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NY Islanders 2, Washington 5

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
NYI(26-47-9)	1	1	0	2
WAS(50-24-8)	2	0	3	5

Final

7:00 PM ET, December 4, 2008

Verizon Center

Washington, DC

THREE STARS

V. Kozlov
Capitals (RW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

K. Alzner
Capitals (D )

Goals: 0
Assists: 1

D. Brashear
Capitals (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: Verizon Center Location: Washington, DC	Referees: Kyle Rehman Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Anthony Sericolo
Attendance: 18,130 (97.1% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

NY Islanders

Washington

Total Shots
	29
	47

PIM
	12
	18

Hits
	13
	5

Giveaways
	9
	8

Takeaways
	4
	11

Faceoffs Won
	34
	36

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
11:31		Alex Ovechkin (14) (Power Play) Assists: Milan Jurcina, Brooks Laich	Washington 1-0
13:15		Viktor Kozlov (5) (Power Play) Assists: Bryan Helmer, Sami Lepisto	Washington 2-0
19:24		Mark Streit (6) (Power Play) Assists: Doug Weight, Bill Guerin	Washington 2-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
6:31		Mitch Fritz: 2 Minutes for Hooking Dave Steckel
7:03		Nicklas Backstrom: 2 Minutes for Hooking Freddy Meyer
9:34		Sean Bergenheim: 2 Minutes for Hooking Matt Bradley
12:08		Thomas Pock: 2 Minutes for Interference of Matt Bradley
19:12		Michael Nylander: 2 Minutes for Holding Brendan Witt

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
13:38		Trent Hunter (11) Assists: Andy Sutton	Game tied 2-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:09		Dave Steckel: 2 Minutes for Hooking Thomas Pock
7:05		Sami Lepisto: 2 Minutes for Hooking Andy Hilbert
10:37		Alex Ovechkin: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Tim Jackman
10:37		Tim Jackman: 2 Minutes for Diving Alex Ovechkin
11:28		Andy Sutton: 2 Minutes for Roughing Keith Aucoin
16:24		Bryan Helmer: 2 Minutes for Slashing Doug Weight
19:50		Alex Ovechkin: 2 Minutes for Boarding Andy Sutton

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
6:50		Donald Brashear (1) Assists: Karl Alzner, Milan Jurcina	Washington 3-2
16:14		Eric Fehr (4) (Power Play) Assists: Brooks Laich, Alex Ovechkin	Washington 4-2
19:10		Nicklas Backstrom (7) (Empty net) Assists: Alex Ovechkin	Washington 5-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
9:39		Sami Lepisto: 2 Minutes for Interference of Doug Weight
15:01		Andy Sutton: 2 Minutes for Hooking Alex Ovechkin
19:51		Eric Fehr: 2 Minutes for Holding Sean Bergenheim

Player Summary

New York Islanders												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
J. Bailey C	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	19	15:07	5:37	0:43	8:47	4	7	36.4
S. Bergenheim LW	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	20	13:39	0:30	0:54	12:15	0	1	00.0
C. Campoli D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	20	15:56	4:09	0:30	11:17	0	0	00.0
M. Fritz LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	1:26	0:11	0:00	1:15	0	0	00.0
B. Guerin RW	0	1	-2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	19:25	6:30	0:00	12:55	1	0	100.0
A. Hilbert C	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	28	18:44	3:58	3:13	11:33	0	1	00.0
T. Hunter RW	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	21	17:41	6:20	0:00	11:21	0	0	00.0
T. Jackman RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	16	9:55	0:14	1:39	8:02	0	2	00.0
F. Meyer D	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	27	24:00	2:24	5:09	16:27	0	0	00.0
R. Park RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	25	17:18	3:36	4:28	9:14	8	12	40.0
T. Pock D	0	0	-1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	14	10:24	0:09	0:00	10:15	0	0	00.0
M. Sillinger C	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	14:20	0:14	1:32	12:34	11	8	57.9
J. Sim LW	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	15:23	3:58	0:00	11:25	0	0	00.0
M. Streit D	1	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	27	25:11	8:13	1:40	15:18	0	0	00.0
A. Sutton D	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	4	2	0	1	24	18:28	0:03	1:10	17:15	0	0	00.0
J. Tambellini LW	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	12:29	0:05	0:00	12:24	0	0	00.0
D. Weight C	0	1	-2	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	24	22:04	8:09	0:00	13:55	10	5	66.7
B. Witt D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	24	19:24	0:05	5:09	14:10	0	0	00.0

Washington Capitals												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
K. Alzner D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	32	20:16	0:00	5:31	14:45	0	0	00.0
K. Aucoin C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	12	10:08	0:00	0:00	10:08	2	4	33.3
N. Backstrom C	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	20	20:01	5:09	0:44	14:08	11	5	68.8
M. Bradley RW	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	10:47	0:00	0:39	10:08	1	1	50.0
D. Brashear LW	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6:34	0:00	0:00	6:34	0	0	00.0
E. Fehr RW	1	0	-1	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	12	9:00	1:40	0:00	7:20	0	0	00.0
T. Fleischmann C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	24	16:51	3:26	3:49	9:36	0	1	00.0
B. Gordon C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	16:13	0:00	6:16	9:57	8	9	47.1
B. Helmer D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	32	19:23	1:21	4:29	13:33	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	18:55	0:38	2:17	16:00	0	0	00.0
V. Kozlov RW	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	17:35	4:52	0:00	12:43	0	3	00.0
B. Laich C	0	2	-1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	18:27	3:40	5:04	9:43	5	4	55.6
S. Lepisto D	0	1	-1	3	3	1	2	4	0	1	1	24	18:54	5:09	0:00	13:45	0	0	00.0
S. Morrisonn D	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	17:40	0:00	4:07	13:33	0	0	00.0
M. Nylander C	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	16	12:55	1:40	0:00	11:15	1	0	100.0
A. Ovechkin LW	1	2	0	11	2	0	2	4	0	0	2	16	19:22	5:21	0:15	13:46	0	0	00.0
T. Sloan D	0	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	2	0	2	27	18:51	0:00	5:22	13:29	0	0	00.0
D. Steckel C	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	21	13:47	0:00	4:59	8:48	8	7	53.3

Goaltending Summary

New York Islanders Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. MacDonald	46	4	42	.913	58:49	0

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
B. Johnson	29	2	27	.931	60:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
New York Islanders	8	13	8	29
Washington	17	12	18	47

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
New York Islanders	1 of 0
Washington	3 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

Thursday, December 4th

Pittsburgh	5	Final
Carolina	2

NY Rangers	2	Final
Montreal	6

New Jersey	3	Final
Philadelphia	2	OT

NY Islanders	2	Final
Washington	5

Vancouver	5	Final
Detroit	6

Boston	3	Final
Tampa Bay	1

Buffalo	1	Final
Florida	2

Colorado	2	Final
Nashville	3

Toronto	3	Final
Phoenix	6

Columbus	2	Final
San Jose	3

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NY Islanders 2, Washington 5

Final

NHL Scores

Thursday, December 4th