The Montreal Canadiens were defeated by the Washington Capitals, 5 to 4, in overtime on January 5, 2008.

Final

Capitals

17-20-5

5

Canadiens

20-13-8

4

Team

WSH

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

MTL

Tomas Plekanec (PP) assisted by Alex Kovalev and Andrei Markov

2nd period

WSH

MTL

Andrei Kostitsyn (EV) assisted by Tomas Plekanec and Francis Bouillon

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by Michael Nylander

Nicklas Backstrom (EV) assisted by Jeff Schultz and Mike Green

Boyd Gordon (EV) assisted by Mike Green

3rd period

WSH

MTL

Roman Hamrlik (EV) assisted by Guillaume Latendresse and Mark Streit

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by John Erskine

Alex Kovalev (EV) assisted by Tomas Plekanec and Andrei Markov

WSH

MTL

Mike Green (EV) assisted by Michael Nylander and Tomas Fleischmann

Capitals

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (W) O. Kolzig	1	0	0	27	23	.852	4	3.91	0	61

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	6	11	54.5	1	0	1	0	22:33
Matt Bradley M. Bradley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		9	0	0	0	12:20
Donald Brashear D. Brashear	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	9:33
Steve Eminger S. Eminger	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	1	6:32
John Erskine J. Erskine	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		4	0	0	1	13:16
Tomas Fleischmann T. Fleischmann	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	1	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	11:38
Boyd Gordon B. Gordon	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	4	10	40.0	0	2	0	0	13:27
Mike Green M. Green	1	2	3	+1	0	0	0	1	1	3	33.3	0	0		3	1	0	0	27:46
Milan Jurcina M. Jurcina	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	7	0	0	23:23
Viktor Kozlov V. Kozlov	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	1	0	1	0	11:37
Brooks Laich B. Laich	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	11	72.7	2	2	1	0	15:42
Quintin Laing Q. Laing	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	1	1	100.0	0	0	1	1	11:57
Shaone Morrisonn S. Morrisonn	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	1	1	2	22:34
Michael Nylander M. Nylander	0	2	2	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0		7	13	53.8	0	0	0	0	13:13
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	40.0	0	0		7	0	0	0	23:53
Matt Pettinger M. Pettinger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	18:35
Jeff Schultz J. Schultz	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	0	0	25:33
David Steckel D. Steckel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	4	8	50.0	1	0	0	0	13:56

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Carey Price (O) C. Price	0	0	1	29	24	.828	5	4.94	0	61

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Francis Bouillon F. Bouillon	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		6	4	0	1	19:43
Kyle Chipchura K. Chipchura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	10	40.0	1	0	0	0	6:51
Mathieu Dandenault M. Dandenault	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	6:36
Josh Gorges J. Gorges	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	15:30
Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		3	4	1	3	24:31
Chris Higgins C. Higgins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	2	0	0	20:36
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0.0	6	15	40.0	0	0	1	1	18:53
Mike Komisarek M. Komisarek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		4	7	1	1	20:50
Andrei Kostitsyn A. Kostitsyn	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	2	0	0	1	17:33
Sergei Kostitsyn S. Kostitsyn	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	2	1	14:35
Tom Kostopoulos T. Kostopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	1	7:21
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	5	20.0	1	1	100.0	6	0	0	0	20:36
Maxim Lapierre M. Lapierre	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0	6	15	40.0	3	2	2	0	16:35
Guillaume Latendresse G. Latendresse	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	12:57
Andrei Markov A. Markov	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	3	0.0	0	0		1	3	0	1	23:08
Tomas Plekanec T. Plekanec	1	2	3	+1	0	1	0	1	100.0	6	14	42.9	2	1	0	0	19:26
Michael Ryder M. Ryder	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	13:32
Mark Streit M. Streit	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	18:46