🪶 Away Blackhawks 47-25-6 before this game

1–3

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 39-33-7 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CHI	0	0	1	1
WSH	2	1	0	3

Blackhawks at Capitals

Capitals beat Blackhawks 3–1 at Capital One Arena on April 9, 2002.

🗓 Tue, Apr 9, 2002 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Dainius Zubrus

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 21:49 TOI · +2

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Chris Simon

2 A

18:16 TOI · +2

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Steve Konowalchuk

1 G

2 shots · 14:26 TOI · +1

4rd star 🦅 WSH

Olie Kolzig

32 saves

0.970 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Sergei Gonchar Go-ahead 1st · 04:07

Assists: Dainius Zubrus, Chris Simon · beat Jocelyn Thibault

0–1

🦅 Dainius Zubrus 1st · 14:02

Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Chris Simon · beat Jocelyn Thibault

0–2

2nd period

🦅 Steve Konowalchuk 2nd · 16:23

Assists: Dmitri Khristich, Ulf Dahlen · beat Jocelyn Thibault

0–3

3rd period

🪶 Steve Thomas 3rd · 07:52

Assists: Tom Fitzgerald, Igor Korolev · beat Olie Kolzig

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🪶CHI WSH🦅

33 Shots on goal 22

32 Hits 29

17 Blocked shots 10

1 Takeaways 2

12 Giveaways 11

4 Penalty minutes 4

CHI shooting 3.0% (1/33) WSH shooting 13.6% (3/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🪶Blackhawks

Jocelyn Thibault

19/22

.864 SV% · 3 GA · 58:22 TOI

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

32/33

.970 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Blackhawks

Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 0–3

Blackhawks

Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🪶Blackhawks

L1 Daze · Zhamnov · Amonte 21:37

L2 Calder · Sullivan · Thomas 16:18

L3 Nylander · Korolev · Fitzgerald 14:43

L4 Arnason · Bell · Downey 8:34

D1 Odelein · Poapst 25:46

D2 Housley · Klemm 21:24

D3 Reekie · Mcalpine 10:28

🦅Capitals

L1 Simon · Zubrus · Jagr 20:33

L2 Konowalchuk · Metropolit · Bondra 16:33

L3 Nikolishin · Khristich · Dahlen 12:58

L4 Forbes · Sacco · Hogue 10:07

D1 Gonchar · Witt 22:58

D2 Fortin · Zettler 20:07

D3 Klee · Yonkman 15:19

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

2–2 (OT) · Blackhawks won

Apr 12, 1999

🪶CHI @ 🦅WSH

4–2 · Blackhawks won

❓ CHI vs WSH, answered

Who won Blackhawks vs Capitals on April 9, 2002?

Capitals won 3–1.

What was the final score of Blackhawks vs Capitals?

The final score was Blackhawks 1, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Steve Thomas.

Who scored for Capitals?

Dainius Zubrus, Sergei Gonchar, Steve Konowalchuk.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Blackhawks vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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

🪶Blackhawks

Previous game · Apr 7

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Apr 6

Also on April 9, 2002

Blackhawks season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule