The Washington Capitals defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 4 to 3, on December 30, 2002.

Final

Sabres

8-22-5-1

3

Capitals

18-16-3-1

4

Team

BUF

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

Dainius Zubrus (EV) assisted by Ken Klee

Dmitri Kalinin (EV) assisted by Stu Barnes and Miroslav Satan

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Mike Grier (EV) assisted by Sergei Gonchar and Dainius Zubrus

Miroslav Satan (PP) assisted by Alexei Zhitnik and Stu Barnes

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Jaromir Jagr (EV) assisted by Michael Nylander and Kip Miller

Ivan Ciernik (EV) assisted by Calle Johansson

Vaclav Varada (EV) assisted by Alexei Zhitnik

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Martin Biron (L) M. Biron	0	1	0	0	28	24	.857	4	4.08	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TOI
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	0	2	2	-2	2	0	1	1	0.0	7	15	46.7	0	18:26
Eric Boulton E. Boulton	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3:48
Curtis Brown C. Brown	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	8	16	50.0	0	15:27
Brian Campbell B. Campbell	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	20:14
Tim Connolly T. Connolly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	3	9	33.3	0	14:58
J-P Dumont J. Dumont	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	13:57
Chris Gratton C. Gratton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	10	70.0	1	16:12
Denis Hamel D. Hamel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	15:56
Dmitri Kalinin D. Kalinin	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		0	23:33
Ales Kotalik A. Kotalik	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	18:40
Adam Mair A. Mair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	1	11:16
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	14:36
James Patrick J. Patrick	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	17:13
Taylor Pyatt T. Pyatt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	14:16
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	1	1	2	-3	0	1	0	4	25.0	0	0		0	21:53
Henrik Tallinder H. Tallinder	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	18:03
Vaclav Varada V. Varada	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		0	12:48
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	1	0.0	0	0		0	25:43

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (W) O. Kolzig	1	0	0	0	21	18	.857	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TOI
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	14:04
Ivan Ciernik I. Ciernik	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	50.0	1	1	100.0	0	15:17
Jason Doig J. Doig	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0		0	11:57
Jean-Francois Fortin J. Fortin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	9:38
Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	26:00
Mike Grier M. Grier	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	0	21:49
Jeff Halpern J. Halpern	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0		11	20	55.0	0	20:02
Alex Henry A. Henry	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	4:09
Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0		0	13:45
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	19:25
Ken Klee K. Klee	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	23:55
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	20:32
Robert Lang R. Lang	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	5	9	55.6	0	14:04
Kip Miller K. Miller	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	13:29
Michael Nylander M. Nylander	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0	5	11	45.5	0	17:02
Brian Sutherby B. Sutherby	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0		0	2	0.0	0	6:22
Brendan Witt B. Witt	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	25:40
Dainius Zubrus D. Zubrus	1	1	2	+3	0	0	2	50.0	6	12	50.0	0	17:04