Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 13, 2008 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 2–1 on Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 33–26.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Patrice Brisebois and Michael Nylander.
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (10)Alex Ovechkin (23), Alexander Semin (16)1–010:19 WSH ·
2nd period
Patrice Brisebois (3)Alex Tanguay (12), Robert Lang (11)1–115:25 MTL
3rd period
Michael Nylander (3)Alexandre Giroux (1), Viktor Kozlov (12)2–117:28 WSH
Team stats
WSHMTL
2633
64%36%
1/40/8
2315
2129
1417
1115
78
Penalties
- 7:40 into the first period
Donald Brashear · hooking2 min - 10:10 into the first period
Josh Gorges · roughing2 min - 14:41 into the first periodRyan O'Byrne · fighting5 min
- 14:41 into the first periodBrooks Laich · fighting5 min
- 18:11 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:18 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · high sticking double minor4 min
- 9:02 into the second periodMike Green · hooking2 min
- 14:13 into the second periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
- 15:14 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · high sticking2 min
- 15:14 into the second periodTom Kostopoulos · roughing2 min
- 15:14 into the second periodTyler Sloan · roughing2 min
- 1:05 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · slashing2 min
- 2:24 into the third periodMike Green · slashing2 min
- 8:24 into the third periodRobert Lang · high sticking2 min
- 8:29 into the third periodNicklas Backstrom · interference2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.