Capitals
Wild
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Capitals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Wild | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 13:54 | MIN | Cal Clutterbuck (1) Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Bergeron (6) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 05:09 | MIN | PPG - Cal Clutterbuck (2) Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Burns (3) & E. Belanger (6) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 03:07 | MIN | PPG - Marek Zidlicky (3) Slap Shot - Assists: M. Bergeron (7) & M. Koivu (14) |
| 07:17 | MIN | James Sheppard (1) Snap Shot - Assists: P. Bouchard (4) & B. Burns (4) |
| 14:43 | WSH | Matt Bradley (3) Backhand - Assists: E. Fehr (3) |
| 16:07 | WSH | Alex Ovechkin (9) Snap Shot - Assists: T. Fleischmann (3) & M. Jurcina (2) |
| 18:16 | WSH | PPG - Nicklas Backstrom (5) Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Laich (7) & E. Fehr (4) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 07:25 | MIN | Marek Zidlicky : Closing hand on puck - 2 min |
| 09:22 | WSH | Brooks Laich : Holding - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 03:13 | WSH | Milan Jurcina : Holding - 2 min |
| 05:55 | WSH | John Erskine : Tripping - 2 min |
| 06:24 | WSH | Shaone Morrisonn : Elbowing - 2 min |
| 09:09 | MIN | Kim Johnsson : Hooking - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 02:21 | WSH | Tom Poti : Closing hand on puck - 2 min |
| 02:48 | WSH | Alex Ovechkin : Closing hand on puck - 2 min |
| 17:13 | MIN | Marek Zidlicky : Hooking - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
WSH |
11 | 6 | 11 | 28 |
MIN |
9 | 17 | 7 | 33 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
WSH |
60 J. Theodore (L) | 22 - 24 | 7 - 9 | 0 - 0 | 29 - 33 | 0.879 | 58:57 |
MIN |
32 N. Backstrom (W) | 17 - 19 | 8 - 9 | 0 - 0 | 25 - 28 | 0.893 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
WSH |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 T. Poti | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 19:11 | 3:39 | 6:07 | 28:57 |
| 4 J. Erskine | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 10:03 | 0:00 | 2:11 | 12:14 |
| 8 A. Ovechkin | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 18:52 | 5:00 | 1:50 | 25:42 |
| 22 M. Bradley | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:13 | 0:00 | 2:57 | 14:10 |
| 14 T. Fleischmann | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:04 | 2:24 | 2:29 | 18:57 |
| 15 B. Gordon | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3:03 | 0:00 | 0:38 | 3:41 |
| 16 E. Fehr | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:33 | 1:34 | 0:00 | 13:07 |
| 71 C. Clark | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5:21 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 7:27 |
| 19 N. Backstrom | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 16:53 | 3:18 | 0:18 | 20:29 |
| 21 B. Laich | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15:43 | 1:55 | 3:25 | 21:03 |
| 27 M. Jurcina | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21:07 | 0:00 | 0:18 | 21:25 |
| 25 V. Kozlov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 14:54 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 16:45 |
| 27 S. Morrisonn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17:39 | 0:00 | 3:36 | 21:15 |
| 20 D. Steckel | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:12 | 0:00 | 6:01 | 17:13 |
| 55 J. Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:09 |
| D. Brashear | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:49 |
| T. Sloan | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 | 0:00 | 3:36 | 18:03 |
| 92 M. Nylander | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:42 | 3:13 | 0:00 | 18:55 |
MIN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 E. Reitz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:25 |
| 2 M. Zidlicky | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17:34 | 5:13 | 1:03 | 23:50 |
| 8 K. Johnsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 19:04 | 2:19 | 2:23 | 23:46 |
| 88 B. Burns | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:37 | 3:40 | 0:22 | 19:39 |
| 9 M. Koivu | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:43 | 4:37 | 2:39 | 20:59 |
| 11 O. Nolan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 13:25 | 4:29 | 0:00 | 17:54 |
| 15 A. Brunette | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 10:50 | 3:55 | 0:00 | 14:45 |
| 19 S. Veilleux | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 14:54 | 0:00 | 2:37 | 17:31 |
| 20 A. Miettinen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:08 | 1:18 | 2:23 | 15:49 |
| 22 C. Clutterbuck | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6:38 | 3:36 | 0:00 | 10:14 |
| 94 D. Boogaard | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:28 |
| 20 E. Belanger | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:33 | 3:33 | 1:35 | 16:41 |
| 28 M. Skoula | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:14 | 0:00 | 2:17 | 20:31 |
| 47 M. Bergeron | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:55 | 4:38 | 0:15 | 17:48 |
| 15 J. Sheppard | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:48 | 0:35 | 0:46 | 16:09 |
| 15 N. Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 14:43 | 0:00 | 3:40 | 18:23 |
| 67 B. Pouliot | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:25 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 8:04 |
| 96 P. Bouchard | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:28 | 4:33 | 0:00 | 18:01 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18568 |
| Referees | Rob Shick, Chris Ciamaga |
| Linesmen | Brad Kovachik, Lyle Seitz |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | OT | GF | GA | PTS | ||
| 1 | p - CHI | 48 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 155 | 102 | 77 | |
| 2 | y - ANA | 48 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 140 | 118 | 66 | |
| 3 | y - VAN | 48 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 127 | 121 | 59 | |
| 4 | x - STL | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 129 | 115 | 60 | |
| 5 | x - LAK | 48 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 133 | 118 | 59 | |
| 6 | x - SJS | 48 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 124 | 116 | 57 | |
| 7 | x - DET | 48 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 124 | 115 | 56 | |
| 8 | x - MIN | 48 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 122 | 127 | 55 | |
| 9 | CBJ | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 120 | 119 | 55 | |
| 10 | PHX | 48 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 125 | 131 | 51 | |
| 11 | DAL | 48 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 130 | 142 | 48 | |
| 12 | EDM | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 125 | 134 | 45 | |
| 13 | CGY | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 128 | 160 | 42 | |
| 14 | NSH | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 111 | 139 | 41 | |
| 15 | COL | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 116 | 152 | 39 | |
| SKATERS: | GP | G | A | +/- | Pts |
| L. Couture | 8 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| J. Pavelski | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Thornton | 8 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| P. Marleau | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| D. Boyle | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| B. Burns | 8 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| B. Stuart | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| S. Hannan | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Vlasic | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Wingels | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| A. Niemi | 6 | 2 | 0 | .930 | 1.93 |
