Minnesota Wild vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, February 26, 2008 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Wild outshot the Capitals 35-26.
Brooks Laich scored twice. Shaone Morrisonn, Branko Radivojevic and Eric Fehr also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Brooks Laich (12)Tomas Fleischmann (18), Milan Jurcina (7)0–102:41 WSH
Shaone Morrisonn (1)Brooks Laich (9), Jeff Schultz (9)0–210:11 WSH
2nd period
Branko Radivojevic (4)Eric Belanger (23), Stephane Veilleux (6)1–213:10 MIN
Eric Fehr (1)Tom Poti (17), Brooks Laich (10)1–315:59 WSH- Brooks Laich (13)Tomas Fleischmann (19), Mike Green (25)1–418:27 WSH
Team stats
MINWSH
35Shots on goal26
52%Faceoff %48%
0/2Power play0/2
14Penalty minutes14
14Hits10
14Blocked shots18
19Giveaways16
7Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 14:54
Steve Eminger · elbowing2 min - 2nd 09:18
Aaron Voros · fighting5 min - 2nd 09:18David Steckel · fighting5 min
- 2nd 18:19Aaron Voros · fighting5 min
- 2nd 18:19Matt Bradley · fighting5 min
- 3rd 03:37Stephane Veilleux · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:00Tom Poti · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 13:19Sean Hill · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Minnesota Wild
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:15 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:16 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:31 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:35 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:10 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:35 |
| 15James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:36 |
| 17Todd FedorukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:50 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:12 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:29 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 6Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:14 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:30 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:17 |
| 33Petteri NummelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:33 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 21Brooks LaichC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 3 | 16:04 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 14Eric FehrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 3 | 11:58 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:37 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:20 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:14 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:31 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 23:35 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:04 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:55 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:49 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:03 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:42 |
| 56Chris BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:48 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 35 | 34 | 1 | .971 | 60:00 |