🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 24-23-9 before this game
2–0
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 32-20-4 before this game
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WSH 0000

Canadiens at Capitals

Canadiens beat Capitals 2–0 at Capital One Arena on February 9, 2003.

🗓 Sun, Feb 9, 2003 · 17:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
1 G
5 shots · 17:34 TOI · +1
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jan Bulis
1 G
3 shots · 16:45 TOI · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Oleg Petrov
1 A
2 shots · 15:25 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
2nd period
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu Go-ahead 2nd · 17:54
Assists: Richard Zednik, Oleg Petrov · beat Olie Kolzig
1–0
3rd period
🇨🇦 Jan Bulis 3rd · 06:20
Assists: Doug Gilmour · beat Olie Kolzig
2–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅
24 Shots on goal 25
9 Hits 5
16 Blocked shots 3
8 Takeaways 7
11 Giveaways 14
4 Penalty minutes 4
MTL shooting 8.3% (2/24) WSH shooting 0.0% (0/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Mathieu Garon Shutout
25/25
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:57 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 58:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 24-23-9 (43% win rate, 56 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 32-20-4 (57% win rate, 56 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Gilmour · Koivu · Zednik 17:42
L2 Bulis · Juneau · Petrov 15:31
L3 Sundstrom · Czerkawski · Dackell 14:34
L4 Hossa · Ribeiro · Mckay 10:04
D1 Markov · Rivet 22:40
D2 Quintal · Bouillon 19:46
D3 Traverse · Dykhuis 17:34
🦅Capitals
L1 Halpern · Jagr · Bondra 20:21
L2 Konowalchuk · Nylander · Miller 19:14
L3 Lang · Zubrus · Grier 14:14
L4 Ciernik · Sutherby · Green 6:17
D1 Gonchar · Johansson 24:01
D2 Witt · Kwiatkowski 18:48
D3 Klee · Doig 15:06

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Jan 25, 2003
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–1 (OT) · Capitals won
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

❓ MTL vs WSH, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on February 9, 2003?

Canadiens won 2–0.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Capitals?

The final score was Canadiens 2, Capitals 0.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Jan Bulis, Saku Koivu.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Mathieu Garon made 25 saves on 25 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Canadiens vs Capitals 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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Feb 8
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
1–3 · TOR won
Next game · Feb 11
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · MTL won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Feb 7
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
0–3 · WSH won
Next game · Feb 12
🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL
5–1 · WSH won
Also on February 9, 2003
🌲MIN @ 😈NJD
2–3 final
👑LAK @ ⭐DAL
1–3 final
🌪️CAR @ 🦆ANA
1–2 final
🔥CGY @ 🏔️COL
2–4 final
Canadiens season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule