Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals

Saturday, November 23, 2002, 7:00 PM ET MCI Center, Washington Regular Season Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6–3 on Saturday, November 23, 2002 at home.

Final score, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Atlanta Thrashers	3	31-39-7-5
at Washington Capitals	6	39-29-8-6

Goals by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	2	0	1	3
Washington Capitals	1	3	2	6

Shots on goal by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	7	8	12	27
Washington Capitals	7	13	10	30

Scoring summary

Every goal, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	03:37	Atlanta Thrashers	Shawn McEachern (7)	Vyacheslav Kozlov (12), Marc Savard (4)	Power play	ATL 1, WSH 0
1st	13:39	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (11)	Dany Heatley (13)	Even strength	ATL 2, WSH 0
1st	16:14	Washington Capitals	Jaromir Jagr (11)	Kip Miller (10), Michael Nylander (11)	Power play	ATL 2, WSH 1
2nd	05:52	Washington Capitals	Michael Nylander (2)	Robert Lang (11), Kip Miller (11)	Power play	ATL 2, WSH 2
2nd	06:46	Washington Capitals	Dainius Zubrus (1)	Ivan Ciernik (1)	Even strength	ATL 2, WSH 3
2nd	07:20	Washington Capitals	Mike Grier (4)	Sergei Gonchar (14), Jeff Halpern (5)	Even strength	ATL 2, WSH 4
3rd	02:26	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley (7)	Shawn McEachern (7), Vyacheslav Kozlov (13)	Power play	ATL 3, WSH 4
3rd	11:30	Washington Capitals	Michael Nylander (3)	Jaromir Jagr (13), Robert Lang (12)	Power play	ATL 3, WSH 5
3rd	19:31	Washington Capitals	Mike Grier (5)	Sergei Gonchar (15)	Even strength, Empty net	ATL 3, WSH 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Atlanta Thrashers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 C. Herperger	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		07:46
Number 9 M. Savard	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	45%	20:00
Number 12 A. Hrkac	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	46.7%	16:33
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	0	2	2	-1	2	3	1	0		19:05
Number 15 D. Heatley	L	1	1	2	-1	0	5	0	1		23:35
Number 16 J. Cowan	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		08:47
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0		22:20
Number 19 S. McEachern	L	1	1	2	-1	0	3	0	1	33.3%	19:41
Number 20 J. Odgers	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		07:25
Number 26 P. Rheaume	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50%	08:57
Number 27 P. Stefan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69.2%	16:39
Number 39 P. Svartvadet	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		06:42
Number 4 C. Tamer	D	0	0	0	+1	11	0	0	0		09:26
Number 8 F. Kaberle	D	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0		26:52
Number 25 A. Sutton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		18:06
Number 36 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		27:02
Number 38 Y. Tremblay	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		20:42
Number 43 M. Weaver	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		12:11

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Nurminen	29	24	5	.828	59:16	Loss

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 D. Zubrus	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	55.6%	18:22
Number 11 J. Halpern	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	60%	15:55
Number 14 K. Miller	C	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		20:01
Number 16 A. Salomonsson	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		06:35
Number 20 R. Lang	C	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	43.8%	21:03
Number 22 S. Konowalchuk	L	0	0	0	+1	6	0	1	0	100%	15:44
Number 25 M. Grier	R	2	0	2	+1	0	2	0	0	100%	17:03
Number 27 I. Ciernik	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		13:57
Number 46 B. Sutherby	C	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0		06:16
Number 68 J. Jagr	R	1	1	2	0	2	6	0	1		21:24
Number 92 M. Nylander	C	2	1	3	0	0	5	0	2	53.8%	19:14
Number 2 K. Klee	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0		23:07
Number 4 R. Berry	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		21:07
Number 6 C. Johansson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0		24:00
Number 19 B. Witt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		09:49
Number 45 A. Henry	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		02:40
Number 55 S. Gonchar	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0		27:01
Number 58 J. Fortin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		08:29

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 37 O. Kolzig	27	24	3	.889	59:12	Win

Penalties, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	03:31	Washington Capitals	Brian Sutherby	Hooking obstruction	2
1st	06:46	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Tamer	Roughing	2
1st	15:24	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Tamer	Holding	2
1st	16:48	Washington Capitals	Alex Henry	Interference	2
2nd	02:25	Washington Capitals	Steve Konowalchuk	High sticking	2
2nd	04:54	Atlanta Thrashers	Per Svartvadet	Interference	2
2nd	10:23	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Tamer	Hooking	2
2nd	13:50	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Tamer	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	13:50	Washington Capitals	Brian Sutherby	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	19:23	Washington Capitals	Steve Konowalchuk	Interference	2
2nd	19:23	Washington Capitals	Steve Konowalchuk	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	04:26	Atlanta Thrashers	Vyacheslav Kozlov	High sticking	2
3rd	04:26	Washington Capitals	Jaromir Jagr	Roughing	2
3rd	10:23	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Odgers	Tripping	2

Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Curt Fraser
Washington Capitals head coach: Bruce Cassidy
Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Dave Jackson
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Kevin Collins
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Uwe Krupp, Richard Smehlik, Tomi Kallio, Yuri Butsayev, Francis Lessard, Benjamin Simon, Kamil Piros, Lubos Bartecko, Joe Dipenta, Dan Snyder, Kirill Safronov, Garnet Exelby, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Brad Tapper, Kurtis Foster, Mark Hartigan
Washington Capitals scratches: Peter Bondra, Sylvain Cote, Colin Forbes, Jason Doig, Sebastien Charpentier, Glen Metropolit, Stephen Peat, Michael Farrell, Matt Pettinger, Steve Eminger

Every Atlanta Thrashers and Washington Capitals game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Washington Capitals 6	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Sat, Nov 23, 2002
Washington Capitals 4 at Atlanta Thrashers 5	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Sun, Dec 1, 2002
Atlanta Thrashers 6 at Washington Capitals 7	Final/OT	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Fri, Dec 6, 2002
Washington Capitals 5 at Atlanta Thrashers 1	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Wed, Feb 12, 2003
Atlanta Thrashers 4 at Washington Capitals 4	Final/OT	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Thu, Mar 6, 2003

Other NHL games on Saturday, November 23, 2002
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Islanders 3 at New York Rangers 1	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at New York Rangers, Sat, Nov 23, 2002
Nashville Predators 2 at Minnesota Wild 4	Final	Game page: Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild, Sat, Nov 23, 2002
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Boston Bruins 4	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins, Sat, Nov 23, 2002
Philadelphia Flyers 0 at Toronto Maple Leafs 6	Final	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Nov 23, 2002
Carolina Hurricanes 7 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Nov 23, 2002
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at Ottawa Senators 5	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Ottawa Senators, Sat, Nov 23, 2002
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at New Jersey Devils 1	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at New Jersey Devils, Sat, Nov 23, 2002
San Jose Sharks 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4	Final	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Nov 23, 2002
Colorado Avalanche 3 at St. Louis Blues 1	Final	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Nov 23, 2002
Chicago Blackhawks 1 at Calgary Flames 3	Final	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Calgary Flames, Sat, Nov 23, 2002
Detroit Red Wings 1 at Edmonton Oilers 1	Final/OT	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Edmonton Oilers, Sat, Nov 23, 2002
Dallas Stars 0 at Los Angeles Kings 2	Final	Game page: Dallas Stars at Los Angeles Kings, Sat, Nov 23, 2002