29
ATL	0	0	0	0	37

Scoring

1st period

Brian Willsie (2)Kip Miller (10), Robert Lang (22)1–012:36 WSH
Kip Miller (3)Dainius Zubrus (11), Robert Lang (23)2–019:16 WSH ·

2nd period

Robert Lang (16)Rick Berry (2)3–012:11 WSH

3rd period

Robert Lang (17)Bates Battaglia (2)4–001:34 WSH
Peter Bondra (12)Sergei Gonchar (26), Mike Grier (6)5–014:57 WSH ·

Team stats

WSHATL

2937

54%46%

2/50/5

1416

1418

155

815

76

Penalties

8:01 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
14:57 into the first periodSteve Eminger · interference2 min
18:17 into the first periodAndy Sutton · slashing2 min
16:06 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · tripping2 min
19:11 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · hooking2 min
8:46 into the third periodRobert Lang · hooking obstruction2 min
11:12 into the third periodJeff Halpern · cross checking2 min
13:17 into the third periodFrancis Lessard · roughing2 min
13:17 into the third periodGarnet Exelby · roughing2 min
13:17 into the third periodJason Doig · roughing2 min
14:29 into the third periodTomas Kloucek · slashing2 min
18:48 into the third periodAndy Sutton · cross checking2 min
18:48 into the third periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
18:48 into the third periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
18:48 into the third periodRick Berry · cross checking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

20Robert LangC	2	2	4	+3	3	0	1	2	50	18:10
14Kip MillerC	1	1	2	+3	1	0	0	0	33	13:34
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	72	21:35
12Peter BondraR	1	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	–	16:40
13Bates BattagliaL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	10:02
24Brian WillsieR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	13:19
25Mike GrierR	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	20:08
4Rick BerryD	0	1	1	+2	2	3	0	2	–	16:13
55Sergei GoncharD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	4	–	24:05
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	60	14:06
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	38	15:47
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	12:03
23Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	12:35
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	05:21
3Jason DoigD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	2	–	26:31
8Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	2	–	17:12
29Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	+1	3	3	1	0	–	27:33
49Dwayne ZingerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	05:33

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
33Maxime OuelletG	W	37	37	0	1.000	60:00
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

9Marc SavardC	0	0	0	−1	6	0	1	0	48	23:03
10Serge AubinC	0	0	0	−1	5	2	2	0	71	15:34
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	14:22
12Bill LindsayL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	67	07:21
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	22:04
14Benjamin SimonL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	14	08:07
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	23:36
19Shawn McEachernL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	19:35
20Francis LessardR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	2	–	05:48
26Ronald PetrovickyR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	15:19
27Patrik StefanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	15:19
28Randy RobitailleC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	63	17:08
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	0	2	–	18:29
5Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	10:13
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	0	–	20:03
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	−1	1	4	0	8	–	19:19
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	21:04
38Yannick TremblayD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	–	16:23

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
31Pasi NurminenG		0	0	0	–	–
34Byron DafoeG	L	29	24	5	.828	59:26