Washington Capitals at New York Islanders
Tue, Dec 16, 2008 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · 2008–09 Regular Season
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 5–4 in overtime on Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Nicklas Backstrom led the way with 2 points. Brent Johnson made 35 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 40–39.
Linescore
| Team | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|
| WSH | 5 | 40 |
| NYI | 4 | 39 |
Washington Capitals
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Nicklas Backstrom | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 24:16 | 20 |
| 8 | Alex Ovechkin | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24:13 | 21 | |
| 52 | Mike Green | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 28:15 | 28 | |
| 28 | Alexander Semin | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 23:18 | 19 |
| 27 | Karl Alzner | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19:56 | 26 | |
| 23 | Milan Jurcina | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17:34 | 24 | |
| 21 | Brooks Laich | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27.3 | 16:42 | 21 |
| 25 | Viktor Kozlov | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:41 | 15 | |
| 15 | Boyd Gordon | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 62.5 | 13:37 | 17 |
| 39 | David Steckel | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66.7 | 12:26 | 16 |
| 87 | Donald Brashear | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9:14 | 11 | |
| 3 | Tom Poti | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23:21 | 30 | |
| 26 | Shaone Morrisonn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:41 | 26 | |
| 14 | Tomas Fleischmann | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:39 | 19 | |
| 92 | Michael Nylander | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 75.0 | 13:17 | 15 |
| 62 | Sean Collins | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:07 | 17 | |
| 10 | Matt Bradley | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10:08 | 15 | |
| 33 | Alexandre Giroux | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8:48 | 12 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brent Johnson | W | 39 | 35 | 4 | .897 | 64:49 |
| 40 | Semyon Varlamov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York Islanders
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Mark Streit | D | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 27:40 | 27 | |
| 10 | Richard Park | R | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 | 23:28 | 29 |
| 13 | Bill Guerin | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21:53 | 25 | |
| 25 | Andy Sutton | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22:08 | 26 | |
| 93 | Doug Weight | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 22:07 | 25 |
| 7 | Trent Hunter | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21:15 | 29 | |
| 16 | Jon Sim | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11:08 | 17 | |
| 44 | Freddy Meyer | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 25:10 | 29 | |
| 32 | Brendan Witt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22:40 | 27 | |
| 11 | Andy Hilbert | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 100.0 | 20:50 | 28 |
| 20 | Sean Bergenheim | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:23 | 24 | |
| 14 | Chris Campoli | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:18 | 19 | |
| 12 | Josh Bailey | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16.7 | 14:44 | 17 |
| 57 | Blake Comeau | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:48 | 16 | |
| 29 | Ben Walter | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36.4 | 11:21 | 15 |
| 17 | Thomas Pock | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10:39 | 14 | |
| 28 | Tim Jackman | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:36 | 15 | |
| 49 | Mitchell Fritz | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1:08 | 2 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Joey MacDonald | OTL | 40 | 35 | 5 | .875 | 64:49 |
| 34 | Yann Danis | 0 | 0 | 0 |