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National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4, Minnesota 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Marc Joannette, Francois St.Laurent
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 17391
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 0101
Washington 2204
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:41 - Capitals Brooks Laich (EV) Assists: Tomas Fleischmann , Milan Jurcina
10:11 - Capitals Shaone Morrisonn (EV) Assists: Brooks Laich , Jeff Schultz
Penalties
14:54 - Capitals Steve Eminger (2) Elbowing
2nd Period
Scoring
13:10 - Wild Branko Radivojevic (EV) Assists: Eric Belanger , Stephane Veilleux
15:59 - Capitals Eric Fehr (EV) Assists: Tom Poti , Brooks Laich
18:27 - Capitals Brooks Laich (EV) Assists: Tomas Fleischmann , Mike Green
Penalties
9:18 - Capitals David Steckel (5) Fighting
 9:18 - Wild Aaron Voros (5) Fighting
 18:19 - Capitals Matt Bradley (5) Fighting
 18:19 - Wild Aaron Voros (5) Fighting
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
3:37 - Wild Stephane Veilleux (2) Hooking
 7:00 - Capitals Tom Poti (2) High sticking
 13:19 - Wild Sean Hill (2) Delay of game
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Josh Harding G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:00 4:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kim Johnsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 18:09 16:15 0:09 1:45 0 0 - - - - -
Sean Hill D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 21 13:14 13:12 0:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brent Burns D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 30 21:30 17:52 1:32 2:06 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 22 14:35 11:44 1:34 1:17 0 0 - - 10 6 62
Marian Gaborik RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 19:10 15:06 2:39 1:25 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Brian Rolston RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 27 20:35 16:32 2:46 1:17 0 0 - - 1 0 100
James Sheppard C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15 10:36 10:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 2 7 22
Todd Fedoruk LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15 11:50 9:26 2:24 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Stephane Veilleux LW 0 1 1 E 2 2 23 15:15 14:25 0:02 0:48 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 0 1 1 E 0 3 24 17:16 15:56 0:02 1:18 0 0 - - 10 5 67
Kurtis Foster D 0 0 0 E 0 3 26 20:17 19:10 0:58 0:09 0 0 - - - - -
Petteri Nummelin D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 17 15:23 12:59 2:24 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Aaron Voros LW 0 0 0 E 10 0 11 6:12 4:53 1:19 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Pavol Demitra LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 23 18:23 14:34 2:31 1:18 0 0 - - 5 8 38
Martin Skoula D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 26 22:33 20:37 0:02 1:54 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 26 19:02 16:56 0:00 2:06 0 0 - - - - -
Branko Radivojevic RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 21 13:31 12:52 0:02 0:37 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 18:29 16:55 1:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Brent Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Olaf Kolzig G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:00 4:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Poti D 0 1 1 +2 2 1 26 20:37 17:13 2:29 0:55 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Ovechkin LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 24 23:35 20:46 2:47 0:02 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Matt Bradley RW 0 0 0 E 5 1 15 10:04 10:04 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Fehr RW 1 0 1 +4 0 3 17 11:58 10:45 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Boyd Gordon RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 22 15:55 13:15 0:00 2:40 0 0 - - 7 11 39
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 20:17 17:28 2:47 0:02 0 0 - - 5 8 38
Brooks Laich C 2 2 4 +4 0 3 23 16:04 12:32 1:55 1:37 0 0 - - 7 7 50
Milan Jurcina D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 24 18:20 16:37 0:00 1:43 0 0 - - - - -
Shaone Morrisonn D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 31 21:14 18:38 0:00 2:36 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Semin LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 21:49 19:02 2:47 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
David Steckel LW 0 0 0 E 5 1 18 12:03 9:42 0:00 2:21 0 0 - - 8 1 89
Tomas Fleischmann C 0 2 2 +4 0 1 18 12:25 11:12 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Eminger D 0 0 0 E 2 0 22 15:49 15:00 0:49 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Green C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 30 25:31 21:32 3:11 0:48 0 0 - - - - -
Quintin Laing LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 10:42 9:24 0:00 1:18 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Schultz D 0 1 1 E 0 1 23 18:03 15:16 0:49 1:58 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Bourque LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 14 9:48 9:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Donald Brashear LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 11:46 11:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom L (33-13-8) 26 22 4 .846 0 60:00
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Olaf Kolzig W (25-21-6) 35 34 1 .971 0 60:00