🏝️ Away Islanders 15-15-1 before this game

5–4

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 12-19-2 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	0	0	5
WSH	0	0	0	4

Islanders at Capitals

Islanders beat Capitals 5–4 at Capital One Arena on December 21, 2003.

🗓 Sun, Dec 21, 2003 · 17:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Peter Bondra

3 A

1 shots · 18:32 TOI · -1

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Mariusz Czerkawski

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 10:19 TOI · +2

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Shawn Bates

2 A

3 shots · 19:52 TOI

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI WSH🦅

44 Shots on goal 25

2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 3/4

20 Hits 9

7 Blocked shots 14

10 Takeaways 9

11 Giveaways 15

10 Penalty minutes 8

NYI shooting 11.4% (5/44) WSH shooting 16.0% (4/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Garth Snow

12/13

.923 SV% · 1 GA · 33:03 TOI

Rick DiPietro

9/12

.750 SV% · 3 GA · 26:42 TOI

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

39/44

.886 SV% · 5 GA · 58:28 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 15-15-1 (48% win rate, 31 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 12-19-2 (36% win rate, 33 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 15-15-1 (48% win rate, 31 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 12-19-2 (36% win rate, 33 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Blake · Bates · Hunter 18:05

L2 Peca · Scatchard · Parrish 16:31

L3 Kvasha · Yashin · Asham 13:43

L4 Papineau · Czerkawski · Weinhandl 8:58

D1 Aucoin · Jonsson 23:50

D2 Hamrlik · Niinimaa 21:14

D3 Timander · Cairns 15:04

🦅Capitals

L1 Lang · Jagr · Bondra 22:17

L2 Zubrus · Halpern · Grier 14:52

L3 Battaglia · Miller · Gordon 11:52

L4 Pettinger · Whitfield · Willsie 10:11

D1 Gonchar · Doig 25:56

D2 Eminger · Kwiatkowski 22:14

D3 Berry · Zinger 9:48

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

3–4 (OT) · Capitals won

Dec 21, 2002

🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI

3–1 · Capitals won

❓ NYI vs WSH, answered

Who won Islanders vs Capitals on December 21, 2003?

Islanders won 5–4.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Capitals?

The final score was Islanders 5, Capitals 4.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Garth Snow made 12 saves on 13 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 39 saves on 44 shots (.886 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Islanders 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

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Dec 20

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Dec 19

Also on December 21, 2003

Islanders season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule