The Washington Capitals emerged victorious over the St. Louis Blues, 4 to 2, on December 18, 2008.

Final

Blues

12-16-3

2

Capitals

20-10-3

4

Team

STL

WSH

1

0

1

2

1

2

3

1

Total

2

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

STL

WSH

Viktor Kozlov (EV) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom

0

1

2nd period

STL

WSH

David Backes (EV) assisted by Jay McClement and Barret Jackman

1

Viktor Kozlov (EV) assisted by Boyd Gordon and Tom Poti

1

2

Tomas Fleischmann (EV) assisted by Eric Fehr and David Steckel

1

3

3rd period

STL

WSH

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by Viktor Kozlov and Alexander Semin

1

4

Brad Winchester (PP) assisted by Alexander Steen and Carlo Colaiacovo

2

4

Blues

Capitals

Goals

2

4

Shots

31

29

Penalty Minutes

10

Power-Play Goals

1

Power-Play Opportunities

5

Faceoff Wins

32

26

Hits

12

20

Giveaways

5

13

Takeaways

6

Blues

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Ben Bishop (L)	1	29	4	25	.862	56:54

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
David Backes	1	0	-1	2	5	19:23	2	1	0	0
Patrik Berglund	0	0	0	0	0	17:49	0	1	0	1
Brad Boyes	0	0	-3	0	2	20:50	0	0	0	1
Carlo Colaiacovo	0	1	-1	0	1	23:36	1	5	1	1
B.J. Crombeen	0	0	0	0	3	16:58	1	0	0	1
Dan Hinote	0	0	-2	0	2	9:44	0	0	0	0
Barret Jackman	0	1	-1	0	2	20:10	1	2	1	0
Jonas Junland	0	0	0	2	0	12:28	0	1	0	0
Jay McClement	0	1	+1	0	2	16:45	1	0	0	0
David Perron	0	0	0	2	3	15:53	0	1	0	1
Roman Polak	0	0	-1	2	0	17:19	2	3	1	0
Yan Stastny	0	0	0	0	1	8:36	0	0	0	1
Alexander Steen	0	1	+1	0	4	18:57	0	1	0	0
Tyson Strachan	0	0	-1	2	0	15:05	1	0	0	0
Keith Tkachuk	0	0	-1	0	4	22:00	1	0	2	0
Mike Weaver	0	0	0	0	0	7:10	0	0	0	0
Brad Winchester	1	0	-1	0	1	14:40	1	0	0	0
Jeff Woywitka	0	0	0	0	1	17:30	1	1	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Semyon Varlamov (W)	1	31	2	29	.935	59:59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Karl Alzner	0	0	+2	0	0	19:44	1	3	2	0
Nicklas Backstrom	0	1	0	2	0	19:05	0	0	0	2
Matt Bradley	0	0	0	0	1	11:29	1	0	0	0
Donald Brashear	0	0	+1	0	1	9:04	3	0	0	1
Sean Collins	0	0	+1	0	1	13:17	2	1	1	0
Eric Fehr	0	1	+1	2	0	9:27	0	0	1	0
Tomas Fleischmann	1	0	+1	0	2	11:39	0	0	0	0
Boyd Gordon	0	1	+1	0	3	13:13	1	2	0	1
Mike Green	0	0	0	0	1	19:00	1	2	1	0
Milan Jurcina	0	0	+1	0	0	17:39	3	6	0	0
Viktor Kozlov	2	1	+1	0	4	18:12	0	0	1	0
Brooks Laich	0	0	0	0	3	17:41	2	1	0	1
Shaone Morrisonn	0	0	0	0	0	20:57	0	2	0	0
Michael Nylander	0	0	0	2	0	14:03	0	0	3	0
Alex Ovechkin	1	0	0	0	7	22:18	5	1	1	1
Tom Poti	0	1	0	0	2	23:25	0	2	2	0
Alexander Semin	0	1	0	0	1	16:17	0	0	0	0
David Steckel	0	1	+1	0	3	14:22	1	0	0	0