Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, January 5, 2008 · Centre Bell

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5–4

Final/OT

SOG 29–27

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-4 in overtime on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 29-27.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Tomas Plekanec, Andrei Kostitsyn, Nicklas Backstrom, Boyd Gordon, Roman Hamrlik, Alex Kovalev and Mike Green also scored.

Olie Kolzig made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 24 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	0	3	1	1	5	29
MTL	1	1	2	0	4	27

Scoring

1st period

Tomas Plekanec (13)Alex Kovalev (20), Andrei Markov (18)0–102:38 MTL · PPG

2nd period

Andrei Kostitsyn (11)Tomas Plekanec (22), Francis Bouillon (3)0–207:27 MTL
Alex Ovechkin (31)Michael Nylander (24)1–208:31 WSH · PPG
Nicklas Backstrom (8)Jeff Schultz (4), Mike Green (12)2–211:53 WSH
Boyd Gordon (4)Mike Green (13)3–218:51 WSH

3rd period

Roman Hamrlik (3)Guillaume Latendresse (3), Mark Streit (19)3–302:05 MTL
Alex Ovechkin (32)John Erskine (6)4–306:38 WSH
Alex Kovalev (18)Tomas Plekanec (23), Andrei Markov (19)4–411:26 MTL

OT period

Mike Green (11)Michael Nylander (25), Tomas Fleischmann (8)5–401:27 WSH

Team stats

WSHMTL

29Shots on goal27

57%Faceoff %43%

1/4Power play1/4

10Penalty minutes10

33Hits34

14Blocked shots24

5Giveaways13

5Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 02:18John Erskine · holding2 min
1st 09:29Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min
1st 14:19Shaone Morrisonn · holding2 min
2nd 00:36Shaone Morrisonn · tripping2 min
2nd 08:02Maxim Lapierre · slashing2 min
2nd 12:48Andrei Markov · holding2 min
2nd 15:55Saku Koivu · hooking2 min
3rd 04:31Alex Ovechkin · holding2 min
3rd 16:16Francis Bouillon · roughing2 min
3rd 16:16Donald Brashear · roughing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

52Mike GreenD	1	2	3	+1	3	3	1	0	–	27:46
8Alex OvechkinL	2	0	2	0	5	7	0	2	–	23:53
92Michael NylanderC	0	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	54	13:13
15Boyd GordonC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	2	0	40	13:27
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	55	22:33
43Tomas FleischmannL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	100	11:38
4John ErskineD	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	2	–	13:16
55Jeff SchultzD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	–	25:33
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	–	12:20
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	18:35
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	73	15:42
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	100	11:37
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	13:56
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	100	11:57
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	09:33
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	7	0	–	23:23
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	4	–	22:34
44Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	06:32

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Frederic CassiviG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	W	27	23	4	.852	61:27

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

14Tomas PlekanecC	1	2	3	+1	1	2	1	0	43	19:26
27Alex KovalevR	1	1	2	+1	5	6	0	2	100	20:36
79Andrei MarkovD	0	2	2	0	3	1	3	2	–	23:08
46Andrei KostitsynL	1	0	1	-1	1	2	0	0	100	17:33
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	12:57
32Mark StreitD	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	18:46
44Roman HamrlikD	1	0	1	-1	2	3	4	0	–	24:31
51Francis BouillonD	0	1	1	0	2	6	4	2	–	19:43
6Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	07:21
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	40	18:53
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	20:36
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	06:36
28Kyle ChipchuraC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40	06:51
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	2	40	16:35
73Michael RyderR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	13:32
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	14:35
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	–	20:50
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:30

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG	O	29	24	5	.828	60:47
39Cristobal HuetG		0	0	0	–	–