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Minnesota 1, Washington 4

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
MIN(44-28-10)	0	1	0	1
WAS(43-31-8)	2	2	0	4

Final

7:00 PM ET, February 26, 2008

Verizon Center

Washington, DC

THREE STARS

B. Laich
Capitals (C )

Goals: 2
Assists: 2

O. Kolzig
Capitals (G )

Saves: 34
Save Pct.: .971

T. Poti
Capitals (D )

Goals: 0
Assists: 1

Game Information
Arena: Verizon Center Location: Washington, DC	Referees: MarcJoannette Linesmen: TimNowak, MichelCormier
Attendance: 17,391 (93.1% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Minnesota

Washington

Total Shots
	35
	26

PIM
	14
	14

Hits
	14
	10

Giveaways
	19
	16

Takeaways
	7
	8

Faceoffs Won
	29
	27

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:41		Brooks Laich (12) Assists: Tomas Fleischmann, Milan Jurcina	Washington 1-0
10:11		Shaone Morrisonn (1) Assists: Brooks Laich, Jeff Schultz	Washington 2-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
14:54		Steve Eminger: 2 Minutes for Elbowing James Sheppard

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
13:10		Branko Radivojevic (4) Assists: Eric Belanger, Stephane Veilleux	Washington 2-1
15:59		Eric Fehr (1) Assists: Tom Poti, Brooks Laich	Washington 3-1
18:27		Brooks Laich (13) Assists: Tomas Fleischmann, Mike Green	Washington 4-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
9:18		Aaron Voros: 5 Minutes for Fighting Dave Steckel
9:18		Dave Steckel: 5 Minutes for Fighting Aaron Voros
18:19		Matt Bradley: 5 Minutes for Fighting Aaron Voros
18:19		Aaron Voros: 5 Minutes for Fighting Matt Bradley

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:37		Stephane Veilleux: 2 Minutes for Hooking Alex Ovechkin
7:00		Tom Poti: 2 Minutes for High-sticking James Sheppard
13:19		Sean Hill: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass

Player Summary

Minnesota Wild												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
E. Belanger C	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	24	17:16	0:02	1:18	15:56	10	5	66.7
P. Bouchard C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	18:29	1:34	0:00	16:55	0	0	00.0
B. Burns D	0	0	-1	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	30	21:30	1:32	2:06	17:52	0	0	00.0
P. Demitra RW	0	0	-1	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	23	18:23	2:31	1:18	14:34	5	8	38.5
T. Fedoruk LW	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	11:50	2:29	0:00	9:21	0	0	00.0
K. Foster D	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	26	20:17	0:58	0:09	19:10	0	0	00.0
M. Gaborik RW	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	22	19:10	2:39	1:25	15:06	1	0	100.0
S. Hill D	0	0	-2	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	1	21	13:14	0:07	0:14	12:53	0	0	00.0
K. Johnsson D	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	18:09	0:09	1:45	16:15	0	0	00.0
M. Koivu C	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	14:35	1:34	1:31	11:30	10	6	62.5
P. Nummelin D	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	15:23	3:18	0:17	11:48	0	0	00.0
B. Radivojevic RW	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	21	13:31	0:02	0:37	12:52	0	1	00.0
B. Rolston RW	0	0	-2	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	27	20:35	2:46	1:17	16:32	1	0	100.0
N. Schultz D	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	26	19:02	0:00	2:06	16:56	0	0	00.0
J. Sheppard C	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	15	10:36	0:00	0:00	10:36	2	7	22.2
M. Skoula D	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	26	22:33	0:26	2:11	19:56	0	0	00.0
S. Veilleux LW	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	23	15:15	0:02	0:48	14:25	0	0	00.0
A. Voros LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	10	2	0	0	11	6:12	1:19	0:00	4:53	0	0	00.0
Minnesota Wild Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
K Carney									Scratched
M Parrish									Scratched
C Simon									Healthy

Washington Capitals												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
N. Backstrom C	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	22	20:17	2:47	0:02	17:28	5	8	38.5
C. Bourque LW	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	9:48	0:17	0:05	9:26	0	0	00.0
M. Bradley RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	15	10:04	0:00	0:25	9:39	0	0	00.0
D. Brashear LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	11:46	0:00	0:00	11:46	0	0	00.0
S. Eminger D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	22	15:49	1:06	0:49	13:41	0	0	00.0
E. Fehr RW	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	17	11:58	1:13	0:00	10:45	0	0	00.0
T. Fleischmann C	0	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	12:25	1:13	0:00	11:12	0	0	00.0
B. Gordon C	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	15:55	0:00	3:05	12:50	7	11	38.9
M. Green D	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	30	25:31	3:11	0:48	21:32	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	1	2	0	2	3	0	0	3	1	1	24	18:20	0:00	1:43	16:37	0	0	00.0
B. Laich C	2	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	23	16:04	1:55	1:37	12:32	7	7	50.0
Q. Laing LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	10:42	0:00	1:18	9:24	0	0	00.0
S. Morrisonn D	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	31	21:14	0:27	2:36	18:11	0	0	00.0
A. Ovechkin LW	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	24	23:35	2:47	0:02	20:46	0	2	00.0
T. Poti D	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	26	20:37	2:29	0:55	17:13	0	0	00.0
J. Schultz D	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	23	18:03	0:49	1:58	15:16	0	0	00.0
A. Semin LW	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	22	21:49	2:47	0:00	19:02	0	0	00.0
D. Steckel C	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	1	1	18	12:03	0:00	2:21	9:42	8	1	88.9
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
V Kozlov									Flu
J Erskine									Scratched

Goaltending Summary

Minnesota Wild Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
N. Backstrom	26	4	22	.846	60:00	0

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
O. Kolzig	35	1	34	.971	60:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Minnesota	15	12	8	35
Washington	12	9	5	26

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Minnesota	0 of 0
Washington	0 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Tuesday, February 26th

New Jersey	1	Final
Carolina	2	OT

Pittsburgh	4	Final
NY Islanders	2

Minnesota	1	Final
Washington	4

Ottawa	0	Final
Boston	4

Atlanta	1	Final
Montreal	5

Dallas	3	Final
St. Louis	1

Colorado	3	Final
Calgary	2	OT

Detroit	3	Final
Edmonton	4	SO

ESPN NHL

Minnesota 1, Washington 4

Final

NHL Scores

Tuesday, February 26th