👑 Away Kings 32-33-5 before this game
3–1
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 39-25-7 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
LAK 1113
WSH 1001

Kings at Capitals

Kings beat Capitals 3–1 at Capital One Arena on March 14, 2003.

🗓 Fri, Mar 14, 2003 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Kings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 👑 LAK
Alex Frolov
2 G
3 shots · 18:18 TOI · +2
2nd star 👑 LAK
Ziggy Palffy
2 A
2 shots · 20:58 TOI · +3
3rd star 👑 LAK
Sean Avery
1 G
2 shots · 12:30 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Sergei Berezin Go-ahead 1st · 17:05
Assists: Robert Lang, Dainius Zubrus · beat Cristobal Huet
0–1
👑 Sean Avery Tying 1st · 19:58
Assists: Mattias Norstrom, Jon Sim · beat Olie Kolzig
1–1
2nd period
👑 Alex Frolov Go-ahead 2nd · 19:05
Assists: Ziggy Palffy · beat Olie Kolzig
2–1
3rd period
👑 Alex Frolov 3rd · 14:40
Assists: Ziggy Palffy · beat Olie Kolzig
3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
👑LAK WSH🦅
32 Shots on goal 22
15 Hits 14
11 Blocked shots 11
4 Takeaways 10
12 Giveaways 24
15 Penalty minutes 13
LAK shooting 9.4% (3/32) WSH shooting 4.5% (1/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
👑Kings
Cristobal Huet
21/22
.955 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 58:49 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Kings
Kings — tied after 1st: 32-33-5 (46% win rate, 70 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 39-25-7 (55% win rate, 71 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Kings
Kings: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
👑Kings
L1 Armstrong · Belanger · Palffy 19:42
L2 Frolov · Johnson · Laperriere 15:07
L3 Eloranta · Avery · Smithson 12:30
L4 Sim · Flinn · Rasmussen 9:53
D1 Miller · Norstrom 23:42
D2 Visnovsky · Modry 19:02
D3 Corvo · Kuznetsov 17:16
🦅Capitals
L1 Konowalchuk · Halpern · Zubrus 22:01
L2 Lang · Bondra · Grier 20:13
L3 Berezin · Ciernik · Nylander 12:43
L4 Green · Sutherby 6:38
D1 Gonchar · Klee 25:31
D2 Johansson · Kwiatkowski 17:59
D3 Doig · Fortin 11:48
D4 Henry 0:36

⚔️ Last meetings

Kings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 16, 2001
🦅WSH @ 👑LAK
3–2 (OT) · Capitals won
Feb 10, 2001
🦅WSH @ 👑LAK
4–3 · Capitals won
Oct 6, 2000
👑LAK @ 🦅WSH
4–1 · Kings won
Oct 26, 1999
🦅WSH @ 👑LAK
2–5 · Kings won
Oct 9, 1999
👑LAK @ 🦅WSH
2–2 (OT) · Kings won

❓ LAK vs WSH, answered

Who won Kings vs Capitals on March 14, 2003?

Kings won 3–1.

What was the final score of Kings vs Capitals?

The final score was Kings 3, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Kings?

Alex Frolov (2), Sean Avery.

Who scored for Capitals?

Sergei Berezin.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Kings vs Capitals season series?

Kings 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
👑Kings
Previous game · Mar 12
👑LAK @ ⚡TBL
2–4 · TBL won
Next game · Mar 15
👑LAK @ 🌪️CAR
0–0 · LAK won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Mar 10
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · WSH won
Next game · Mar 16
🏔️COL @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · WSH won
Also on March 14, 2003
⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF
4–2 final
🐯NSH @ 🌲MIN
1–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🌵PHX
4–0 final
Kings season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule