🪶 Away Blackhawks 0-1-0
2–4
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 0-1-0
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🪶 CHI 2002
🦅 WSH 1124

Blackhawks at Capitals

Capitals beat Blackhawks 4–2 at Capital One Arena on October 11, 2008.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
2 G
6 shots · 24:46 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Matt Bradley
1 G
1 shots · 12:05 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Brooks Laich
1 G
1 shots · 15:40 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🪶 Kris Versteeg Go-ahead 1st · 00:26
Assists: Jonathan Toews, Martin Havlat · beat Jose Theodore
1–0
🪶 Jack Skille 1st · 11:41
Assists: Dave Bolland, Andrew Ladd · beat Jose Theodore
2–0
🦅 Matt Bradley 1st · 13:26
Assists: David Steckel, Donald Brashear · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
2–1
2nd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Tying 2nd · 05:07
Assists: Tom Poti · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
2–2
3rd period
🦅 Brooks Laich Go-ahead 3rd · 15:33
Assists: Alexander Semin · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
2–3
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 18:24
Assists: Jeff Schultz, Jose Theodore · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
2–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sharp · Toews · Kane 22:17
L2 Bolland · Versteeg · Havlat 18:58
L3 Ladd · Burish · Skille 10:41
L4 Fraser · Adams 5:23
D1 Keith · Campbell 27:36
D2 Sopel · Seabrook 19:51
D3 Hendry · Byfuglien 12:00
D4 Walker 6:15
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Fedorov · Semin 17:56
L2 Fleischmann · Laich · Backstrom 14:44
L3 Steckel · Nylander · Kozlov 13:18
L4 Brashear · Bradley · Clark 10:40
D1 Green · Poti 23:58
D2 Schultz · Morrisonn 18:10
D3 Erskine · Jurcina 15:29

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI WSH🦅
21 Shots on goal 34
21 Hits 17
15 Blocked shots 11
4 Takeaways 14
6 Giveaways 12
10 Penalty minutes 12
CHI shooting 9.5% (2/21) WSH shooting 11.8% (4/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Nikolai Khabibulin
30/34
.882 SV% · 4 GA · 58:47 TOI
🦅Capitals
Jose Theodore
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

2 of 6 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 05:07 · 2–2 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 18:24 · 2–4
CHI WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 2–2
Blackhawks
Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Mar 192008 🦅WSH @ 🪶CHI 0–5 Jan 102006 🪶CHI @ 🦅WSH 4–3 OT Mar 122004 🪶CHI @ 🦅WSH 4–3 Feb 152004 🦅WSH @ 🪶CHI 4–0 Nov 152002 🦅WSH @ 🪶CHI 2–2 OT
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❓ CHI vs WSH, answered

Who won Blackhawks vs Capitals on October 11, 2008?

Capitals won 4–2. The final score was Blackhawks 2, Capitals 4.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Jack Skille, Kris Versteeg.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (2), Brooks Laich, Matt Bradley.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 30 saves on 34 shots (.882 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Blackhawks 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
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeOct 10 🪶CHI @ 🗽NYR 2–4 AfterOct 13 🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI 3–2
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 10 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 4–7 AfterOct 13 🐋VAN @ 🦅WSH 1–5
Also on October 11
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