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24/11/2008
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Washington Capitals 4 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 22 - 27
PP: 3 of 8 (12 shots), Passing:55/72=76 %, Challenges:31/38=79 %
PP: 2 of 8 (11 shots), Passing:83/101=82 %, Challenges:41/57=70 %
Attendance: 11967 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 587579 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:07 0-1
Ryan Malone [4] (Gary Roberts, Mark Eaton)PP
13:16 0-2
Gary Roberts [2] (Evgeny Malkin, Sidney Crosby)PP
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27:58 1-2
Alexander Semin [10] (Michael Nylander)PP
31:49 2-2
Alexander Semin [11] (Michael Nylander, Viktor Kozlov)
33:11 2-3
Brooks Orpik [1] (Jani Rita, Milan Kraft)
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46:49 3-3
Viktor Kozlov [7] (Michael Nylander, Alexander Semin)PP
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63:22 4-3
Brian Pothier [3] (Mike Green, Nicklas Bäckström)PP
Penalty summary:
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01:38
Ryan Malone (2 min for roughing)
06:33
Alexandre Giroux (2 min for hooking)
09:06
Maxime Talbot (2 min for slashing)
12:51
Mike Green (2 min for high-sticking)
18:42
Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for hooking)
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21:07
Sidney Crosby (2 min for hooking)
26:57
Sidney Crosby (2 min for hooking)
34:59
Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for high-sticking)
37:07
Chris Clark (2 min for hooking)
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40:04
Mike Green (2 min for holding the stick)
44:47
Matt Cooke (5 min for fighting)
44:47
Maxime Talbot (5 min for fighting)
46:17
Marian Hossa (2 min for high-sticking)
48:17
Milan Kraft (2 min for boarding)
48:49
Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for roughing)
48:49
Michael Nylander (2 min for roughing)
55:06
Brian Pothier (2 min for roughing)
57:13
Mike Green (2 min for hooking)
59:32
Gary Roberts (2 min for high-sticking)
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61:51
Marian Hossa (2 min for tripping)
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
R Matt Bradley 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 13.50 8
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 -1 20.30 8
R Viktor Kozlov 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 21.00 8
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 8.10 6
C Alexandre Giroux 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.50 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 -1 13.00 6
C Michael Nylander 0 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 18.50 9
L Dustin Boyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 14.40 7
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 -1 20.10 6
L Alexander Semin 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 9
D Ben Clymer 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 10.50 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.30 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 24.40 7
D Mike Green 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 0 21.50 8
D Brian Pothier 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 -1 20.10 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 1 9 1 8 0 1 30.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 24 0 0 63.30 7
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jani Rita 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 6.10 6
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 11.50 7
R Gary Roberts 1 1 2 0 4 0 2 -1 18.10 4
R Marian Hossa 0 0 1 3 1 0 4 0 22.50 7
C Milan Kraft 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 6.10 5
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 3 1 0 7 0 16.00 5
C Jordan Staal 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 3 2 0 0 4 0 20.20 8
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 14.30 8
L Sean Avery 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 11.50 5
L Ryan Malone 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 -1 16.10 7
L Evgeny Malkin 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 21.00 9
D Brooks Orpik 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 21.50 8
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 17.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
D Mark Eaton 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 20.10 5
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 22.40 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 26.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 18 0 0 63.30 5
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Semin
2nd star: Viktor Kozlov
3rd star: Michael Nylander
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Semin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Alexander Semin has marked a new career high in goals with 11 tallies.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Gary Roberts ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Milan Kraft finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Ryan Malone ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Matt Cooke beat Maxime Talbot in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 24) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 17)
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1-0 HER Jason Lehoux (Andrew Joudrey)
1-1 WBS Connor James (Kenny Corupe)
2-1 HER Eric Fehr
Goalies: Brent Johnson - Jeff Pietrasiak