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2008-09 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results

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50-24-8 (108 points), Finished 1st in NHL Southeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 272 goals, Allowed 245 goals, SRS: 0.27 (9th of 30)
Coached by Bruce Boudreau (50-24-8)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-3) versus Pittsburgh Penguins
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3) versus New York Rangers

2008-09 Washington Capitals:

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L OL Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 10, 2008 @ Atlanta Thrashers L 4 7 0 1 0 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 11, 2008 Chicago Blackhawks W 4 2 1 1 0 W 1
3 Mon, Oct 13, 2008 Vancouver Canucks W 5 1 2 1 0 W 2
4 Thu, Oct 16, 2008 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 4 3 3 1 0 W 3
5 Sat, Oct 18, 2008 New Jersey Devils L SO 3 4 3 1 1 L 1
6 Tue, Oct 21, 2008 @ Calgary Flames L 1 2 3 2 1 L 2
7 Thu, Oct 23, 2008 @ Phoenix Coyotes L 1 2 3 3 1 L 3
8 Sat, Oct 25, 2008 @ Dallas Stars W OT 6 5 4 3 1 W 1
9 Tue, Oct 28, 2008 Nashville Predators W SO 4 3 5 3 1 W 2
10 Sat, Nov 1, 2008 @ Buffalo Sabres L 0 5 5 4 1 L 1
11 Tue, Nov 4, 2008 @ Ottawa Senators L OT 1 2 5 4 2 L 2
12 Thu, Nov 6, 2008 Carolina Hurricanes W 3 2 6 4 2 W 1
13 Sat, Nov 8, 2008 New York Rangers W 3 1 7 4 2 W 2
14 Mon, Nov 10, 2008 Tampa Bay Lightning W 4 2 8 4 2 W 3
15 Wed, Nov 12, 2008 @ Carolina Hurricanes W 5 1 9 4 2 W 4
16 Fri, Nov 14, 2008 New Jersey Devils W 3 1 10 4 2 W 5
17 Sat, Nov 15, 2008 @ New Jersey Devils L SO 5 6 10 4 3 L 1
18 Wed, Nov 19, 2008 @ Anaheim Ducks W 6 4 11 4 3 W 1
19 Thu, Nov 20, 2008 @ Los Angeles Kings L 2 5 11 5 3 L 1
20 Sat, Nov 22, 2008 @ San Jose Sharks L 2 7 11 6 3 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L OL Streak Notes
21 Mon, Nov 24, 2008 @ Minnesota Wild L 3 4 11 7 3 L 3
22 Wed, Nov 26, 2008 Atlanta Thrashers W 5 3 12 7 3 W 1
23 Fri, Nov 28, 2008 Montreal Canadiens W 3 0 13 7 3 W 2
24 Sat, Nov 29, 2008 @ Columbus Blue Jackets L 0 3 13 8 3 L 1
25 Tue, Dec 2, 2008 Florida Panthers L 3 5 13 9 3 L 2
26 Thu, Dec 4, 2008 New York Islanders W 5 2 14 9 3 W 1
27 Sat, Dec 6, 2008 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 2 1 15 9 3 W 2
28 Sun, Dec 7, 2008 @ Carolina Hurricanes L 1 3 15 10 3 L 1
29 Wed, Dec 10, 2008 Boston Bruins W 3 1 16 10 3 W 1
30 Fri, Dec 12, 2008 Ottawa Senators W 5 1 17 10 3 W 2
31 Sat, Dec 13, 2008 @ Montreal Canadiens W 2 1 18 10 3 W 3
32 Tue, Dec 16, 2008 @ New York Islanders W OT 5 4 19 10 3 W 4
33 Thu, Dec 18, 2008 St. Louis Blues W 4 2 20 10 3 W 5
34 Sat, Dec 20, 2008 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 1 7 20 11 3 L 1
35 Tue, Dec 23, 2008 @ New York Rangers W OT 5 4 21 11 3 W 1
36 Fri, Dec 26, 2008 Buffalo Sabres W 3 2 22 11 3 W 2
37 Sun, Dec 28, 2008 Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 1 23 11 3 W 3
38 Tue, Dec 30, 2008 @ Buffalo Sabres W 4 2 24 11 3 W 4
39 Thu, Jan 1, 2009 Tampa Bay Lightning W 7 4 25 11 3 W 5
40 Sat, Jan 3, 2009 New York Rangers W 2 1 26 11 3 W 6
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L OL Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 6, 2009 Philadelphia Flyers W SO 2 1 27 11 3 W 7
42 Fri, Jan 9, 2009 Columbus Blue Jackets L 0 3 27 12 3 L 1
43 Sat, Jan 10, 2009 @ Montreal Canadiens L 4 5 27 13 3 L 2
44 Tue, Jan 13, 2009 Edmonton Oilers L 2 5 27 14 3 L 3
45 Wed, Jan 14, 2009 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 3 28 14 3 W 1
46 Sat, Jan 17, 2009 Boston Bruins W 2 1 29 14 3 W 2
47 Mon, Jan 19, 2009 @ New York Islanders W OT 2 1 30 14 3 W 3
48 Tue, Jan 20, 2009 @ Ottawa Senators L 2 3 30 15 3 L 1
49 Tue, Jan 27, 2009 @ Boston Bruins L OT 2 3 30 15 4 L 2
50 Sat, Jan 31, 2009 Detroit Red Wings W 4 2 31 15 4 W 1
51 Sun, Feb 1, 2009 Ottawa Senators W 7 4 32 15 4 W 2
52 Tue, Feb 3, 2009 @ New Jersey Devils W 5 2 33 15 4 W 3
53 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 Los Angeles Kings L 4 5 33 16 4 L 1
54 Sat, Feb 7, 2009 Florida Panthers W 3 1 34 16 4 W 1
55 Wed, Feb 11, 2009 @ New York Rangers L SO 4 5 34 16 5 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 @ Tampa Bay Lightning W 5 1 35 16 5 W 1
57 Sun, Feb 15, 2009 @ Florida Panthers W 4 2 36 16 5 W 2
58 Wed, Feb 18, 2009 Montreal Canadiens W SO 4 3 37 16 5 W 3
59 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 Colorado Avalanche L 1 4 37 17 5 L 1
60 Sun, Feb 22, 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 2 38 17 5 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L OL Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 Philadelphia Flyers L 2 4 38 18 5 L 1
62 Thu, Feb 26, 2009 Atlanta Thrashers W 4 3 39 18 5 W 1
63 Sat, Feb 28, 2009 @ Boston Bruins W OT 4 3 40 18 5 W 2
64 Sun, Mar 1, 2009 Florida Panthers L 2 6 40 19 5 L 1
65 Tue, Mar 3, 2009 Carolina Hurricanes L 2 5 40 20 5 L 2
66 Thu, Mar 5, 2009 Toronto Maple Leafs L 1 2 40 21 5 L 3
67 Sun, Mar 8, 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins L SO 3 4 40 21 6 L 4
68 Tue, Mar 10, 2009 @ Nashville Predators W OT 2 1 41 21 6 W 1
69 Thu, Mar 12, 2009 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 2 1 42 21 6 W 2
70 Sat, Mar 14, 2009 Carolina Hurricanes W SO 5 4 43 21 6 W 3
71 Mon, Mar 16, 2009 @ Atlanta Thrashers L 1 5 43 22 6 L 1
72 Tue, Mar 17, 2009 @ Florida Panthers W 3 0 44 22 6 W 1
73 Thu, Mar 19, 2009 @ Tampa Bay Lightning W 5 2 45 22 6 W 2
74 Sat, Mar 21, 2009 @ Carolina Hurricanes L 1 4 45 23 6 L 1
75 Tue, Mar 24, 2009 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L SO 2 3 45 23 7 L 2
76 Fri, Mar 27, 2009 Tampa Bay Lightning W 5 3 46 23 7 W 1
77 Wed, Apr 1, 2009 New York Islanders W 5 3 47 23 7 W 2
78 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 Buffalo Sabres L OT 4 5 47 23 8 L 1
79 Sun, Apr 5, 2009 Atlanta Thrashers W 6 4 48 23 8 W 1
80 Tue, Apr 7, 2009 @ Atlanta Thrashers W 4 2 49 23 8 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L OL Streak Notes
81 Thu, Apr 9, 2009 @ Tampa Bay Lightning W 4 2 50 23 8 W 3
82 Sat, Apr 11, 2009 @ Florida Panthers L 4 7 50 24 8 L 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 15, 2009 New York Rangers L 3 4 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Apr 18, 2009 New York Rangers L 0 1 0 2 L 2
3 Mon, Apr 20, 2009 @ New York Rangers W 4 0 1 2 W 1
4 Wed, Apr 22, 2009 @ New York Rangers L 1 2 1 3 L 1
5 Fri, Apr 24, 2009 New York Rangers W 4 0 2 3 W 1
6 Sun, Apr 26, 2009 @ New York Rangers W 5 3 3 3 W 2
7 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 New York Rangers W 2 1 4 3 W 3
8 Sat, May 2, 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins W 3 2 5 3 W 4
9 Mon, May 4, 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins W 4 3 6 3 W 5
10 Wed, May 6, 2009 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L OT 2 3 6 4 L 1
11 Fri, May 8, 2009 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 5 6 5 L 2
12 Sat, May 9, 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins L OT 3 4 6 6 L 3
13 Mon, May 11, 2009 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W OT 5 4 7 6 W 1
14 Wed, May 13, 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins L 2 6 7 7 L 1