Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, December 7, 2007 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Friday, December 7, 2007 at Prudential Center. The Capitals outshot the Devils 24-22.
Goals came from Vitaly Vishnevski, Dainius Zubrus, Alexander Semin, Travis Zajac and Brooks Laich.
Martin Brodeur made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Vitaly Vishnevski (1)Unassisted0–111:42 NJD
Dainius Zubrus (6)Brian Gionta (12), Patrik Elias (10)0–215:57 NJD · PPG
3rd period
Alexander Semin (2)Nicklas Backstrom (13)1–205:48 WSH
Travis Zajac (5)Sheldon Brookbank (3), Jamie Langenbrunner (10)1–306:29 NJD
Brooks Laich (5)Joe Motzko (2), Alex Ovechkin (13)2–318:43 WSH
Team stats
WSHNJD
24Shots on goal22
38%Faceoff %62%
0/4Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes8
11Hits18
11Blocked shots8
8Giveaways6
3Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 05:03
Patrik Elias · hooking2 min - 1st 14:02
Jeff Schultz · tripping2 min - 1st 18:27Brooks Laich · holding2 min
- 2nd 03:50Rod Pelley · interference2 min
- 2nd 14:54Dainius Zubrus · interference2 min
- 2nd 17:25Brooks Laich · holding2 min
- 2nd 19:26Mike Green · hooking2 min
- 3rd 16:26Patrik Elias · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:00Mike Green · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 26:09 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:09 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:11 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 22:31 |
| 50Joe MotzkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:21 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:20 |
| 18Matt PettingerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:20 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:08 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:09 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:58 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:36 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:32 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:55 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 59:18 |
New Jersey Devils
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:07 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:01 |
| 16Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 18:50 |
| 2Vitaly VishnevskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 11:41 |
| 8Sheldon BrookbankD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 10:45 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:25 |
| 10Rod PelleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:27 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:49 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 22Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:37 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:55 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:25 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:57 |
| 27Mike MottauD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:32 |
| 28Karel RachunekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 60:00 |