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January 3,2008  (Thursday) in Boston,Massachusetts - TD Banknorth Garden	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot WAS 0 0 0 0 BOS 0 1 1 2	Shots 1 2 3 Tot WAS 11 13 7 31 BOS 12 9 9 30	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season WAS 0 / 3 29 / 176 (16.5%) 145 / 179 (81.0%) BOS 1 / 4 30 / 148 (20.3%) 132 / 168 (78.6%)
Start: 7:00pm Attendance: 12,240 Referees: Wes McCauley, Don VanMassenhoven Officials: Scott Cherrey, Tim Nowak	Washington Capitals Game #41 16-23-2 34 Pts Prev Game vs OTT Next Game at MON Boston Bruins Game #40 20-16-4 44 Pts Prev Game at ATL Next Game at NJ Three Stars: (1) Tim Thomas  (BOS)  (2) Zdeno Chara (BOS)  (3) Glen Metropolit (BOS)

Goals 1st Period No Goals 2nd Period 1. BOS Marc Savard    [9]  [c164]   (GW)   ( Glen Metropolit [10],  Zdeno Chara [19] ) 13:35 3rd Period 2. BOS Zdeno Chara    [6]  [c74]   (Powerplay)   ( Marco Sturm [13],  Glen Metropolit [11] ) 10:00 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Olaf Kolzig Career WAS L 58 2 30 28 13-16-4 2.98 Tim Thomas Career BOS W 60 0 31 31 12-9-3 2.25

Penalties 1st Period 1. WAS John Erskine [2] Fighting 5 2:38 2. BOS Milan Lucic [9] Fighting 5 2:38 3. BOS Dennis Wideman [2] Delay of game - Puck over Glass 2 15:21 2nd Period 4. WAS Brooks Laich [1] High Sticking 2 3:47 5. BOS Marc Savard [4] Hooking 2 11:24 6. WAS John Erskine [1] Roughing 2 15:17 7. BOS Peter Schaefer [1] Roughing 2 15:17 3rd Period 8. WAS Mike Green [4] High Sticking 4 9:24 9. WAS Bench Penalty [-] Too many men on the ice 2 9:24 10. BOS Zdeno Chara [3] Hooking 2 17:41

Faceoffs
Washington Capitals   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Nicklas Backstrom 7 9 43.8% 137 186 42.4% Michael Nylander 5 8 38.5% 240 251 48.9% Dave Steckel 4 8 33.3% 289 267 52.0% Boyd Gordon 7 3 70.0% 206 164 55.7% Brooks Laich 3 2 60.0% 102 104 49.5% Shaone Morrisonn 1 0 100.0% 1 0 100.0% Matt Bradley 1 0 100.0% 6 4 60.0%   28 30 48.3% 1156 1169 49.7%	Boston Bruins   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Marc Savard 12 9 57.1% 393 402 49.4% Glen Metropolit 9 6 60.0% 294 321 47.8% David Krejci 5 8 38.5% 58 83 41.1% Petteri Nokelainen 3 2 60.0% 74 57 56.5% Phil Kessel 1 1 50.0% 130 171 43.2% Jeremy Reich 0 2 .0% 7 3 70.0%   30 28 51.7% 1114 1231 47.5%

Washington Capitals Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Brian Pothier D 293 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 1 15:39 1:38 0:15 4 John Erskine D 191 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 1 13:20 0:57 1:23 8 Alexander Ovechkin LW 204 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 23:27 6:07 0:03 10 Matt Bradley RW 370 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 8:57 0:00 0:00 15 Boyd Gordon RW-C 163 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:19 0:03 2:58 18 Matt Pettinger LW 317 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:52 1:08 1:05 19 Nicklas Backstrom C 41 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 20:36 5:55 0:06 21 Brooks Laich C 192 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 16:25 3:14 1:49 23 Milan Jurcina D 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:36 0:00 0:23 25 Viktor Kozlov C-LW 790 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21:40 5:12 1:43 26 Shaone Morrisonn D 243 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 22:54 0:52 3:08 39 Dave Steckel LW 53 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 11:07 0:00 2:43 43 Tomas Fleischmann C-LW 81 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 15:58 3:32 0:00 52 Mike Green C 65 0 0 0 -1 4 2 1 0 25:45 6:57 0:00 53 Quintin Laing LW 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11:11 0:28 1:40 55 Jeff Schultz D 72 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23:50 0:27 2:44 87 Donald Brashear LW 887 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11:08 0:36 0:00 92 Michael Nylander C 845 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:50 5:19 0:00   5467 0 0 0 -5 13 31 6 9

Boston Bruins Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 6 Dennis Wideman D 181 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 27:50 2:20 4:10 11 P.J. Axelsson LW 687 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:21 0:58 3:22 12 Chuck Kobasew RW 260 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 19:22 3:27 2:00 13 Glen Metropolit C 220 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 17:51 0:36 3:18 16 Marco Sturm LW 719 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 17:01 2:18 2:39 17 Milan Lucic LW 35 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 2 12:25 0:44 0:45 21 Andrew Ference D 437 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 24:31 2:07 4:30 22 Shawn Thornton RW 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5:34 0:00 0:00 33 Zdeno Chara D 651 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 1 26:53 3:02 3:38 34 Shane Hnidy D 371 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 12:36 0:00 0:51 45 Mark Stuart D 72 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 17:00 0:00 3:01 46 David Krejci C 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:52 2:22 0:00 49 Matt Lashoff D 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10:58 2:13 0:00 53 Jeremy Reich LW 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6:36 0:00 1:15 56 Petteri Nokelainen RW 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6:57 0:00 0:00 72 Peter Schaefer LW 534 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 16:13 0:00 0:00 81 Phil Kessel C 110 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:25 2:51 1:20 91 Marc Savard C 625 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 18:31 2:47 1:31   5344 2 4 6 5 13 30 5 13

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