⚡ Away Lightning 2-3 in series
2–1
Final / OT
TBL leads 4–2
🦅 Home Capitals 3-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
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WSH 01001

Lightning at Capitals — First Round Game 6

Lightning, First Round Game 6, beat Capitals 2–1 in overtime at Capital One Arena on April 20, 2003.

🗓 Sun, Apr 20, 2003 · 14:00 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2002-03 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

WSH vs TBL · TBL leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
3–0
Final · WSH
Game 2
6–3
Final · WSH
Game 3
4–3
OT · TBL
Game 4
3–1
Final · TBL
Game 5
1–2
Final · TBL
Game 6
2–1
OT · TBL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Martin St. Louis
1 G
2 shots · 35:39 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Dave Andreychuk
1 G
2 shots · 36:49 TOI
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Brad Richards
1 A
5 shots · 38:44 TOI
4rd star ⚡ TBL
Nikolai Khabibulin
60 saves
0.984 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Peter Bondra PP Go-ahead 2nd · 17:34
Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Jeff Halpern
0–1
3rd period
⚡ Dave Andreychuk PP Tying 3rd · 15:54
Assists: Brad Richards, Dan Boyle
1–1
Overtime
⚡ Martin St. Louis PP Go-ahead OT · 04:03
Assists: Vincent Lecavalier, Vinny Prospal
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL WSH🦅
46 Shots on goal 61
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
17 Hits 24
33 Blocked shots 18
5 Takeaways 22
24 Giveaways 37
22 Penalty minutes 20
TBL shooting 4.3% (2/46) WSH shooting 1.6% (1/61)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Nikolai Khabibulin
60/61
.984 SV% · 1 GA · 104:03 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
44/46
.957 SV% · 2 GA · 104:01 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 48-27-12 (55% win rate, 87 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 47-31-9 (54% win rate, 87 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Andreychuk · Richards · Lecavalier 36:49
L2 Modin · Prospal · St. Louis 35:39
L3 Fedotenko · Dingman · Taylor 18:53
L4 Svitov · Clymer · Alexeev 3:09
D1 Kubina · Cullimore 39:13
D2 Boyle · Sarich 32:58
D3 Neckar · Lukowich 28:30
🦅Capitals
L1 Lang · Jagr · Bondra 39:17
L2 Zubrus · Halpern · Nylander 28:09
L3 Berezin · Konowalchuk · Grier 23:54
L4 Ciernik · Whitfield · Sutherby 10:02
D1 Gonchar · Klee 44:40
D2 Kwiatkowski · Doig 32:30
D3 Witt · Johansson 21:29

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 18, 2003
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
1–2 · Lightning won
Apr 16, 2003
⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH
3–1 · Lightning won
Apr 15, 2003
⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH
4–3 (OT) · Lightning won
Apr 12, 2003
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
6–3 · Capitals won
Apr 10, 2003
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
3–0 · Capitals won

❓ TBL vs WSH, answered

Who won Lightning vs Capitals on April 20, 2003?

Lightning won 2–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Lightning vs Capitals?

The final score was Lightning 2, Capitals 1, in overtime.

Who scored for Lightning?

Dave Andreychuk, Martin St. Louis.

Who scored for Capitals?

Peter Bondra.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 60 saves on 61 shots (.984 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 44 saves on 46 shots (.957 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Capitals played?

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

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
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Apr 18
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
1–2 · TBL won
Next game · Apr 24
⚡TBL @ 😈NJD
0–3 · NJD won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 18
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
1–2 · TBL won
Next game · Oct 9
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
1–6 · WSH won
Also on April 20, 2003
🐋VAN @ 🎵STL
4–3 final
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