New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Monday, December 10, 2007 · Verizon Center
XM 205 · CSN-DC (HD) · FSN-NY
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 3–2 on Monday, December 10, 2007 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Devils 24–22.
Goals came from John Madden, Nicklas Backstrom, Jeff Schultz, Quintin Laing and David Clarkson.
Olie Kolzig made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Kevin Weekes stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
John Madden (8)Brian Gionta (13), Dainius Zubrus (11)1–005:56 NJD
Nicklas Backstrom (4)Viktor Kozlov (14), Tom Poti (9)1–108:44 WSH ·
2nd period
Jeff Schultz (3)Alex Ovechkin (15), John Erskine (4)1–200:53 WSH
Quintin Laing (1)John Erskine (5), Matt Bradley (3)1–318:08 WSH
3rd period
David Clarkson (4)Rod Pelley (3)2–302:18 NJD
Team stats
NJDWSH
2224
47%53%
0/31/3
1111
2231
1512
520
48
Penalties
- 0:51 into the first period
Alexander Semin · hooking2 min - 7:32 into the first period
Karel Rachunek · tripping2 min - 9:35 into the first periodSheldon Brookbank · fighting5 min
- 9:35 into the first periodMatt Bradley · fighting5 min
- 14:52 into the first periodMike Green · hooking2 min
- 2:40 into the second periodColin White · tripping2 min
- 7:21 into the third periodShaone Morrisonn · cross checking2 min
- 8:16 into the third periodPaul Martin · slashing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 10Rod PelleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:31 |
| 11John MaddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:11 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:32 |
| 16Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:34 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:28 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 22Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:50 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:02 |
| 2Vitaly VishnevskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:23 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:19 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:23 |
| 8Sheldon BrookbankD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:18 |
| 27Mike MottauD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:44 |
| 28Karel RachunekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kevin WeekesG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:27 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:03 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:11 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:17 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 14:41 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:46 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:47 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 18Matt PettingerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:36 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:24 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:40 |
| 50Joe MotzkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:12 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:54 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |