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

Final

WSH

Capitals

17-20-5

5

MTL

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

Canadiens

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

0

1

2nd period

WSH

MTL

Canadiens

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

0

2

Capitals

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by Michael Nylander

1

2

Capitals

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

2

2

Capitals

Boyd Gordon (EV) assisted by Mike Green

3

2

3rd period

WSH

MTL

Canadiens

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

3

3

Capitals

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by John Erskine

4

3

Canadiens

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

4

4

OT

WSH

MTL

Capitals

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

5

4

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