Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Tuesday, February 5, 2008 · Nationwide Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at Nationwide Arena. The Capitals outshot the Blue Jackets 37-31.
Rick Nash scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Jason Chimera, Alexander Semin and Tom Poti also scored.
Brent Johnson made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Fredrik Norrena stopped 10 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Nash (27)Unassisted0–117:35 CBJ · SHG
Jason Chimera (9)Michael Peca (18), Rostislav Klesla (9)0–218:16 CBJ
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (44)Nicklas Backstrom (34)1–213:34 WSH
Alexander Semin (13)Viktor Kozlov (26), Tomas Fleischmann (14)2–218:13 WSH
3rd period
- Rick Nash (28)Manny Malhotra (11)2–304:02 CBJ
Tom Poti (1)Brooks Laich (8), Jeff Schultz (8)3–313:07 WSH
OT period
- Alex Ovechkin (45)Tom Poti (14), Shaone Morrisonn (7)4–302:28 WSH
Team stats
WSHCBJ
37Shots on goal31
44%Faceoff %56%
0/3Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes6
21Hits22
18Blocked shots18
3Giveaways6
2Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 15:36
Adam Foote · roughing2 min - 1st 15:54Ole-Kristian Tollefsen · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:13
Shaone Morrisonn · holding the stick2 min - 1st 19:39Boyd Gordon · holding2 min
- 2nd 09:53Donald Brashear · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:22Quintin Laing · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 05:57Kris Russell · boarding2 min
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 21:59 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:28 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:58 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:36 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:20 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:22 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:37 |
| 14Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:30 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:04 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:54 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | W | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 62:24 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 61Rick NashL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21:13 |
| 19Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:11 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 19:39 |
| 27Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 97Rostislav KleslaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 25:36 |
| 9David VybornyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:19 |
| 12Jiri NovotnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 21:55 |
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 19:11 |
| 16Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:10 |
| 17Gilbert BruleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:08 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:06 |
| 49Dan FritscheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:10 |
| 51Andrew MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:27 |
| 2Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:34 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:06 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:00 |
| 55Ole-Kristian TollefsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Fredrik NorrenaG | O | 13 | 10 | 3 | .769 | 27:06 |
| 31Pascal LeclaireG | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 35:22 |