Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, February 18, 2009 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–3 in a shootout on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 35–33.
Goals came from Chris Higgins, Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Andrei Kostitsyn, Tomas Plekanec and David Steckel.
Jose Theodore made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Higgins (8)Andrei Markov (36), Matt D'Agostini (6)1–002:33 MTL · 
Alex Ovechkin (42)Unassisted1–110:07 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (14)Sergei Fedorov (16), Mike Green (29)1–213:42 WSH · 
Andrei Kostitsyn (21)Andrei Markov (37), Mathieu Schneider (12)2–217:03 MTL ·
3rd period
Tomas Plekanec (12)Andrei Markov (38), Andrei Kostitsyn (14)3–208:57 MTL · 
David Steckel (7)Tom Poti (8), Brooks Laich (19)3–317:21 WSH
Team stats
MTLWSH
3335
53%47%
3/41/3
68
2019
2317
612
717
Penalties
- 2:28 into the first period
Mike Green · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 11:30 into the first period
Georges Laraque · interference2 min - 13:23 into the first periodAndrei Markov · high sticking2 min
- 16:13 into the first periodShaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
- 8:52 into the second periodSergei Fedorov · hooking2 min
- 12:43 into the second periodRoman Hamrlik · interference2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 2 | 25:44 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:44 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17:56 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:36 |
| 36Matt D'AgostiniR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 24Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:06 |
| 6Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 21:01 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 17Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:36 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:07 |
| 28Kyle ChipchuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:59 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:02 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:45 |
| 70Gregory StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:47 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:39 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | O | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 25:33 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:52 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 39David SteckelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:47 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:50 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:47 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 29:40 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:23 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:41 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:23 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:55 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:18 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:55 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:22 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |