🏔️ Away Avalanche 39-17-15 before this game

1–2

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 39-26-7 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
COL	0	1	0	1
WSH	2	0	0	2

Avalanche at Capitals

Capitals beat Avalanche 2–1 at Capital One Arena on March 16, 2003.

🗓 Sun, Mar 16, 2003 · 17:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Sergei Berezin

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 13:39 TOI · +2

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Dainius Zubrus

2 A

2 shots · 17:19 TOI · +2

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Sergei Gonchar

1 G

4 shots · 26:20 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Sergei Gonchar Go-ahead 1st · 11:59

Assists: Sergei Berezin, Dainius Zubrus · beat David Aebischer

0–1

🦅 Sergei Berezin 1st · 16:44

Assists: Robert Lang, Dainius Zubrus · beat David Aebischer

0–2

2nd period

🏔️ Joe Sakic 2nd · 02:56

Assists: Alex Tanguay, Bryan Marchment · beat Olie Kolzig

1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL WSH🦅

22 Shots on goal 28

23 Hits 11

10 Blocked shots 12

1 Takeaways 4

17 Giveaways 30

9 Penalty minutes 9

COL shooting 4.5% (1/22) WSH shooting 7.1% (2/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

David Aebischer

26/28

.929 SV% · 2 GA · 58:52 TOI

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

21/22

.955 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–2

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Hejduk 23:22

L2 Battaglia · Reinprecht · Willsie 16:15

L3 Aubin · Hahl · Hinote 12:29

L4 Messier · Shantz · Keane 7:26

D1 Blake · Morris 24:14

D2 Foote · De Vries 19:50

D3 Marchment · Skoula 15:34

🦅Capitals

L1 Halpern · Grier · Bondra 21:19

L2 Konowalchuk · Zubrus · Lang 17:19

L3 Ciernik · Berezin · Nylander 15:07

L4 Sutherby · Green · Peat 5:13

D1 Gonchar · Johansson 25:18

D2 Klee · Doig 23:34

D3 Kwiatkowski · Fortin 9:12

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

Dec 16, 2002

🦅WSH @ 🏔️COL

2–2 (OT) · Capitals won

4–3 (OT) · Avalanche won

Feb 15, 2000

🏔️COL @ 🦅WSH

1–2 · Capitals won

❓ COL vs WSH, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Capitals on March 16, 2003?

Capitals won 2–1.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Capitals?

The final score was Avalanche 1, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic.

Who scored for Capitals?

Sergei Berezin, Sergei Gonchar.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

David Aebischer made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Avalanche vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 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

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Mar 15

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Mar 14

Also on March 16, 2003

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