🐙 Away Red Wings 20-10-1 before this game
5–1
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 10-18-1 before this game
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Red Wings at Capitals

Red Wings beat Capitals 5–1 at Capital One Arena on December 13, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Dec 13, 2003 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Pavel Datsyuk
2 G, 2 A
6 shots · 18:58 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐙 DET
Brett Hull
2 A
17:59 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐙 DET
Kris Draper
1 G
3 shots · 21:14 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET WSH🦅
26 Shots on goal 19
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
6 Hits 11
16 Blocked shots 9
4 Takeaways 4
13 Giveaways 15
12 Penalty minutes 8
DET shooting 19.2% (5/26) WSH shooting 5.3% (1/19)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Curtis Joseph
18/19
.947 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
21/26
.808 SV% · 5 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 20-10-1 (65% win rate, 31 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 10-18-1 (34% win rate, 29 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 20-10-1 (65% win rate, 31 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 10-18-1 (34% win rate, 29 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐙Red Wings
L1 Shanahan · Draper · Datsyuk 19:07
L2 Maltby · Dandenault · Hull 18:18
L3 Devereaux · Williams · Mowers 13:08
L4 Miller · Hudler · Bootland 5:46
D1 Schneider · Lidstrom 26:52
D2 Fischer · Kronwall 17:59
D3 Woolley · Rivers 12:58
🦅Capitals
L1 Lang · Zubrus · Jagr 23:31
L2 Miller · Bondra · Grier 17:18
L3 Pettinger · Halpern · Sutherby 11:02
L4 Battaglia · Gordon · Willsie 8:06
D1 Gonchar · Kwiatkowski 24:36
D2 Doig · Eminger 19:58
D3 Berry · Zinger 11:27

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 24, 2003
🦅WSH @ 🐙DET
4–1 · Capitals won
Feb 22, 2003
🐙DET @ 🦅WSH
5–1 · Red Wings won
Jan 18, 2002
🦅WSH @ 🐙DET
1–3 · Red Wings won
Apr 1, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🐙DET
1–2 (OT) · Red Wings won
Oct 31, 2000
🐙DET @ 🦅WSH
2–6 · Capitals won

❓ DET vs WSH, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Capitals on December 13, 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.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 18 saves on 19 shots (.947 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 21 saves on 26 shots (.808 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?

Season series tied 1–1 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
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Dec 11
🐙DET @ 🪶CHI
3–4 · CHI won
Next game · Dec 15
🐆FLA @ 🐙DET
1–4 · DET won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Dec 11
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
5–6 · WSH won
Next game · Dec 16
🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL
5–0 · WSH won
Also on December 13, 2003
🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR
1–3 final
🐻BOS @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 final
🐦ATL @ 🏝️NYI
0–4 final
😈NJD @ 🔔PHI
2–0 final
🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT
3–5 final
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL
5–2 final
👑LAK @ 🎵STL
1–2 final
🐆FLA @ 🐯NSH
2–2 final
Red Wings season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule