"After rallying from a 3-1 hole in the series, the Capitals eventually fell in overtime of Game 7 via a controversial power-play goal from Joffrey Lupul. "Nobody thought we gonna make the playoffs and then, if you remember, we play against Philly and that was a bad call from ref in Game 7 in OT," Ovechkin said. The "bad call" that Ovechkin refers to was a two-minute minor penalty for tripping assessed to defenseman Tom Poti."
""Did I ever tell you what I did?" Boudreau said. "Because it was Paul Devorski, who was the referee, I went to his house and I teepeed his house because he lived next door to me. About 20 rolls of toilet paper, throwing it over all the trees, his car, everything." Ovechkin laughed, clearly finding out about the story for the first time."
The 2007–08 Washington Capitals finished the regular season 11-1 in their final 12 games to clinch the Southeast Division and deliver the franchise's first playoff berth of the Alex Ovechkin era. The Capitals faced the veteran Philadelphia Flyers in the first round, rallied from a 3-1 series deficit, but lost in overtime of Game 7 on a power-play goal by Joffrey Lupul after a two-minute tripping penalty on defenseman Tom Poti was called 4:15 into overtime. Coach Bruce Boudreau reacted to the contentious officiating by toilet-papering referee Paul Devorski's house, where Devorski lived near Boudreau in Harrisburg.
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