Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals

Friday, February 20, 2009, 7:00 PM ET Verizon Center, Washington Regular Season Final

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Friday, February 20, 2009 on the road.

Final score, Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Colorado Avalanche	4	32-45-5
at Washington Capitals	1	50-24-8

Goals by period, Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Colorado Avalanche	1	1	2	4
Washington Capitals	1	0	0	1

Shots on goal by period, Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Colorado Avalanche	12	8	5	25
Washington Capitals	8	8	13	29

Scoring summary

Every goal, Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	10:27	Colorado Avalanche	Ryan Smyth (20)	Adam Foote (5)	Even strength	COL 1, WSH 0
1st	19:45	Washington Capitals	Nicklas Backstrom (15)	Tomas Fleischmann (15), Eric Fehr (10)	Even strength	COL 1, WSH 1
2nd	07:46	Colorado Avalanche	Adam Foote (1)	Milan Hejduk (24), Ryan Smyth (28)	Even strength	COL 2, WSH 1
3rd	03:33	Colorado Avalanche	Tyler Arnason (5)	Marek Svatos (15)	Even strength	COL 3, WSH 1
3rd	12:36	Colorado Avalanche	Wojtek Wolski (13)	Ryan Smyth (29), Milan Hejduk (25)	Even strength	COL 4, WSH 1

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

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 W. Wolski	L	1	0	1	+3	2	3	0	0	22.2%	20:11
Number 11 C. McCormick	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:53
Number 14 I. Laperriere	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	66.7%	15:25
Number 16 D. Tucker	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		12:27
Number 18 B. Willsie	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	25%	11:26
Number 23 M. Hejduk	R	0	2	2	+3	0	4	1	0		20:09
Number 28 B. Guite	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	57.9%	17:02
Number 39 T. Arnason	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	30.8%	12:14
Number 40 M. Svatos	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1		11:48
Number 42 C. Stewart	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		13:51
Number 55 C. McLeod	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		11:10
Number 94 R. Smyth	L	1	2	3	+2	0	2	0	1	50%	17:03
Number 5 B. Clark	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	4		23:45
Number 22 S. Hannan	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		22:37
Number 24 R. Salei	D	0	0	0	+3	2	1	2	4		25:19
Number 29 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		10:08
Number 44 J. Leopold	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:29
Number 52 A. Foote	D	1	1	2	+4	0	3	1	3		22:09

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 A. Raycroft	29	28	1	.966	60:00	Win

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	5	0		23:31
Number 10 M. Bradley	R	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	1		07:55
Number 14 T. Fleischmann	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		14:48
Number 15 B. Gordon	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75%	13:31
Number 16 E. Fehr	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1		13:51
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	64.3%	21:42
Number 21 B. Laich	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2	66.7%	14:29
Number 28 A. Semin	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		22:30
Number 39 D. Steckel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	90%	13:14
Number 87 D. Brashear	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		06:28
Number 91 S. Fedorov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	53.8%	16:17
Number 92 M. Nylander	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	33.3%	08:14
Number 3 T. Poti	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2		20:41
Number 23 M. Jurcina	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1		13:50
Number 26 S. Morrisonn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	3		21:28
Number 44 S. Kronwall	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	6	1		13:50
Number 52 M. Green	D	0	0	0	-2	0	5	1	0		28:11
Number 55 J. Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2		16:36

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 60 J. Theodore	25	21	4	.840	60:00	Loss

Penalties, Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	15:07	Washington Capitals	Tom Poti	Interference	2
1st	16:12	Washington Capitals	Milan Jurcina	Tripping	2
1st	16:55	Colorado Avalanche	Ruslan Salei	Hooking	2
2nd	16:32	Washington Capitals	Michael Nylander	High sticking	2
3rd	06:19	Washington Capitals	Jeff Schultz	Hooking	2
3rd	07:55	Colorado Avalanche	Brett Clark	Tripping	2
3rd	19:06	Colorado Avalanche	Wojtek Wolski	Roughing	2
3rd	19:06	Washington Capitals	Nicklas Backstrom	Interference	2

Colorado Avalanche head coach: Tony Granato
Washington Capitals head coach: Bruce Boudreau
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Michel Cormier
Colorado Avalanche scratches: Joe Sakic, Matt Hendricks, John-Michael Liles, Philippe Dupuis, David Jones, Aaron MacKenzie, Wes O'Neill, Derek Peltier, Mike Vernace, Paul Stastny, T.J. Hensick, Ray Macias, Kyle Cumiskey, Chris Durno, Per Ledin, TJ Galiardi
Washington Capitals scratches: Bryan Helmer, Viktor Kozlov, Chris Clark, Brent Johnson, Quintin Laing, John Erskine, Alexandre Giroux, Brian Pothier, Tyler Sloan, Keith Aucoin, Graham Mink, Chris Bourque, Sami Lepisto, Andrew Gordon, Daren Machesney, Oskar Osala, Semyon Varlamov, Sean Collins, Karl Alzner, Jay Beagle, Brett Leonhardt

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