Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, December 2, 2008 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Panthers 26-22.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Ville Peltonen, Jay Bouwmeester, Bryan McCabe, Radek Dvorak, Viktor Kozlov, Tomas Fleischmann and Gregory Campbell.
Craig Anderson made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (6)Tomas Fleischmann (6), Sami Lepisto (3)0–115:57 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Ville Peltonen (4)Radek Dvorak (7)1–106:19 FLA
Jay Bouwmeester (3)Unassisted2–107:28 FLA · PPG
Bryan McCabe (4)Brett McLean (6), Michael Frolik (3)3–112:09 FLA · PPG
3rd period
Radek Dvorak (3)Gregory Campbell (5), Ville Peltonen (5)4–104:45 FLA
Viktor Kozlov (4)Nicklas Backstrom (17), Shaone Morrisonn (2)4–216:11 WSH
Tomas Fleischmann (10)Alex Ovechkin (18), Viktor Kozlov (9)4–317:02 WSH · PPG
Gregory Campbell (5)Karlis Skrastins (4)5–319:00 FLA · EN
Team stats
FLAWSH
22Shots on goal26
56%Faceoff %44%
2/4Power play2/4
8Penalty minutes8
8Hits14
22Blocked shots14
7Giveaways20
8Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 06:14
Michael Frolik · hooking2 min - 1st 15:47Brett McLean · tripping2 min
- 1st 17:35
Milan Jurcina · interference2 min - 2nd 06:54Alex Ovechkin · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 11:23Eric Fehr · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 07:06Jay Bouwmeester · interference2 min
- 3rd 13:05Michael Nylander · hooking2 min
- 3rd 16:45Ville Peltonen · tripping2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 14Radek DvorakR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 18:30 |
| 18Ville PeltonenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:15 |
| 53Brett McLeanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:24 |
| 4Jay BouwmeesterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 27:06 |
| 24Bryan McCabeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:28 |
| 9Stephen WeissC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 13Anthony StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:13 |
| 28Kamil KrepsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 41Shawn MatthiasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:55 |
| 71Kenndal McArdleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:26 |
| 74Nick TarnaskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 85Rostislav OleszL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:35 |
| 22Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:14 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Craig AndersonG | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 59:48 |
Washington Capitals
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 21:27 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 22:15 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 25:55 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:49 |
| 42Sami LepistoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:37 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:02 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:56 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:35 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:29 |
| 38Graham MinkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:10 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:43 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:39 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:20 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:06 |
| 43Bryan HelmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:08 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 21 | 17 | 4 | .809 | 59:38 |