⚔️ Away Sabres 22-30-9 before this game
2–3
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 35-25-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BUF 0022
WSH 2103

Sabres at Capitals

Capitals beat Sabres 3–2 at Capital One Arena on February 26, 2003.

🗓 Wed, Feb 26, 2003 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Kip Miller
2 A
1 shots · 16:45 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Robert Lang
2 A
1 shots · 19:43 TOI · +1
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Brendan Witt
1 G
8 shots · 23:09 TOI · +1
4rd star 🦅 WSH
Olie Kolzig
35 saves
0.946 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Jaromir Jagr Go-ahead 1st · 04:58
Assists: Robert Lang, Kip Miller · beat Martin Biron
0–1
🦅 Brendan Witt 1st · 14:23
Assists: Michael Nylander, Dainius Zubrus · beat Martin Biron
0–2
2nd period
🦅 Peter Bondra PP 2nd · 14:59
Assists: Kip Miller, Robert Lang · beat Martin Biron
0–3
3rd period
⚔️ Curtis Brown 3rd · 02:57
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov · beat Olie Kolzig
1–3
⚔️ Dmitri Kalinin PP 3rd · 14:50
Assists: Miroslav Satan, Ales Kotalik · beat Olie Kolzig
2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF WSH🦅
37 Shots on goal 31
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
6 Hits 7
8 Blocked shots 21
9 Takeaways 7
17 Giveaways 34
25 Penalty minutes 21
BUF shooting 5.4% (2/37) WSH shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 58:51 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 59:49 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–3
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Barnes · Satan · Kotalik 19:50
L2 Gratton · Brown · Connolly 16:46
L3 Pyatt · Dumont · Afinogenov 14:27
L4 Hamel · Boulton · Mair 6:14
D1 Kalinin · Zhitnik 23:54
D2 Patrick · Campbell 20:06
D3 Fitzpatrick · Warrener 15:10
🦅Capitals
L1 Halpern · Jagr · Grier 21:38
L2 Konowalchuk · Lang · Bondra 18:55
L3 Zubrus · Miller · Nylander 16:45
L4 Ciernik · Sutherby 6:26
D1 Gonchar · Johansson 26:07
D2 Witt · Kwiatkowski 21:24
D3 Doig · Berry 8:40
D4 Henry 2:19

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 30, 2002
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · Capitals won
Dec 7, 2002
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
3–4 · Sabres won
Apr 12, 2002
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · Capitals won
Mar 26, 2002
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
4–3 · Capitals won
Jan 27, 2002
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
3–2 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs WSH, answered

Who won Sabres vs Capitals on February 26, 2003?

Capitals won 3–2.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Capitals?

The final score was Sabres 2, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Curtis Brown, Dmitri Kalinin.

Who scored for Capitals?

Brendan Witt, Jaromir Jagr, Peter Bondra.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Sabres vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Feb 24
⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA
2–2 · BUF won
Next game · Feb 28
⭐DAL @ ⚔️BUF
3–5 · BUF won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Feb 24
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–4 · WSH won
Next game · Mar 1
🦅WSH @ 😈NJD
1–2 · NJD won
Also on February 26, 2003
🦆ANA @ 🐆FLA
2–1 final
🌪️CAR @ 🌵PHX
2–4 final
Sabres season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule