St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals

Thursday, December 18, 2008, 7:00 PM ET Verizon Center, Washington Regular Season Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 4–2 on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at home.

Final score, St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
St. Louis Blues	2	41-31-10
at Washington Capitals	4	50-24-8

Goals by period, St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
St. Louis Blues	0	1	1	2
Washington Capitals	1	2	1	4

Shots on goal by period, St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
St. Louis Blues	11	9	11	31
Washington Capitals	11	14	4	29

Scoring summary

Every goal, St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	16:14	Washington Capitals	Viktor Kozlov (6)	Nicklas Backstrom (24)	Even strength	STL 0, WSH 1
2nd	09:09	St. Louis Blues	David Backes (9)	Jay McClement (8), Barret Jackman (6)	Even strength	STL 1, WSH 1
2nd	17:06	Washington Capitals	Viktor Kozlov (7)	Boyd Gordon (6), Tom Poti (7)	Even strength	STL 1, WSH 2
2nd	17:46	Washington Capitals	Tomas Fleischmann (11)	Eric Fehr (5), David Steckel (5)	Even strength	STL 1, WSH 3
3rd	00:13	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin (20)	Viktor Kozlov (14), Alexander Semin (18)	Power play	STL 1, WSH 4
3rd	11:34	St. Louis Blues	Brad Winchester (3)	Alexander Steen (7), Carlo Colaiacovo (6)	Power play	STL 2, WSH 4

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

St. Louis Blues skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 K. Tkachuk	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0	0	52.9%	22:00
Number 13 D. Hinote	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0	75%	09:44
Number 15 B. Winchester	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	1	0	1		14:40
Number 18 J. McClement	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0	55.6%	16:45
Number 20 A. Steen	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	1	0	50%	18:57
Number 21 P. Berglund	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25%	17:49
Number 22 B. Boyes	R	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0	0	66.7%	20:50
Number 25 Y. Stastny	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100%	08:36
Number 26 B. Crombeen	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0		16:58
Number 42 D. Backes	R	1	0	1	-1	2	5	2	1	0		19:23
Number 57 D. Perron	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0		15:53
Number 5 B. Jackman	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	2	0		20:10
Number 28 C. Colaiacovo	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	5	0		23:36
Number 29 J. Woywitka	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		17:30
Number 43 M. Weaver	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		07:10
Number 46 R. Polak	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	3	0		17:19
Number 53 J. Junland	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0		12:28
Number 62 T. Strachan	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0		15:05

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 B. Bishop	29	25	4	.862	56:54	Loss

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	0	7	5	1	1		22:18
Number 10 M. Bradley	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		11:29
Number 14 T. Fleischmann	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		11:39
Number 15 B. Gordon	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	2	0	57.1%	13:13
Number 16 E. Fehr	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0		09:27
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	42.1%	19:05
Number 21 B. Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0		17:41
Number 25 V. Kozlov	C	2	1	3	+1	0	4	0	0	0		18:12
Number 28 A. Semin	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		16:17
Number 39 D. Steckel	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	0	30.8%	14:22
Number 87 D. Brashear	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	0		09:04
Number 92 M. Nylander	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	60%	14:03
Number 3 T. Poti	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0		23:25
Number 23 M. Jurcina	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	6	0		17:39
Number 26 S. Morrisonn	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		20:57
Number 27 K. Alzner	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	3	0		19:44
Number 52 M. Green	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0		19:00
Number 62 S. Collins	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1	0		13:17

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 40 S. Varlamov	31	29	2	.936	59:59	Win

Penalties, St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	05:45	Washington Capitals	Nicklas Backstrom	Hooking	2
2nd	04:46	St. Louis Blues	David Backes	Hooking	2
2nd	06:44	Washington Capitals	Eric Fehr	Interference	2
2nd	09:31	St. Louis Blues	Roman Polak	Tripping	2
2nd	13:20	St. Louis Blues	Tyson Strachan	Interference	2
2nd	20:00	St. Louis Blues	David Perron	Hooking	2
3rd	05:29	Washington Capitals	Michael Nylander	Holding the stick	2
3rd	10:25	Washington Capitals	Bench	Abuse of officials (bench minor)	2
3rd	16:41	St. Louis Blues	Jonas Junland	Tripping	2
3rd	16:54	Washington Capitals	Semyon Varlamov	Delaying game illegal play by goalie	2

St. Louis Blues head coach: Andy Murray
Washington Capitals head coach: Bruce Boudreau
Referees: Mike Leggo, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Steve Barton
St. Louis Blues scratches: Manny Legace, Paul Kariya, Jay McKee, Eric Brewer, Andy McDonald, Cam Paddock, Cam Janssen, DJ King, Chris Holt, Chris Porter, Marek Schwarz, Steve Regier, T.J. Oshie, Steve Wagner, Alex Pietrangelo
Washington Capitals scratches: Sergei Fedorov, Bryan Helmer, Jose Theodore, Chris Clark, Quintin Laing, John Erskine, Alexandre Giroux, Brian Pothier, Tyler Sloan, Keith Aucoin, Graham Mink, Jeff Schultz, Chris Bourque, Sami Lepisto, Andrew Gordon, Oskar Osala, Jay Beagle, Brett Leonhardt

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