The Washington Capitals squeaked out a win over the Montreal Canadiens, 5 to 4, in overtime on January 31, 2008.

Final

Canadiens

27-15-9

4

Capitals

24-23-5

5

Team

MTL

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

WSH

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Milan Jurcina

2nd period

MTL

WSH

Viktor Kozlov (EV) assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Tom Poti

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Viktor Kozlov and Nicklas Backstrom

Sergei Kostitsyn (EV) assisted by Guillaume Latendresse and Maxim Lapierre

Andrei Kostitsyn (PP) assisted by Andrei Markov and Tomas Plekanec

3rd period

MTL

WSH

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Viktor Kozlov and Mike Green

Guillaume Latendresse (EV) assisted by Sergei Kostitsyn and Mike Komisarek

Guillaume Latendresse (EV) assisted by Tomas Plekanec and Mark Streit

MTL

WSH

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Jeff Schultz and Mike Green

Canadiens

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Cristobal Huet (O) C. Huet	0	0	1	38	33	.868	5	4.75	0	63

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Steve Begin S. Begin	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	0	13:00
Francis Bouillon F. Bouillon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		5	1	0	0	18:20
Josh Gorges J. Gorges	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	2	1	0	17:34
Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	1	2	0	22:39
Chris Higgins C. Higgins	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	16:05
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	8	17	47.1	0	0	0	1	17:20
Mike Komisarek M. Komisarek	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	1	22:17
Andrei Kostitsyn A. Kostitsyn	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	100.0	0	0		2	0	1	0	16:41
Sergei Kostitsyn S. Kostitsyn	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	14:57
Tom Kostopoulos T. Kostopoulos	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	0	10:12
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	20:44
Maxim Lapierre M. Lapierre	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0	7	14	50.0	1	1	0	0	14:35
Guillaume Latendresse G. Latendresse	2	1	3	+2	0	0	0	4	50.0	0	0		1	0	1	1	15:00
Andrei Markov A. Markov	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	24:39
Tomas Plekanec T. Plekanec	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0.0	9	21	42.9	1	1	0	0	20:27
Michael Ryder M. Ryder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	1	1	1	10:41
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		4	8	50.0	0	1	0	0	12:11
Mark Streit M. Streit	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	1	1	2	21:16

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (W) O. Kolzig	1	0	0	21	17	.810	4	3.78	0	64

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	0	1	1	+4	0	0	0	4	0.0	8	19	42.1	0	1	6	1	21:34
Matt Bradley M. Bradley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		5	0	1	0	12:48
Donald Brashear D. Brashear	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0		2	1	0	1	10:51
Steve Eminger S. Eminger	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	2	8:19
John Erskine J. Erskine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0	0	12:03
Tomas Fleischmann T. Fleischmann	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	0	0	14:23
Boyd Gordon B. Gordon	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0	10	14	71.4	0	0	0	0	16:15
Mike Green M. Green	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	6	0.0	0	0		1	0	3	2	27:02
Milan Jurcina M. Jurcina	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		4	3	2	2	26:25
Viktor Kozlov V. Kozlov	1	2	3	+3	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0		1	1	1	2	18:34
Brooks Laich B. Laich	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0	5	13	38.5	1	0	1	0	15:02
Quintin Laing Q. Laing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	12:04
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	4	1	5	+4	0	1	1	6	66.7	0	0		5	0	1	0	24:52
Matt Pettinger M. Pettinger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	0	0	10:58
Tom Poti T. Poti	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	2	2	4	27:54
Jeff Schultz J. Schultz	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	4	0	2	20:36
Alexander Semin A. Semin	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	1	1	0	14:19
David Steckel D. Steckel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	9	14	64.3	4	3	0	0	14:27