Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, December 10, 2008 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 34-26.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Alexandre Giroux, Milan Lucic and Alex Ovechkin.
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (9)Alex Ovechkin (22), Viktor Kozlov (10)0–103:53 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Alexandre Giroux (1)Viktor Kozlov (11), Tom Poti (5)0–204:52 WSH
Milan Lucic (8)Phil Kessel (9), Zdeno Chara (9)1–219:25 BOS
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (15)Alexander Semin (15), Nicklas Backstrom (18)1–319:08 WSH · EN
Team stats
BOSWSH
34Shots on goal26
39%Faceoff %61%
0/3Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes6
31Hits29
13Blocked shots18
12Giveaways18
10Takeaways14
Penalties
- 1st 00:41
Shaone Morrisonn · high sticking2 min - 1st 02:17
Stephane Yelle · interference2 min - 1st 13:01Petteri Nokelainen · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 1st 13:24Alex Ovechkin · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:14Sean Collins · hooking2 min
Season series
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