🐙 Away Red Wings 35-17-8 before this game

5–1

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 34-24-4 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	2	1	2	5
WSH	0	0	1	1

Red Wings at Capitals

Red Wings beat Capitals 5–1 at Capital One Arena on February 22, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Feb 22, 2003 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Mathieu Dandenault

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 19:13 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐙 DET

Pavel Datsyuk

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 12:32 TOI · +2

3rd star 🐙 DET

Luc Robitaille

1 G

4 shots · 10:22 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Mathieu Dandenault Go-ahead 1st · 09:47

Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Igor Larionov · beat Olie Kolzig

1–0

🐙 Pavel Datsyuk 1st · 10:02

Unassisted · beat Olie Kolzig

2–0

2nd period

🐙 Tomas Holmstrom 2nd · 08:13

Assists: Kirk Maltby · beat Olie Kolzig

3–0

3rd period

🦅 Sergei Gonchar 3rd · 10:57

Assists: Robert Lang, Brendan Witt · beat Curtis Joseph

3–1

🐙 Luc Robitaille 3rd · 12:55

Assists: Pavel Datsyuk, Boyd Devereaux · beat Olie Kolzig

4–1

🐙 Kris Draper 3rd · 17:43

Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Mathieu Dandenault · beat Olie Kolzig

5–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET WSH🦅

33 Shots on goal 18

9 Hits 15

8 Blocked shots 9

10 Takeaways 6

15 Giveaways 22

17 Penalty minutes 13

DET shooting 15.2% (5/33) WSH shooting 5.6% (1/18)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Curtis Joseph

17/18

.944 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

28/33

.848 SV% · 5 GA · 59:44 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–0

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Maltby · Fedorov · Dandenault 19:13

L2 Shanahan · Draper · Larionov 17:57

L3 Zetterberg · Datsyuk · Hull 13:01

L4 Holmstrom · Robitaille · Devereaux 10:22

L5 Roest 6:33

D1 Lidstrom · Chelios 25:08

D2 Bykov · Kuznetsov 16:34

D3 Woolley 13:58

🦅Capitals

L1 Lang · Miller · Jagr 21:07

L2 Nylander · Bondra · Grier 16:49

L3 Konowalchuk · Halpern · Zubrus 14:33

L4 Ciernik · Sutherby 9:14

D1 Gonchar · Witt 24:04

D2 Johansson · Kwiatkowski 20:10

D3 Berry · Doig 12:21

D4 Henry 3:42

⚔️ Last meetings

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

1–2 (OT) · Red Wings won

2–2 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs WSH, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Capitals on February 22, 2003?

Red Wings won 5–1.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Capitals?

The final score was Red Wings 5, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Kris Draper, Luc Robitaille, Mathieu Dandenault, Pavel Datsyuk, Tomas Holmstrom.

Who scored for Capitals?

Sergei Gonchar.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 17 saves on 18 shots (.944 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 28 saves on 33 shots (.848 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Red Wings vs Capitals season series?

Red Wings 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

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Feb 20

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Feb 20

Also on February 22, 2003

Red Wings season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule