Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, January 19, 2008 · Verizon Center

FloridaPanthersAway

3–5

Final

SOG 28–35

WashingtonCapitalsHome

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 5-3 on Saturday, January 19, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Panthers 35-28.

Viktor Kozlov scored twice and Shawn Matthias scored twice. John Erskine, Olli Jokinen, Alexander Semin and Alex Ovechkin also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	0	3	0	3	28
WSH	3	1	1	5	35

Scoring

1st period

Viktor Kozlov (5)Mike Green (15), Nicklas Backstrom (24)0–106:49 WSH · PPG
John Erskine (2)David Steckel (4), Quintin Laing (4)0–207:55 WSH
Viktor Kozlov (6)Nicklas Backstrom (25)0–311:16 WSH

2nd period

Shawn Matthias (1)Bryan Allen (7)1–300:57 FLA
Shawn Matthias (2)Steve Montador (7), Olli Jokinen (23)2–304:53 FLA · PPG
Olli Jokinen (23)Nathan Horton (22), Magnus Johansson (7)3–310:37 FLA · PPG
Alexander Semin (11)Alex Ovechkin (23), Nicklas Backstrom (26)3–412:17 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (36)Mike Green (16), Nicklas Backstrom (27)3–504:40 WSH · PPG

Team stats

FLAWSH

28Shots on goal35

39%Faceoff %61%

2/6Power play3/5

10Penalty minutes12

20Hits26

17Blocked shots11

16Giveaways17

7Takeaways17

Penalties

1st 06:17Bryan Allen · tripping2 min
1st 08:12Donald Brashear · interference2 min
1st 18:17John Erskine · hooking2 min
2nd 03:37David Steckel · hooking2 min
2nd 09:37Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 11:43Ruslan Salei · slashing2 min
2nd 14:26John Erskine · kneeing2 min
3rd 04:36Ruslan Salei · interference2 min
3rd 07:23Brooks Laich · tripping2 min
3rd 08:20Stephen Weiss · hooking2 min
3rd 09:09Steve Montador · tripping2 min

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