Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 12, 2008 · Verizon Center
SNET-E · XM 205 · RDS · CSN-DC+
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 5–1 on Friday, December 12, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Senators 34–33.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Alexander Semin, Brooks Laich, Mike Green and Jesse Winchester also scored.
Brent Johnson made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Alex Auld stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Semin (14)Nicklas Backstrom (19), Mike Green (10)0–103:55 WSH
2nd period
Brooks Laich (6)Matt Bradley (2), Sergei Fedorov (6)0–204:48 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (16)Tom Poti (6), Mike Green (11)0–319:25 WSH ·
3rd period
Mike Green (8)Nicklas Backstrom (20), Sergei Fedorov (7)0–413:44 WSH · - Alex Ovechkin (17)Nicklas Backstrom (21), Sergei Fedorov (8)0–514:05 WSH ·
Jesse Winchester (3)Nick Foligno (4), Alexandre Picard (7)1–517:37 OTT
Team stats
OTTWSH
3334
46%54%
0/43/7
2610
1518
1612
818
115
Penalties
- 1:32 into the first period
Mike Green · high sticking2 min - 6:28 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 9:32 into the first period
Filip Kuba · hooking2 min - 13:33 into the first periodJarkko Ruutu · roughing2 min
- 13:33 into the first periodShaone Morrisonn · roughing2 min
- 14:28 into the first periodAntoine Vermette · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 11:29 into the second periodAlexandre Giroux · hooking2 min
- 17:20 into the second periodAlexandre Giroux · hooking2 min
- 18:15 into the second periodDany Heatley · slashing2 min
- 6:40 into the third periodAlexandre Picard · holding2 min
- 12:19 into the third periodChris Kelly · high sticking2 min
- 13:44 into the third periodChris Kelly · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:44 into the third periodChris Kelly · misconduct10 min
- 18:13 into the third periodJason Smith · tripping2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 18Jesse WinchesterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 11:23 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 45Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:51 |
| 10Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:28 |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:30 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:11 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 20Antoine VermetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 15:55 |
| 22Chris KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:07 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:04 |
| 58Cody BassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:45 |
| 73Jarkko RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:18 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 21:35 |
| 5Christoph SchubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:53 |
| 17Filip KubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:18 |
| 21Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:27 |
| 24Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 10:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Martin GerberG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Alex AuldG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 18:43 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21:56 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 9 | 21:42 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:20 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:27 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:12 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 33Alexandre GirouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:24 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:27 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:07 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:43 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 80Brett LeonhardtG | 0 | 0 | – |