Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 2003 · MCI Center

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2–3

Final

SOG 40–22

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at MCI Center. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 40-22.

Goals came from Jaromir Jagr, Jan Bulis, Jeff Halpern, Michael Ryder and Peter Bondra.

Olie Kolzig made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Mathieu Garon stopped 19 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	0	2	2	40
WSH	0	1	2	3	22

Scoring

2nd period

Jaromir Jagr (13)Dainius Zubrus (12), Sergei Gonchar (30)0–105:37 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Jan Bulis (7)Saku Koivu (12), Francis Bouillon (4)1–103:18 MTL
Jeff Halpern (4)Jaromir Jagr (23), Sergei Gonchar (31)1–204:56 WSH
Michael Ryder (7)Francis Bouillon (5), Mike Ribeiro (20)2–208:24 MTL · PPG
Peter Bondra (14)Mike Grier (7), Dwayne Zinger (1)2–319:06 WSH

Team stats

MTLWSH

40Shots on goal22

55%Faceoff %45%

1/7Power play1/2

8Penalty minutes23

11Hits19

12Blocked shots20

11Giveaways23

5Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 01:53Jaromir Jagr · hooking2 min
1st 19:05Peter Bondra · slashing2 min
1st 19:18Pierre Dagenais · interference2 min
2nd 04:27Sheldon Souray · cross checking2 min
2nd 08:46Dwayne Zinger · interference2 min
2nd 19:03Jason Doig · tripping2 min
3rd 03:49Saku Koivu · roughing2 min
3rd 03:49Joel Kwiatkowski · checking from behind5 min
3rd 03:49Joel Kwiatkowski · game misconduct10 min
3rd 06:07Sheldon Souray · slashing2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

51Francis BouillonD	0	2	2	+1	1	1	1	0	–	19:17
11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	41	20:41
38Jan BulisC	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	100	17:07
71Mike RibeiroC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	48	22:48
73Michael RyderR	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	–	15:43
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	05:42
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	100	19:30
24Andreas DackellR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	14:21
25Chad KilgerL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	06:25
26Pierre DagenaisR	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	–	18:45
37Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	14:42
46Benoit GrattonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	83	09:29
90Joe JuneauC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	69	13:56
5Stephane QuintalD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	2	0	–	21:56
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:06
44Sheldon SourayD	0	0	0	-2	5	1	2	4	–	28:08
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	20:37
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	12:53

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mathieu GaronG	L	22	19	3	.864	59:44
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

68Jaromir JagrR	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	2	–	23:43
55Sergei GoncharD	0	2	2	-1	2	1	2	0	–	30:24
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	47	15:32
11Jeff HalpernC	1	0	1	+2	1	1	2	0	70	14:25
12Peter BondraR	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	2	–	14:39
25Mike GrierR	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	–	15:12
49Dwayne ZingerD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2	–	07:29
13Bates BattagliaL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	10:53
14Kip MillerC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	15:47
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	27	10:08
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	08:28
20Robert LangC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	60	23:33
23Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	25	08:14
24Brian WillsieR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	07:24
3Jason DoigD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	2	–	24:06
4Rick BerryD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	1	0	–	16:36
8Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	22:11
29Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	15	–	18:14

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Maxime OuelletG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	W	40	38	2	.950	60:00