⚡ Away Lightning 30-36-9 before this game
1–4
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 38-32-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
TBL 0101
WSH 1214

Lightning at Capitals

Capitals beat Lightning 4–1 at Capital One Arena on April 3, 2002.

🗓 Wed, Apr 3, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 5–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Peter Bondra
2 G
2 shots · 23:08 TOI · +1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Sylvain Cote
1 G
2 shots · 18:33 TOI · +2
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Sergei Gonchar
1 G
2 shots · 18:50 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Sergei Gonchar Go-ahead 1st · 14:37
Assists: Glen Metropolit, Rob Zettler · beat Dieter Kochan
0–1
2nd period
⚡ Brad Richards Tying 2nd · 00:16
Assists: Martin St. Louis · beat Olie Kolzig
1–1
🦅 Sylvain Cote Go-ahead 2nd · 04:50
Assists: Joe Sacco · beat Dieter Kochan
1–2
🦅 Peter Bondra 2nd · 19:25
Assists: Brendan Witt, Jean-Francois Fortin · beat Dieter Kochan
1–3
3rd period
🦅 Peter Bondra SH Empty net 3rd · 18:09
Unassisted
1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL WSH🦅
20 Shots on goal 26
16 Hits 10
10 Blocked shots 16
0 Takeaways 6
10 Giveaways 14
11 Penalty minutes 17
TBL shooting 5.0% (1/20) WSH shooting 15.4% (4/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Dieter Kochan
16/19
.842 SV% · 3 GA · 40:00 TOI
Nikolai Khabibulin Shutout
6/6
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 19:40 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–3
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Andreychuk · Prospal · St. Louis 21:35
L2 Olvestad · Richards · Lecavalier 18:08
L3 Clymer · Keefe · Alexeev 13:46
L4 Cibak · Willis · Royer 8:31
D1 Kubina · Cullimore 22:26
D2 Boyle · Sarich 19:07
D3 Pratt · Ledyard 14:30
🦅Capitals
L1 Zubrus · Bondra · Jagr 20:03
L2 Konowalchuk · Nikolishin · Metropolit 17:27
L3 Simon · Khristich · Dahlen 13:14
L4 Forbes · Sacco · Hogue 8:07
D1 Witt · Fortin 22:32
D2 Gonchar · Cote 18:42
D3 Zettler · Yonkman 16:17

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 5–0 Full head-to-head →
Feb 11, 2002
⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH
1–3 · Capitals won
Feb 9, 2002
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
4–2 · Capitals won
Nov 21, 2001
⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · Capitals won
Oct 23, 2001
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
1–1 (OT) · Capitals won
Apr 8, 2001
⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · Capitals won

❓ TBL vs WSH, answered

Who won Lightning vs Capitals on April 3, 2002?

Capitals won 4–1.

What was the final score of Lightning vs Capitals?

The final score was Lightning 1, Capitals 4.

Who scored for Lightning?

Brad Richards.

Who scored for Capitals?

Peter Bondra (2), Sergei Gonchar, Sylvain Cote.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Dieter Kochan made 16 saves on 19 shots (.842 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 5–0 after 5 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Apr 1
🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL
6–4 · NYR won
Next game · Apr 4
🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL
2–4 · TBL won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Mar 30
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 5
🏛️OTT @ 🦅WSH
0–0 · OTT won
Also on April 3, 2002
😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR
3–2 final
🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA
2–3 final
🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF
1–1 final
🎵STL @ ⭐DAL
2–1 final
🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI
3–1 final
🐦ATL @ 🏔️COL
0–6 final
🐙DET @ 🦆ANA
1–1 final
Lightning season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule