Colorado Avalanche vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, February 20, 2009 · Verizon Center

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4–1

25–29

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Friday, February 20, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Avalanche 29–25.

Goals came from Ryan Smyth, Nicklas Backstrom, Adam Foote, Tyler Arnason and Wojtek Wolski.

Andrew Raycroft made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 21 of 25.

Goals
COL	1	1	2	4	25
WSH	1	0	0	1	29

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Smyth (20)Adam Foote (5)1–010:27 COL
Nicklas Backstrom (15)Tomas Fleischmann (15), Eric Fehr (10)1–119:45 WSH

2nd period

Adam Foote (1)Milan Hejduk (24), Ryan Smyth (28)2–107:46 COL

3rd period

Tyler Arnason (5)Marek Svatos (15)3–103:33 COL
Wojtek Wolski (13)Ryan Smyth (29), Milan Hejduk (25)4–112:36 COL

Team stats

COLWSH

2529

40%60%

0/40/2

610

1621

1814

916

1110

Penalties

15:07 into the first periodTom Poti · interference2 min
16:12 into the first periodMilan Jurcina · tripping2 min
16:55 into the first periodRuslan Salei · hooking2 min
16:32 into the second periodMichael Nylander · high sticking2 min
6:19 into the third periodJeff Schultz · hooking2 min
7:55 into the third periodBrett Clark · tripping2 min
19:06 into the third periodWojtek Wolski · roughing2 min
19:06 into the third periodNicklas Backstrom · interference2 min

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

94Ryan SmythL	1	2	3	+2	2	0	1	0	50	0	2	23	17:03
23Milan HejdukR	0	2	2	+3	4	1	0	0	–	0	0	26	20:09
52Adam FooteD	1	1	2	+4	3	1	3	0	–	0	0	30	22:09
8Wojtek WolskiL	1	0	1	+3	3	0	0	2	22	2	2	23	20:11
39Tyler ArnasonC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	31	1	1	20	12:14
40Marek SvatosR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	0	0	18	11:48
11Cody McCormickC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	21	14:53
14Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67	0	4	27	15:25
16Darcy TuckerR	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	1	0	18	12:27
18Brian WillsieR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	25	0	0	17	11:26
28Ben GuiteR	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	58	0	0	26	17:02
42Chris StewartR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	0	1	19	13:51
55Cody McLeodL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	16	11:10
5Brett ClarkD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	4	2	–	3	0	29	23:45
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	27	22:37
24Ruslan SaleiD	0	0	0	+3	1	2	4	2	–	1	0	32	25:19
29Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	1	1	15	10:08
44Jordan LeopoldD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	20	13:29

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1Andrew RaycroftG	W	29	28	1	.966	60:00
31Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

14Tomas FleischmannL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	18	14:48
16Eric FehrC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	1	3	15	13:51
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	64	0	0	22	21:42
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	−1	5	5	0	0	–	2	1	19	23:31
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	−3	0	1	1	0	–	0	1	9	07:55
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	1	0	16	13:31
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	−2	0	2	2	0	67	0	0	15	14:29
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	1	0	20	22:30
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	90	0	0	15	13:14
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	1	1	8	06:28
91Sergei FedorovC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	54	0	1	16	16:17
92Michael NylanderC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	2	33	0	0	10	08:14
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	2	–	2	0	28	20:41
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	–	0	0	23	13:50
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	3	0	–	3	0	26	21:28
44Staffan KronwallD	0	0	0	−1	1	6	1	0	–	0	0	18	13:50
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	−2	5	1	0	0	–	2	2	27	28:11
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	2	–	2	1	22	16:36

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	L	25	21	4	.840	60:00