The Montreal Canadiens were defeated by the Washington Capitals, 5 to 4, in overtime on January 5, 2008.

The Montreal Canadiens were defeated by the Washington Capitals, 5 to 4, in overtime on January 5, 2008.
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
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
3
Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by John Erskine
4
3
Alex Kovalev (EV) assisted by Tomas Plekanec and Andrei Markov
4
4
OT
WSH
MTL
Mike Green (EV) assisted by Michael Nylander and Tomas Fleischmann
5
4