Toronto Maple Leafs vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Sunday, December 28, 2008 · Verizon Center

TorontoMaple LeafsAway

1–4

Final

SOG 24–29

WashingtonCapitalsHome

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Sunday, December 28, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Maple Leafs 29-24.

Brooks Laich scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Niklas Hagman also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TOR	1	0	0	1	24
WSH	0	2	2	4	29

Scoring

1st period

Niklas Hagman (11)Mikhail Grabovski (10), Jonas Frogren (2)1–014:23 TOR

2nd period

Brooks Laich (9)Nicklas Backstrom (29), Mike Green (13)1–112:54 WSH · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (24)Milan Jurcina (6)1–219:50 WSH

3rd period

Brooks Laich (10)Unassisted1–315:43 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (25)Nicklas Backstrom (30), Mike Green (14)1–419:26 WSH · EN

Team stats

TORWSH

24Shots on goal29

45%Faceoff %55%

0/2Power play1/1

8Penalty minutes10

13Hits15

24Blocked shots22

8Giveaways8

4Takeaways12

Penalties

1st 14:37Lee Stempniak · tripping2 min
1st 14:37Jose Theodore · diving2 min
2nd 06:39Mike Green · interference2 min
2nd 12:06Pavel Kubina · interference2 min
2nd 18:02Jonas Frogren · roughing2 min
2nd 18:02Chris Clark · roughing2 min
3rd 03:59Milan Jurcina · hooking2 min
3rd 10:35Andre Deveaux · diving2 min
3rd 10:35Sean Collins · interference2 min

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