🦅 Away Capitals 27-18-4 before this game
1–1
Final / OT
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 22-19-8 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
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MTL 10001

Capitals at Canadiens

Capitals beat Canadiens 1–1 in overtime at Bell Centre on January 25, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Jan 25, 2003 · 13:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Andreas Salomonsson
1 G
3 shots · 09:16 TOI · +1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Dainius Zubrus
1 A
3 shots · 16:59 TOI · +1
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Josh Green
1 A
1 shots · 05:33 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:45
Assists: Patrice Brisebois · beat Olie Kolzig
0–1
3rd period
🦅 Andreas Salomonsson Tying 3rd · 02:26
Assists: Josh Green, Dainius Zubrus · beat Jose Theodore
1–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦
35 Shots on goal 30
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
3 Hits 3
17 Penalty minutes 11
WSH shooting 2.9% (1/35) MTL shooting 3.3% (1/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 64:58 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

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

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Nylander · Miller · Jagr 23:52
L2 Zubrus · Grier · Bondra 17:59
L3 Halpern · Lang · Sutherby 13:41
L4 Ciernik · Salomonsson · Green 7:27
D1 Gonchar · Klee 29:06
D2 Johansson · Witt 24:06
D3 Kwiatkowski · Doig 10:10
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Gilmour · Koivu · Zednik 23:54
L2 Ribeiro · Juneau · Czerkawski 16:52
L3 Sundstrom · Mckay · Petrov 12:06
L4 Hossa · Bulis · Perreault 7:35
D1 Markov · Traverse 26:55
D2 Brisebois · Quintal 23:02
D3 Rivet · Dykhuis 15:05

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 23, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
5–3 · Canadiens won
Jan 16, 2002
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–2 · Canadiens won
Nov 24, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–5 · Canadiens won
Oct 19, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–4 · Capitals won
Feb 23, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–3 · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs MTL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on January 25, 2003?

Capitals won 1–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Canadiens?

The final score was Capitals 1, Canadiens 1, in overtime.

Who scored for Capitals?

Andreas Salomonsson.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Saku Koivu.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Canadiens 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
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Jan 22
🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH
3–5 · WSH won
Next game · Jan 26
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–7 · WSH won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Jan 22
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL
2–2 · MTL won
Next game · Jan 26
🪶CHI @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–4 · MTL won
Also on January 25, 2003
🐦ATL @ 🗽NYR
4–1 final
🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT
3–5 final
🔔PHI @ 🐻BOS
0–1 final
🏔️COL @ 🍁TOR
3–0 final
⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT
3–4 final
🏝️NYI @ 🧥CBJ
1–4 final
🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA
2–3 final
⭐DAL @ 🎵STL
4–2 final
Capitals season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule