Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, January 1, 2008 · Verizon Center

OttawaSenatorsAway

3–6

Final

SOG 34–26

WashingtonCapitalsHome

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 6-3 on Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Senators outshot the Capitals 34-26.

Mike Green scored twice. Chris Neil, Dean McAmmond, Viktor Kozlov, Michael Nylander, Brooks Laich, Andrej Meszaros and Boyd Gordon also scored.

Olie Kolzig made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Ray Emery stopped 15 of 17.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
OTT	2	0	1	3	34
WSH	4	1	1	6	26

Scoring

1st period

Chris Neil (4)Christoph Schubert (11), Dean McAmmond (8)1–001:54 OTT
Dean McAmmond (3)Chris Neil (8), Dany Heatley (30)2–004:46 OTT
Viktor Kozlov (4)Nicklas Backstrom (22), Alex Ovechkin (19)2–105:15 WSH
Michael Nylander (10)Jeff Schultz (3), Brooks Laich (5)2–206:59 WSH
Mike Green (9)Unassisted2–307:34 WSH
Brooks Laich (7)Donald Brashear (3), Boyd Gordon (4)2–415:45 WSH

2nd period

Mike Green (10)Michael Nylander (23), Alex Ovechkin (20)2–500:52 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Andrej Meszaros (6)Mike Fisher (13), Daniel Alfredsson (28)3–501:10 OTT
Boyd Gordon (3)Matt Bradley (6), Mike Green (11)3–618:09 WSH · EN

Team stats

OTTWSH

34Shots on goal26

41%Faceoff %59%

0/2Power play1/3

13Penalty minutes11

18Hits14

8Blocked shots17

7Giveaways10

3Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 01:59Brian McGrattan · fighting5 min
1st 01:59Donald Brashear · fighting5 min
1st 06:42Chris Phillips · cross checking2 min
1st 06:42Alexander Semin · cross checking2 min
1st 13:19Chris Phillips · slashing2 min
1st 19:16Shean Donovan · elbowing2 min
1st 19:36Christoph Schubert · high sticking2 min
2nd 08:06David Steckel · holding the stick2 min
2nd 19:06Bench · too many men on the ice2 min

Season series

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters

25Chris NeilR	1	1	2	+2	1	2	0	0	–	14:06
37Dean McAmmondC	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0	57	13:23
11Daniel AlfredssonR	0	1	1	-2	2	1	0	0	33	24:21
12Mike FisherC	0	1	1	-2	2	2	1	0	33	18:45
15Dany HeatleyL	0	1	1	-2	2	1	0	0	–	21:44
5Christoph SchubertD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2	–	16:22
14Andrej MeszarosD	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	0	–	20:47
10Shean DonovanR	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	2	–	14:00
16Brian McGrattanR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	02:04
19Jason SpezzaC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	48	22:30
20Antoine VermetteC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	33	17:14
22Chris KellyC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	33	17:42
58Cody BassC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50	03:56
71Nick FolignoL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	05:12
2Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	0	0	–	16:31
4Chris PhillipsD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	4	–	19:14
6Wade ReddenD	0	0	0	-3	5	2	0	0	–	24:34
7Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	-3	9	0	0	0	–	20:45

Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ray EmeryG	L	17	15	2	.882	51:40
29Martin GerberG		8	5	3	.625	07:34

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

52Mike GreenD	2	1	3	+3	2	1	1	0	–	25:11
8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	+1	3	5	0	0	100	22:45
15Boyd GordonC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	58	17:13
21Brooks LaichC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	1	0	89	14:34
92Michael NylanderC	1	1	2	-1	1	0	1	0	69	17:04
10Matt BradleyR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	–	15:41
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	42	17:33
25Viktor KozlovC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	100	16:03
87Donald BrashearL	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	5	–	11:37
55Jeff SchultzD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	5	0	–	23:34
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	–	16:10
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	–	01:45
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	43	14:04
43Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	13:33
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	21:24
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	08:47
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	12:13
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+3	0	1	4	0	–	25:47

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Frederic CassiviG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	W	34	31	3	.912	59:43