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Edmonton Oilers at Washington Capitals

Verizon Center, Washington Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–4 in a shootout on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at home.

Team Goals 2007-2008 record
Edmonton Oilers 4 41-35-6
at Washington Capitals 5 43-31-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Edmonton Oilers 2 1 1 0 0 4
Washington Capitals 0 4 0 0 0 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Edmonton Oilers 11 6 11 5 0 33
Washington Capitals 8 17 4 3 0 32

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 08:33 Edmonton Oilers Shawn Horcoff (20) Sheldon Souray (7), Ales Hemsky (26) Even strength EDM 1, WSH 0
1st 13:53 Edmonton Oilers Robert Nilsson (5) Unassisted Power play EDM 2, WSH 0
2nd 01:01 Washington Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (9) Jeff Schultz (5) Even strength EDM 2, WSH 1
2nd 01:39 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (35) Boyd Gordon (7), Jeff Schultz (6) Even strength EDM 2, WSH 2
2nd 06:49 Edmonton Oilers Dustin Penner (14) Shawn Horcoff (26), Ales Hemsky (27) Power play EDM 3, WSH 2
2nd 11:58 Washington Capitals Mike Green (14) Alex Ovechkin (22) Power play EDM 3, WSH 3
2nd 19:08 Washington Capitals Alexander Semin (10) Tomas Fleischmann (11), Boyd Gordon (8) Even strength EDM 3, WSH 4
3rd 07:40 Edmonton Oilers Shawn Horcoff (21) Ales Hemsky (28), Ladislav Smid (3) Even strength EDM 4, WSH 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Washington Capitals Boyd Gordon Saved
1 Edmonton Oilers Sam Gagner Saved
2 Washington Capitals Alexander Semin Saved
2 Edmonton Oilers Ales Hemsky Saved
3 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin Saved
3 Edmonton Oilers Shawn Horcoff Saved
4 Washington Capitals Viktor Kozlov Saved
4 Edmonton Oilers Robert Nilsson Saved
5 Washington Capitals Nicklas Backstrom Saved
5 Edmonton Oilers Fernando Pisani Saved
6 Washington Capitals Brooks Laich Saved
6 Edmonton Oilers Tom Gilbert Saved
7 Washington Capitals Mike Green Saved
7 Edmonton Oilers Jarret Stoll Saved
8 Washington Capitals Tomas Fleischmann Saved
8 Edmonton Oilers Dustin Penner Saved
9 Washington Capitals Donald Brashear Saved
9 Edmonton Oilers Marty Reasoner Saved
10 Washington Capitals Matt Pettinger Saved
10 Edmonton Oilers Andrew Cogliano Saved
11 Washington Capitals John Erskine Saved
11 Edmonton Oilers Ethan Moreau Saved
12 Washington Capitals Matt Bradley Goal
12 Edmonton Oilers Sheldon Souray Saved

Team stats

Stat Edmonton Oilers Washington Capitals
Shots on goal 33 32
Power play 2 of 5 1 of 6
Penalty minutes 14 14
Hits 22 27
Blocked shots 16 14
Giveaways 16 17
Takeaways 11 14
Faceoffs won 31/72 (43.1%) 41/72 (56.9%)

Box score

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters
Player
10 S. Horcoff C 2 1 3 +2 2 5 1 0 0 42.1% 23:37
12 R. Nilsson C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:52
13 A. Cogliano C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 42.9% 11:17
16 J. Stoll C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 4 1 0 40% 17:50
18 E. Moreau L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 0 0 16:55
19 M. Reasoner C 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 0 0 53.8% 14:57
27 D. Penner L 1 0 1 +2 0 3 2 0 1 19:35
34 F. Pisani R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 0 0 19:16
46 Z. Stortini R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 06:16
51 K. Brodziak C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 60% 13:09
83 A. Hemsky R 0 3 3 +2 0 3 2 1 0 20:37
89 S. Gagner C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 100% 07:48
5 L. Smid D 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 6 0 22:48
24 S. Staios D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 3 0 28:01
25 J. Pitkanen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:22
37 D. Grebeshkov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:15
44 S. Souray D 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 2 0 30:49
77 T. Gilbert D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 0 25:16
Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie
35 D. Roloson 32 28 4 .875 65:00 OT loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 1 1 2 +2 0 5 4 1 0 24:28
10 M. Bradley R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 12:07
15 B. Gordon C 0 2 2 +1 0 0 0 1 0 42.9% 15:14
18 M. Pettinger L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 10:34
19 N. Backstrom C 1 0 1 +1 2 4 0 1 0 54.5% 25:11
21 B. Laich C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 0 0 85.7% 12:50
25 V. Kozlov C 0 0 0 +1 2 2 2 0 0 75% 19:38
28 A. Semin R 1 0 1 +1 4 6 0 0 0 17:21
39 D. Steckel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 66.7% 14:28
43 T. Fleischmann L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 2 0 16:11
53 Q. Laing L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 12:20
87 D. Brashear L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 07:49
3 T. Poti D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 1 0 23:26
4 J. Erskine D 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 17:51
26 S. Morrisonn D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 0 22:55
44 S. Eminger D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 09:41
52 M. Green D 1 0 1 -1 2 3 4 5 1 31:13
55 J. Schultz D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 17:01
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
37 O. Kolzig 33 29 4 .879 64:45 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:24 Edmonton Oilers Marty Reasoner Hooking 2
1st 03:31 Edmonton Oilers Steve Staios Roughing 2
1st 03:31 Washington Capitals Alexander Semin Roughing 2
1st 05:50 Edmonton Oilers Fernando Pisani Slashing 2
1st 06:31 Washington Capitals Viktor Kozlov Slashing 2
1st 08:41 Washington Capitals Brooks Laich Boarding 2
1st 13:35 Washington Capitals Mike Green Interference 2
1st 17:55 Edmonton Oilers Sheldon Souray Hooking 2
2nd 05:10 Washington Capitals Nicklas Backstrom Hooking 2
2nd 10:38 Edmonton Oilers Shawn Horcoff Tripping 2
2nd 10:43 Washington Capitals Alexander Semin Slashing 2
2nd 11:36 Edmonton Oilers Jarret Stoll Slashing 2
2nd 15:34 Washington Capitals John Erskine Tripping 2
3rd 09:34 Edmonton Oilers Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

Edmonton Oilers head coach
Craig MacTavish
Washington Capitals head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Referees
Paul Devorski, Brad Watson
Linesmen
Derek Nansen, Tony Sericolo
Edmonton Oilers scratches
Geoff Sanderson, Dick Tarnstrom, Allan Rourke, Raffi Torres, Jeff Deslauriers, Matt Greene, Patrick Thoresen, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Jean-Francois Jacques, Mathieu Roy, Rob Schremp, Liam Reddox, Bryan Young, Aaron Sorochan, Theo Peckham
Washington Capitals scratches
Michael Nylander, Chris Clark, Frederic Cassivi, Brian Pothier, Milan Jurcina, Joe Motzko, Eric Fehr, Chris Bourque, Sami Lepisto

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