Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 6, 2008 · Wachovia Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at Wachovia Center. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 34-27.
Goals came from Brooks Laich, Mike Knuble, Matt Bradley, Viktor Kozlov, Alex Ovechkin, Sami Kapanen and Randy Jones.
Olie Kolzig made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
2nd period
Brooks Laich (9)Mike Green (19)1–002:31 WSH
Mike Knuble (21)Daniel Brière (32), Simon Gagne (11)1–116:21 PHI · PPG
3rd period
Matt Bradley (3)Mike Green (20)2–102:01 WSH
Viktor Kozlov (11)Tomas Fleischmann (15), Tom Poti (15)3–103:05 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (46)Nicklas Backstrom (35), Milan Jurcina (6)4–107:45 WSH
Sami Kapanen (5)Jeff Carter (15), Jim Vandermeer (11)4–213:50 PHI
Randy Jones (4)Mike Richards (38), Mike Knuble (16)4–319:06 PHI · PPG
Team stats
WSHPHI
27Shots on goal34
43%Faceoff %57%
0/1Power play2/5
12Penalty minutes4
15Hits15
14Blocked shots10
7Giveaways16
10Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 09:39
Donald Brashear · high sticking2 min - 1st 16:21Brooks Laich · holding2 min
- 2nd 01:59
Jim Vandermeer · roughing2 min - 2nd 01:59Alex Ovechkin · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:39Quintin Laing · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 19:33Simon Gagne · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:38John Erskine · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:11John Erskine · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 21:30 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:17 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:14 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:14 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 14Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:14 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:00 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:46 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:48 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 60:00 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:10 |
| 12Simon GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 18:57 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:09 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 23:23 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:50 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 20:09 |
| 6Randy JonesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 17:48 |
| 26Jim VandermeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 9Scottie UpshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:29 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 18:48 |
| 20R.J. UmbergerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:53 |
| 27Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 32Riley CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:22 |
| 34Jim DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:28 |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 21:01 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 24:12 |
| 21Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:46 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 59:08 |