The Montreal Canadiens couldn't pull it off against the Washington Capitals, 5 to 4, in overtime on January 5, 2008.

Final

Capitals

17-20-5

5

Canadiens

20-13-8

4

Team

WSH

MTL

1

0

1

2

3

1

3

1

2

OT

1

0

Total

5

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

MTL

Tomas Plekanec (PP) assisted by Alex Kovalev and Andrei Markov

0

1

2nd period

WSH

MTL

Andrei Kostitsyn (EV) assisted by Tomas Plekanec and Francis Bouillon

0

2

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by Michael Nylander

1

2

Nicklas Backstrom (EV) assisted by Jeff Schultz and Mike Green

2

Boyd Gordon (EV) assisted by Mike Green

3

2

3rd period

WSH

MTL

Roman Hamrlik (EV) assisted by Guillaume Latendresse and Mark Streit

3

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by John Erskine

4

3

Alex Kovalev (EV) assisted by Tomas Plekanec and Andrei Markov

4

OT

WSH

MTL

Mike Green (EV) assisted by Michael Nylander and Tomas Fleischmann

5

4

Capitals

Canadiens

Goals

5

4

Shots

29

27

Penalty Minutes

10

Power-Play Goals

1

Power-Play Opportunities

4

Faceoff Wins

32

24

Hits

33

34

Giveaways

5

13

Takeaways

5

8

Capitals

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Olie Kolzig (W)	1	27	4	23	.852	61:27

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Nicklas Backstrom	1	0	+1	0	4	22:33	1	0	0	1
Matt Bradley	0	0	0	0	0	12:20	9	0	0	0
Donald Brashear	0	0	0	2	1	9:33	0	0	0	0
Steve Eminger	0	0	-1	0	0	6:32	1	0	1	0
John Erskine	0	1	+1	2	0	13:16	4	0	1	0
Tomas Fleischmann	0	1	+1	0	3	11:38	0	0	0	0
Boyd Gordon	1	0	+1	0	1	13:27	0	2	0	0
Mike Green	1	2	+1	0	3	27:46	3	1	0	0
Milan Jurcina	0	0	-1	0	3	23:23	1	7	0	0
Viktor Kozlov	0	0	-2	0	1	11:37	1	0	0	1
Brooks Laich	0	0	+1	0	0	15:42	2	2	0	1
Quintin Laing	0	0	+1	0	3	11:57	0	0	1	1
Shaone Morrisonn	0	0	+1	4	1	22:34	2	1	2	1
Michael Nylander	0	2	-1	0	0	13:13	0	0	0	0
Alex Ovechkin	2	0	0	2	5	23:53	7	0	0	0
Matt Pettinger	0	0	0	0	3	18:35	0	0	0	0
Jeff Schultz	0	1	+1	0	0	25:33	1	1	0	0
David Steckel	0	0	0	0	1	13:56	1	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Carey Price (O)	1	29	5	24	.828	60:47

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Francis Bouillon	0	1	0	2	2	19:43	6	4	1	0
Kyle Chipchura	0	0	0	0	0	6:51	1	0	0	0
Mathieu Dandenault	0	0	-1	0	2	6:36	1	1	0	0
Josh Gorges	0	0	-1	0	1	15:30	0	0	0	0
Roman Hamrlik	1	0	-1	0	2	24:31	3	4	3	1
Chris Higgins	0	0	0	0	1	20:36	2	2	0	0
Saku Koivu	0	0	0	2	3	18:53	0	0	1	1
Mike Komisarek	0	0	0	0	0	20:50	4	7	1	1
Andrei Kostitsyn	1	0	-1	0	1	17:33	2	0	1	0
Sergei Kostitsyn	0	0	-1	0	0	14:35	0	0	1	2
Tom Kostopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	7:21	1	0	1	0
Alex Kovalev	1	1	+1	2	5	20:36	6	0	0	0
Maxim Lapierre	0	0	-1	2	1	16:35	3	2	0	2
Guillaume Latendresse	0	1	+1	0	1	12:57	1	0	0	1
Andrei Markov	0	2	0	2	3	23:08	1	3	1	0
Tomas Plekanec	1	2	+1	0	1	19:26	2	1	0	0
Michael Ryder	0	0	-1	0	1	13:32	1	0	0	0
Mark Streit	0	1	0	0	3	18:46	0	0	0	0