New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, December 4, 2008 · Verizon Center

NY IslandersIslandersAway

2–5

Final

SOG 29–47

WashingtonCapitalsHome

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 5-2 on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 47-29.

Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Viktor Kozlov, Mark Streit, Trent Hunter, Donald Brashear, Eric Fehr and Nicklas Backstrom.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	1	1	0	2	29
WSH	2	0	3	5	47

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (14)Milan Jurcina (3), Brooks Laich (9)0–111:31 WSH · PPG
Viktor Kozlov (5)Bryan Helmer (1), Sami Lepisto (4)0–213:15 WSH · PPG
Mark Streit (6)Doug Weight (18), Bill Guerin (8)1–219:24 NYI · PPG

2nd period

Trent Hunter (11)Andy Sutton (8)2–213:38 NYI

3rd period

Donald Brashear (1)Karl Alzner (1), Milan Jurcina (4)2–306:50 WSH
Eric Fehr (3)Brooks Laich (10), Alex Ovechkin (19)2–416:14 WSH · PPG
Nicklas Backstrom (7)Alex Ovechkin (20)2–519:10 WSH · EN

Team stats

NYIWSH

29Shots on goal47

49%Faceoff %51%

1/8Power play3/5

12Penalty minutes18

13Hits5

18Blocked shots14

9Giveaways8

4Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 06:31Mitchell Fritz · hooking2 min
1st 07:03Nicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
1st 09:34Sean Bergenheim · hooking2 min
1st 12:08Thomas Pock · interference2 min
1st 19:12Michael Nylander · holding2 min
2nd 03:09David Steckel · hooking2 min
2nd 07:05Sami Lepisto · hooking2 min
2nd 10:37Tim Jackman · diving2 min
2nd 10:37Alex Ovechkin · cross checking2 min
2nd 11:28Andy Sutton · roughing2 min
2nd 16:24Bryan Helmer · slashing2 min
2nd 19:50Alex Ovechkin · boarding2 min
3rd 09:39Sami Lepisto · interference2 min
3rd 15:01Andy Sutton · hooking2 min
3rd 19:51Eric Fehr · holding2 min

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