🛢️ 🦅
2007-08 regular season

Oilers at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0

Capitals beat Oilers 5–4 in a shootout at Capital One Arena on January 17, 2008.

EDM – WSH
33–32
Shots on goal
2/5–1/6
Power play
22–27
Hits
16–14
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
Head-to-head →

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🛢️ EDM
Shawn Horcoff
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · 23:37 TOI
2nd star 🛢️ EDM
Ales Hemsky
3 A
3 shots · 20:37 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 24:28 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🛢️ Shawn Horcoff Go-ahead 1st · 08:33
Assists: Sheldon Souray, Ales Hemsky · beat Olie Kolzig
1–0
🛢️ Robert Nilsson PP 1st · 13:53
Unassisted · beat Olie Kolzig
2–0
2nd period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom 2nd · 01:01
Assists: Jeff Schultz · beat Dwayne Roloson
2–1
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Tying 2nd · 01:39
Assists: Boyd Gordon, Jeff Schultz · beat Dwayne Roloson
2–2
🛢️ Dustin Penner PP Go-ahead 2nd · 06:49
Assists: Shawn Horcoff, Ales Hemsky · beat Olie Kolzig
3–2
🦅 Mike Green PP Tying 2nd · 11:58
Assists: Alex Ovechkin · beat Dwayne Roloson
3–3
🦅 Alexander Semin Go-ahead 2nd · 19:08
Assists: Tomas Fleischmann, Boyd Gordon · beat Dwayne Roloson
3–4
3rd period
🛢️ Shawn Horcoff Tying 3rd · 07:40
Assists: Ales Hemsky, Ladislav Smid · beat Olie Kolzig
4–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🛢️Oilers
L1 Penner · Horcoff · Hemsky 20:37
L2 Moreau · Stoll · Pisani 17:50
L3 Reasoner · Brodziak · Nilsson 13:09
L4 Cogliano · Gagner · Stortini 7:48
D1 Souray · Staios 29:25
D2 Gilbert · Smid 24:02
D3 Grebeshkov · Pitkanen 8:48
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Kozlov 24:28
L2 Fleischmann · Gordon · Semin 16:11
L3 Laing · Steckel · Laich 12:50
L4 Pettinger · Brashear · Bradley 10:34
D1 Green · Poti 27:20
D2 Morrisonn · Erskine 20:23
D3 Schultz · Eminger 13:21

Team stats

Away left · home right
🛢️EDM WSH🦅
33 Shots on goal 32
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
22 Hits 27
16 Blocked shots 14
11 Takeaways 14
16 Giveaways 17
14 Penalty minutes 14
EDM shooting 12.1% (4/33) WSH shooting 15.6% (5/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🛢️Oilers
Dwayne Roloson
28/32
.875 SV% · 4 GA · 65:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
29/33
.879 SV% · 4 GA · 64:45 TOI

Where the goals came from

1 of 8 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 01:39 · 2–2
EDM WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 3–4
Oilers
Oilers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-4-1 (17% win rate, 6 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Oct 282006 🦅WSH @ 🛢️EDM 0–4 Jan 112004 🛢️EDM @ 🦅WSH 0–1 Mar 222003 🦅WSH @ 🛢️EDM 3–5 Mar 162002 🦅WSH @ 🛢️EDM 1–4 Mar 102002 🛢️EDM @ 🦅WSH 2–4
🔮 Ask Puckey

Got a question about Oilers vs Capitals?

Records, streaks, splits and player numbers, answered in seconds from real game results.

Try one

Questions and what's next

Quick answers, and the games either side of this one
Full schedule →

EDM vs WSH, answered

Who won Oilers vs Capitals on January 17, 2008?

Capitals won 5–4 in a shootout. The final score was Oilers 4, Capitals 5.

Who scored for Oilers?

Shawn Horcoff (2), Dustin Penner, Robert Nilsson.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Mike Green, Nicklas Backstrom.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Dwayne Roloson made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 29 saves on 33 shots (.879 save percentage).

Where is Oilers vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Oilers vs Capitals season series?

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

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from real box scores.

Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeJan 15 👑LAK @ 🛢️EDM 3–1 AfterJan 18 🛢️EDM @ 🌪️CAR 2–7
🦅 Capitals
BeforeJan 15 🏛️OTT @ 🦅WSH 2–4 AfterJan 19 🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH 3–5
Also on January 17
🍁TOR 3–2 🐻BOS 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 🐦ATL 🌪️CAR 1–5 🏛️OTT 🐋VAN 2–3 🐙DET 🦆ANA 2–1 🐯NSH 🧥CBJ 4–3 🌵PHX ⭐DAL 4–2 🦈SJS
Oilers season page Capitals season page Full NHL schedule