Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 2009 · Verizon Center

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2–4

Final

SOG 29–27

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Red Wings outshot the Capitals 29-27.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Ville Leino, Viktor Kozlov, Mike Green and Johan Franzen also scored.

Jose Theodore made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ty Conklin stopped 23 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
DET	1	1	0	2	29
WSH	1	1	2	4	27

Scoring

1st period

Ville Leino (1)Pavel Datsyuk (39)1–018:06 DET
Viktor Kozlov (11)Milan Jurcina (8), Michael Nylander (19)1–119:03 WSH

2nd period

Mike Green (14)Nicklas Backstrom (37), Eric Fehr (7)1–217:19 WSH
Johan Franzen (22)Valtteri Filppula (16), Jiri Hudler (23)2–219:10 DET · PPG

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (32)Viktor Kozlov (19), Shaone Morrisonn (4)2–312:52 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (33)Nicklas Backstrom (38), Mike Green (22)2–414:08 WSH · PPG

Team stats

DETWSH

29Shots on goal27

57%Faceoff %43%

1/6Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes14

19Hits20

7Blocked shots25

7Giveaways13

8Takeaways13

Penalties

1st 03:27Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 04:38Brett Lebda · interference2 min
2nd 07:00Shaone Morrisonn · high sticking2 min
2nd 11:28Mike Green · hooking2 min
2nd 18:35Alexander Semin · hooking2 min
3rd 06:44Eric Fehr · holding2 min
3rd 14:02Kirk Maltby · cross checking2 min
3rd 18:22Viktor Kozlov · hooking2 min
3rd 18:35Brooks Laich · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 19:06Tom Poti · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

13Pavel DatsyukC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50	20:23
21Ville LeinoL	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	12:20
26Jiri HudlerR	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:02
51Valtteri FilppulaC	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	50	16:15
93Johan FranzenR	1	0	1	-1	4	1	0	0	100	18:39
8Justin AbdelkaderL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	100	09:25
11Daniel ClearyR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	16:15
18Kirk MaltbyL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	–	11:47
33Kris DraperC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	71	12:40
37Mikael SamuelssonR	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	–	16:37
81Marian HossaR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	19:23
82Tomas KopeckyR	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	100	12:45
3Andreas LiljaD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	15:56
5Nicklas LidstromD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	25:57
14Derek MeechD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	–	11:23
22Brett LebdaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	14:17
28Brian RafalskiD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	27:44
55Niklas KronwallD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	–	21:21

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Ty ConklinG	L	27	23	4	.852	58:45
30Chris OsgoodG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	0	2	0	5	5	1	0	–	20:42
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	2	2	+1	4	1	3	0	67	16:36
25Viktor KozlovC	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	2	–	13:47
52Mike GreenD	1	1	2	+1	2	1	2	2	–	24:11
16Eric FehrC	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	2	–	09:35
92Michael NylanderC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	33	13:37
23Milan JurcinaD	0	1	1	+2	0	6	0	0	–	15:33
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	2	–	18:00
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:07
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	15:25
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	2	–	16:53
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	19:20
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	29	15:39
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	07:16
91Sergei FedorovC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	64	15:12
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	2	–	20:38
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	–	17:56
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	4	0	–	19:55

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00