Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 16, 2008 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 40-39.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Boyd Gordon, Brooks Laich, Doug Weight, Milan Jurcina, Richard Park, Andy Sutton and Jon Sim also scored.
Brent Johnson made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Joey MacDonald stopped 35 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Boyd Gordon (2)Donald Brashear (3), David Steckel (4)1–002:54 WSH
Brooks Laich (7)Mike Green (12), Brent Johnson (1)2–014:18 WSH
Doug Weight (7)Richard Park (7), Mark Streit (15)2–116:14 NYI · PPG
2nd period
Milan Jurcina (3)Karl Alzner (3), Viktor Kozlov (13)3–106:07 WSH
Richard Park (6)Bill Guerin (10), Mark Streit (16)3–214:32 NYI · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (18)Alexander Semin (17), Nicklas Backstrom (22)4–216:35 WSH
3rd period
Andy Sutton (2)Trent Hunter (12), Richard Park (8)4–311:19 NYI
Jon Sim (6)Mark Streit (17), Bill Guerin (11)4–417:47 NYI
OT period
- Alex Ovechkin (19)Nicklas Backstrom (23)5–404:49 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
40Shots on goal39
56%Faceoff %44%
0/3Power play2/5
15Penalty minutes11
20Hits28
23Blocked shots16
13Giveaways13
5Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 09:41
Tim Jackman · fighting5 min - 1st 09:41
Matt Bradley · fighting5 min - 1st 12:13Brendan Witt · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1st 15:09Sean Collins · interference2 min
- 2nd 13:34Sean Collins · interference2 min
- 2nd 17:38Andy Sutton · interference2 min
- 2nd 19:15Alexander Semin · tripping2 min
- 3rd 12:02Alexandre Giroux · tripping2 min
- 3rd 12:43Richard Park · hooking2 min
- 3rd 15:41Tomas Fleischmann · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 24:13 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 24:16 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:37 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:42 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:18 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:26 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 09:14 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:56 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 28:15 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 10:08 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:39 |
| 33Alexandre GirouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:48 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:21 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:41 |
| 62Sean CollinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | W | 39 | 35 | 4 | .897 | 64:49 |
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
New York Islanders
| 10Richard ParkR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 23:28 |
| 2Mark StreitD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 27:40 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21:53 |
| 7Trent HunterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:15 |
| 16Jon SimL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 11:08 |
| 93Doug WeightC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 22:07 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 11Andy HilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:50 |
| 12Josh BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 20Sean BergenheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:23 |
| 28Tim JackmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 29Ben WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:21 |
| 49Mitchell FritzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 01:08 |
| 57Blake ComeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:48 |
| 14Chris CampoliD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 17Thomas PockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:39 |
| 32Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 1 | 22:40 |
| 44Freddy MeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 4 | 25:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Yann DanisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Joey MacDonaldG | O | 40 | 35 | 5 | .875 | 64:49 |