🦅 Away Capitals 12-12-0 before this game
4–5
Final
🐦 Home Thrashers 7-14-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 2024
ATL 2125

Capitals at Thrashers

Thrashers beat Capitals 5–4 on December 1, 2002.

🗓 Sun, Dec 1, 2002 · 14:00 CST 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Andy Sutton
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 20:52 TOI · +3
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Chris Herperger
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 12:21 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Sergei Gonchar
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 29:09 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Dainius Zubrus Go-ahead 1st · 08:43
Assists: Robert Lang, Steve Eminger · beat Byron Dafoe
1–0
🐦 Pascal Rheaume Tying 1st · 11:16
Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Chris Herperger · beat Olie Kolzig
1–1
🐦 Chris Herperger Go-ahead 1st · 14:07
Assists: Chris Tamer · beat Olie Kolzig
1–2
🦅 Mike Grier Tying 1st · 18:53
Assists: Jeff Halpern, Sergei Gonchar · beat Byron Dafoe
2–2
2nd period
🐦 Mark Hartigan Go-ahead 2nd · 18:27
Assists: Shawn McEachern, Andy Sutton · beat Olie Kolzig
2–3
3rd period
🦅 Sergei Gonchar Tying 3rd · 11:35
Assists: Michael Nylander, Ivan Ciernik · beat Byron Dafoe
3–3
🐦 Andy Sutton Go-ahead 3rd · 12:20
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Dany Heatley · beat Olie Kolzig
3–4
🦅 Jaromir Jagr Tying 3rd · 14:08
Assists: Michael Nylander, Brendan Witt · beat Byron Dafoe
4–4
🐦 Tony Hrkac Go-ahead 3rd · 18:56
Unassisted · beat Olie Kolzig
4–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH ATL🐦
29 Shots on goal 20
3 Hits 1
8 Penalty minutes 10
WSH shooting 13.8% (4/29) ATL shooting 25.0% (5/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
15/20
.750 SV% · 5 GA · 59:29 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Byron Dafoe
25/29
.862 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–2
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 12-12 (50% win rate, 24 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 7-14-1 (32% win rate, 22 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Halpern · Bondra · Jagr 20:33
L2 Konowalchuk · Nylander · Grier 19:19
L3 Ciernik · Lang · Miller 16:03
L4 Sutherby · Zubrus 6:59
D1 Gonchar · Klee 27:30
D2 Johansson · Witt 21:18
D3 Berry · Eminger 8:22
D4 Henry 1:05
🐦Thrashers
L1 McEachern · Kozlov · Heatley 22:41
L2 Kovalchuk · Stefan · Rheaume 15:38
L3 Cowan · Herperger · Hrkac 13:08
L4 Hartigan · Svartvadet · Odgers 6:54
D1 Tjarnqvist · Kaberle 22:46
D2 Sutton · Weaver 20:28
D3 Tremblay · Tamer 14:16

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 23, 2002
🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH
3–6 · Capitals won
Jan 22, 2002
🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL
3–0 · Capitals won
Dec 15, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH
2–5 · Capitals won
Dec 6, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL
3–3 (OT) · Capitals won
Nov 10, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH
0–3 · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs ATL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Thrashers on December 1, 2002?

Thrashers won 5–4.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Thrashers?

The final score was Capitals 4, Thrashers 5.

Who scored for Capitals?

Dainius Zubrus, Jaromir Jagr, Mike Grier, Sergei Gonchar.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Andy Sutton, Chris Herperger, Mark Hartigan, Pascal Rheaume, Tony Hrkac.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 15 saves on 20 shots (.750 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 25 saves on 29 shots (.862 save percentage).

What is the Capitals vs Thrashers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 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
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Nov 29
🏛️OTT @ 🦅WSH
6–2 · OTT won
Next game · Dec 3
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
4–1 · WSH won
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Nov 28
🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL
4–7 · ATL won
Next game · Dec 5
🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS
3–4 · BOS won
Also on December 1, 2002
⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR
3–4 final
🔥CGY @ 🐙DET
2–4 final
🪶CHI @ 🦆ANA
2–3 final
Capitals season page Thrashers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule