🏔️ Away Avalanche 22-17-3
1–2
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 17-20-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🏔️ COL 0011
🦅 WSH 0022

Avalanche at Capitals

Capitals beat Avalanche 2–1 at Capital One Arena on January 9, 2008.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2007-08 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
David Steckel
1 G
2 shots · 12:37 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Donald Brashear
1 G
1 shots · 10:13 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Brooks Laich
1 A
1 shots · 13:52 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
3rd period
🦅 Donald Brashear Go-ahead 3rd · 02:51
Assists: Brooks Laich, Matt Bradley · beat Jose Theodore
0–1
🦅 David Steckel 3rd · 16:01
Assists: Boyd Gordon, Milan Jurcina · beat Jose Theodore
0–2
🏔️ Marek Svatos 3rd · 16:39
Assists: Wojtek Wolski, Brett Clark · beat Olie Kolzig
1–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Brunette · Stastny · Svatos 18:51
L2 Wolski · Hlinka · Hejduk 15:34
L3 McCormick · Arnason · Guite 13:05
L4 McLeod · Laperriere 11:06
D1 Clark · Finger 22:12
D2 Hannan · Skrastins 19:01
D3 Leopold · Liles 17:32
D4 Cumiskey 11:47
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Nylander 19:05
L2 Kozlov · Gordon · Semin 16:32
L3 Fleischmann · Laing · Laich 13:55
L4 Brashear · Steckel · Bradley 10:13
D1 Green · Schultz 25:08
D2 Morrisonn · Jurcina 21:16
D3 Erskine · Eminger 10:44

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL WSH🦅
19 Shots on goal 23
19 Hits 25
14 Blocked shots 18
5 Takeaways 8
6 Giveaways 14
11 Penalty minutes 9
COL shooting 5.3% (1/19) WSH shooting 8.7% (2/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Jose Theodore
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 59:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
18/19
.947 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 9-5-2 (56% win rate, 16 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 5-7-2 (36% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 5-3 (62% win rate, 8 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 4-2-3 (44% win rate, 9 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Oct 252006 🦅WSH @ 🏔️COL 5–3 Dec 82003 🦅WSH @ 🏔️COL 1–4 Mar 162003 🏔️COL @ 🦅WSH 1–2 Dec 162002 🦅WSH @ 🏔️COL 2–2 OT Mar 192002 🦅WSH @ 🏔️COL 3–0
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Who won Avalanche vs Capitals on January 9, 2008?

Capitals won 2–1. The final score was Avalanche 1, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Marek Svatos.

Who scored for Capitals?

David Steckel, Donald Brashear.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 18 saves on 19 shots (.947 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeJan 8 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 0–1 AfterJan 12 🏔️COL @ 🌪️CAR 5–4
🦅 Capitals
BeforeJan 5 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–4 AfterJan 13 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 6–4
Also on January 9
⭐DAL 3–1 🪶CHI 🍁TOR 0–5 🦆ANA
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