St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2008 · Verizon Center
XM 207 · CSN-DC (HD) · FS-MW
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 4–2 on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Blues outshot the Capitals 31–29.
Viktor Kozlov scored twice. David Backes, Tomas Fleischmann, Alex Ovechkin and Brad Winchester also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Viktor Kozlov (6)Nicklas Backstrom (24)0–116:14 WSH
2nd period
David Backes (9)Jay McClement (8), Barret Jackman (6)1–109:09 STL- Viktor Kozlov (7)Boyd Gordon (6), Tom Poti (7)1–217:06 WSH
Tomas Fleischmann (11)Eric Fehr (5), David Steckel (5)1–317:46 WSH
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (20)Viktor Kozlov (14), Alexander Semin (18)1–400:13 WSH · 
Brad Winchester (3)Alexander Steen (7), Carlo Colaiacovo (6)2–411:34 STL ·
Team stats
STLWSH
3129
55%45%
1/51/5
1010
1220
1620
513
66
Penalties
- 5:45 into the first period
Nicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min - 4:46 into the second period
David Backes · hooking2 min - 6:44 into the second periodEric Fehr · interference2 min
- 9:31 into the second periodRoman Polak · tripping2 min
- 13:20 into the second periodTyson Strachan · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDavid Perron · hooking2 min
- 5:29 into the third periodMichael Nylander · holding the stick2 min
- 10:25 into the third periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 16:41 into the third periodJonas Junland · tripping2 min
- 16:54 into the third periodSemyon Varlamov · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
The box score appears once the game starts.