Washington Capitals vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Saturday, December 29, 2007 · Scotiabank Place
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 8-6 on Saturday, December 29, 2007 at Scotiabank Place. The Capitals outshot the Senators 30-22.
Alex Ovechkin scored 4 goals, Daniel Alfredsson scored twice, Michael Nylander scored twice and Mike Fisher scored a hat trick. Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom and Jason Spezza also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 16 saves on 22 shots for the win; Martin Gerber stopped 22 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Semin (6)Unassisted1–001:01 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (27)Mike Green (9), Alexander Semin (5)2–004:45 WSH · PPG
Daniel Alfredsson (23)Wade Redden (17), Dany Heatley (28)2–112:13 OTT · PPG
2nd period
- Alex Ovechkin (28)Tom Poti (12), Nicklas Backstrom (20)3–103:13 WSH
Michael Nylander (8)Nicklas Backstrom (21), Mike Green (10)4–106:41 WSH · PPG- Daniel Alfredsson (24)Unassisted4–210:06 OTT · SHG
Nicklas Backstrom (7)Viktor Kozlov (20), Alex Ovechkin (18)5–219:57 WSH
3rd period
Jason Spezza (14)Unassisted5–304:08 OTT
Mike Fisher (12)Daniel Alfredsson (27), Chris Phillips (8)5–406:41 OTT · SHG- Michael Nylander (9)Alexander Semin (6), Tomas Fleischmann (7)6–409:13 WSH
- Mike Fisher (13)Wade Redden (18), Dany Heatley (29)6–512:36 OTT · PPG
- Alex Ovechkin (29)Jeff Schultz (2)7–513:46 WSH
- Mike Fisher (14)Joe Corvo (15), Wade Redden (19)7–617:55 OTT
- Alex Ovechkin (30)Unassisted8–619:32 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHOTT
30Shots on goal22
46%Faceoff %54%
2/6Power play2/6
17Penalty minutes17
15Hits23
11Blocked shots5
8Giveaways16
8Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 02:53
Chris Neil · tripping2 min - 1st 08:30
Milan Jurcina · tripping2 min - 1st 11:34Shaone Morrisonn · interference2 min
- 1st 14:06Christoph Schubert · holding2 min
- 2nd 00:47Nicklas Backstrom · slashing2 min
- 2nd 04:06Tomas Fleischmann · hooking2 min
- 2nd 05:43Mike Fisher · holding2 min
- 2nd 08:49Shean Donovan · holding2 min
- 2nd 20:00Chris Neil · fighting5 min
- 2nd 20:00Donald Brashear · fighting5 min
- 3rd 00:36Nicklas Backstrom · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 01:43Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 06:19Wade Redden · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:38David Steckel · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 4 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 5 | 21:21 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:32 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 23:37 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 13:52 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:11 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:17 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:11 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:55 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:34 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:22 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Frederic CassiviG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 22 | 16 | 6 | .727 | 60:00 |
Ottawa Senators
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 26:23 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 21:13 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 4 | 26:20 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 23:16 |
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 24:26 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 23:20 |
| 7Joe CorvoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:48 |
| 10Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:16 |
| 16Brian McGrattanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:17 |
| 20Antoine VermetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 22Chris KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 11:00 |
| 27Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:47 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:59 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:06 |
| 2Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:16 |
| 5Christoph SchubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ray EmeryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 29Martin GerberG | L | 29 | 22 | 7 | .759 | 58:10 |