Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, December 20, 2007 · Verizon Center

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5–2

21–37

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 37–21.

Guillaume Latendresse scored twice. Tomas Plekanec, Nicklas Backstrom, Sergei Kostitsyn, Alexander Semin and Mark Streit also scored.

Cristobal Huet made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 16 of 21.

Goals
MTL	1	2	2	5	21
WSH	0	1	1	2	37

Scoring

1st period

Guillaume Latendresse (8)Saku Koivu (19), Chris Higgins (11)1–018:15 MTL ·

2nd period

Tomas Plekanec (11)Alex Kovalev (15), Andrei Kostitsyn (9)2–006:33 MTL
Nicklas Backstrom (6)Alex Ovechkin (16), Mike Green (7)2–109:10 WSH ·
Guillaume Latendresse (9)Mathieu Dandenault (5), Maxim Lapierre (2)3–117:06 MTL

3rd period

Sergei Kostitsyn (1)Alex Kovalev (16), Mark Streit (14)4–109:34 MTL ·
Alexander Semin (4)Nicklas Backstrom (17)4–210:08 WSH
Mark Streit (5)Kyle Chipchura (7), Francis Bouillon (2)5–218:39 MTL

Team stats

MTLWSH

2137

57%43%

2/51/4

810

2418

2012

1316

57

Penalties

10:00 into the first periodJosh Gorges · hooking2 min
11:24 into the first periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
18:02 into the first periodTom Poti · tripping2 min
7:24 into the second periodMaxim Lapierre · holding2 min
19:37 into the second periodSaku Koivu · holding2 min
0:32 into the third periodAlex Ovechkin · tripping2 min
3:13 into the third periodMathieu Dandenault · hooking2 min
7:20 into the third periodShaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
8:30 into the third periodTom Poti · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

27Alex KovalevR	0	2	2	+1	0	2	2	0	–	16:44
84Guillaume LatendresseL	2	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	–	12:13
32Mark StreitD	1	1	2	+1	6	1	0	0	–	17:06
11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	63	16:57
14Tomas PlekanecC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	43	17:14
21Chris HigginsL	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	–	17:08
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2	–	13:41
28Kyle ChipchuraC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	67	12:09
40Maxim LapierreC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	2	60	15:14
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	14:46
74Sergei KostitsynL	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:40
51Francis BouillonD	0	1	1	+3	1	3	2	0	–	18:45
6Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	11:59
3Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	−1	0	4	0	0	–	13:55
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	23:20
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	–	10:13
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	22:50
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	–	26:29

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Carey PriceG		0	0	0	–	–
39Cristobal HuetG	W	37	35	2	.946	59:51

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	−1	2	0	0	0	38	19:34
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	−3	5	5	1	2	–	22:19
28Alexander SeminR	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	2	–	19:25
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	0	7	2	1	0	–	30:12
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	09:11
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	−1	3	3	1	0	–	15:08
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	44	11:59
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	33	15:04
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	64	12:52
43Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:20
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	10:38
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:43
92Michael NylanderC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	36	21:35
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:21
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	4	–	20:01
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	2	0	–	14:06
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	2	–	19:33
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	4	0	–	17:55

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	L	21	16	5	.762	59:47