Washington Capitals vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Tuesday, March 18, 2008 · Sommet Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at Sommet Center. The Predators outshot the Capitals 26-21.
Goals came from Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom, Matt Bradley, J-P Dumont, Jason Arnott and Alex Ovechkin.
Cristobal Huet made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Dan Ellis stopped 5 of 8.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Semin (22)Alex Ovechkin (43), Mike Green (30)1–006:49 WSH · PPG
Nicklas Backstrom (12)Alex Ovechkin (44)2–009:59 WSH
Matt Bradley (6)Brooks Laich (12)3–014:40 WSH
2nd period
J-P Dumont (28)Shea Weber (12), Dan Hamhuis (22)3–104:09 NSH · PPG
3rd period
Jason Arnott (26)Jan Hlavac (18), Martin Erat (32)3–212:37 NSH
Alex Ovechkin (58)Unassisted4–219:56 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHNSH
21Shots on goal26
44%Faceoff %56%
1/3Power play1/5
12Penalty minutes8
23Hits17
15Blocked shots6
4Giveaways9
8Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 05:49
Shea Weber · hooking2 min - 1st 07:18
Donald Brashear · interference2 min - 1st 10:27Jan Hlavac · interference2 min
- 1st 12:35Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1st 15:04Shaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:58Sami Lepisto · hooking2 min
- 2nd 02:35Tom Poti · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 14:23Scott Nichol · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:23Eric Fehr · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:23Matt Cooke · tripping2 min
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 20:54 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:35 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:26 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:54 |
| 14Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:16 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:13 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:36 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:58 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:28 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:18 |
| 42Sami LepistoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 38Cristobal HuetG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 60:00 |
Nashville Predators
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:40 |
| 17Jan HlavacL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 19Jason ArnottC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 21:53 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 21:30 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:26 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 20:33 |
| 12Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 16Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:45 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:30 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:30 |
| 37Rich PeverleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:28 |
| 38Vernon FiddlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:02 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:31 |
| 5Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:21 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris MasonG | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 43:24 | |
| 39Dan EllisG | L | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 14:40 |