Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 11, 2008 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 34–21.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Kris Versteeg, Jack Skille, Matt Bradley and Brooks Laich also scored.
Jose Theodore made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Kris Versteeg (1)Jonathan Toews (1), Martin Havlat (1)1–000:26 CHI
Jack Skille (1)Dave Bolland (1), Andrew Ladd (1)2–011:41 CHI
Matt Bradley (1)David Steckel (1), Donald Brashear (1)2–113:26 WSH
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Tom Poti (2)2–205:07 WSH
3rd period
Brooks Laich (1)Alexander Semin (3)2–315:33 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (2)Jeff Schultz (1), Jose Theodore (1)2–418:24 WSH
Team stats
CHIWSH
2134
50%50%
0/50/4
1012
2117
1511
612
414
Penalties
- 1:44 into the first period
Milan Jurcina · boarding2 min - 4:26 into the first period
Brent Seabrook · interference2 min - 19:08 into the first periodBrent Seabrook · hooking2 min
- 1:54 into the second periodPatrick Sharp · holding2 min
- 6:15 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:31 into the second periodDavid Steckel · tripping2 min
- 16:41 into the second periodAdam Burish · roughing2 min
- 16:41 into the second periodShaone Morrisonn · roughing2 min
- 16:41 into the second periodDavid Steckel · tripping2 min
- 19:28 into the second periodMike Green · hooking2 min
- 19:34 into the third periodAlex Ovechkin · tripping2 min
Chicago Blackhawks
| 11Jack SkilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:16 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:03 |
| 24Martin HavlatR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:58 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 36Dave BollandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 10Patrick SharpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 22:17 |
| 28Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:27 |
| 37Adam BurishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:41 |
| 46Colin FraserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:19 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 21:49 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 28:14 |
| 5Brent SopelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 20:16 |
| 6Jordan HendryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:17 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:26 |
| 8Matt WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:15 |
| 33Dustin ByfuglienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:42 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 26:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 24:46 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:35 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:56 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:05 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:59 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:41 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:40 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:14 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:18 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:58 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 25:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |