🦅 Away Capitals 11-4-3
2–5
Final
👑 Home Kings 7-8-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 0112
👑 LAK 1135

Capitals at Kings

Kings beat Capitals 5–2 at Crypto.com Arena on November 20, 2008.

🗓 📍 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Kings lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 👑 LAK
Dustin Brown
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 19:22 TOI
2nd star 👑 LAK
Michal Handzus
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 20:18 TOI
3rd star 👑 LAK
Patrick O'Sullivan
1 G
3 shots · 17:15 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
👑 Drew Doughty Go-ahead 1st · 13:58
Assists: Dustin Brown, Denis Gauthier · beat Brent Johnson
0–1
2nd period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom PP Tying 2nd · 04:48
Assists: Viktor Kozlov, Alex Ovechkin · beat Erik Ersberg
1–1
👑 Patrick O'Sullivan Go-ahead 2nd · 18:25
Assists: Matt Greene · beat Brent Johnson
1–2
3rd period
👑 Dustin Brown PP 3rd · 13:54
Assists: Kyle Quincey, Jarret Stoll · beat Brent Johnson
1–3
🦅 Brooks Laich 3rd · 15:26
Assists: Michael Nylander, Chris Clark · beat Erik Ersberg
2–3
👑 Michal Handzus Empty net 3rd · 19:20
Assists: Sean O'Donnell
2–4
👑 Anze Kopitar SH Empty net 3rd · 19:59
Assists: Michal Handzus
2–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Laich 18:15
L2 Kozlov · Gordon · Clark 15:36
L3 Fleischmann · Nylander · Steckel 14:14
L4 Brashear · Fehr · Bradley 10:37
D1 Poti · Schultz 22:05
D2 Erskine · Morrisonn 17:52
D3 Sloan · Jurcina 15:41
👑Kings
L1 Handzus · Kopitar · Brown 19:22
L2 Frolov · Calder · O'Sullivan 16:33
L3 Stoll · Simmonds · Moller 15:17
L4 Ivanans · Boyle · Zeiler 7:11
D1 Doughty · O'Donnell 22:32
D2 Greene · Quincey 19:22
D3 Gauthier · Preissing 15:52

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH LAK👑
21 Shots on goal 33
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
29 Hits 34
12 Blocked shots 16
6 Takeaways 8
16 Giveaways 15
10 Penalty minutes 10
WSH shooting 9.5% (2/21) LAK shooting 15.2% (5/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Brent Johnson
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 58:48 TOI
👑Kings
Erik Ersberg
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Kings
Kings — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Kings
Kings — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Kings lead the season series 1–0
Feb 82007 👑LAK @ 🦅WSH 3–4 OT Dec 142005 🦅WSH @ 👑LAK 3–2 Dec 62003 🦅WSH @ 👑LAK 3–7 Nov 102003 👑LAK @ 🦅WSH 3–2 Mar 142003 👑LAK @ 🦅WSH 3–1
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❓ WSH vs LAK, answered

Who won Capitals vs Kings on November 20, 2008?

Kings won 5–2. The final score was Capitals 2, Kings 5.

Who scored for Capitals?

Brooks Laich, Nicklas Backstrom.

Who scored for Kings?

Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty, Dustin Brown, Michal Handzus, Patrick O'Sullivan.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Kings goalie play?

Erik Ersberg made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Kings played?

At Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the Kings home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Kings season series?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeNov 19 🦅WSH @ 🦆ANA 6–4 AfterNov 22 🦅WSH @ 🦈SJS 2–7
👑 Kings
BeforeNov 16 👑LAK @ 🦆ANA 0–2 AfterNov 22 🏔️COL @ 👑LAK 4–3
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