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12/11/2008
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Washington Capitals 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 31 - 23
PP: 1 of 8 (18 shots), Passing:69/82=84 %, Challenges:40/44=88 %
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:58/77=75 %, Challenges:41/51=78 %
Attendance: 12146 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 596368 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:51 1-0
Sergei Fedorov [6] (Viktor Kozlov, Alexander Ovechkin)
08:06 2-0
Matt Cooke [4] (Ben Clymer, Alexandre Giroux)
14:05 2-1
Ilya Kovalchuk [6] (Slava Kozlov, Steve McCarthy)
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30:02 2-2
Chris Thorburn [2] (Jim Slater, Tobias Enström)
32:35 2-3
Slava Kozlov [1] (Steve Rucchin, Alexei Zhitnik)PP
37:17 3-3
Chris Clark [5] (Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Bäckström)PP
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42:39 4-3
Brooks Laich [3] (Tom Poti, Mike Green)
59:22 5-3
Chris Clark [6] (Nicklas Bäckström, Mike Green) EN
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Penalty summary:
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01:44
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for tripping)
09:02
Colby Armstrong (2 min for high-sticking)
10:04
Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
10:04
Tom Poti (2 min for roughing)
13:26
Chris Thorburn (5 min for fighting)
13:26
Matt Bradley (5 min for fighting)
14:55
Garnet Exelby (2 min for holding the stick)
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23:01
Alexander Semin (2 min for elbowing)
26:41
Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
28:13
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for roughing)
28:13
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for roughing)
30:44
Steve Eminger (2 min for roughing)
33:29
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for high-sticking)
36:27
Darren Haydar (2 min for high-sticking)
39:45
Garnet Exelby (2 min for tripping)
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46:43
Slava Kozlov (2 min for hooking)
49:07
Chris Clark (2 min for hooking)
55:11
Tom Poti (2 min for cross-checking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
R Matt Bradley 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 5.10 6
R Chris Clark 2 0 6 1 0 1 2 -1 21.00 9
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 7
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 7.10 6
C Alexandre Giroux 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.10 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Sergei Fedorov 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
L Brooks Laich 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
L Matt Cooke 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 12.10 8
L Alexander Semin 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20.40 5
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 2 3 4 0 2 2 1 21.00 10
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 12.00 7
D Mike Green 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 6
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 5 1 1 2 0 26.20 7
D Ben Clymer 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 12.10 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 5 0 0 0 4 1 27.20 8
D Brian Pothier 0 0 8 4 0 2 0 0 28.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 7.40 7
R Jim Slater 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 -2 18.20 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18.40 7
R Mark Recchi 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 19.30 8
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.30 6
C Jason Krog 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 10.10 6
C Todd White 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 17.30 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
L Chris Thorburn 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 8.10 7
L Erik Christensen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 10.20 6
L Slava Kozlov 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 11.20 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 17.20 8
D Tobias Enström 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 -1 16.10 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 0 19.00 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 26.10 6
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 12.30 4
D Steve McCarthy 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 19.50 5
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 3 1 1 1 6 -1 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 26 0 0 59.00 5
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Clark
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Nicklas Bäckström
Notes for Washington Capitals:
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Jim Slater finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Niclas Hävelid had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Chris Thorburn beat Matt Bradley in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 27) , Chicago Wolves 3( 15)
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0-1 CHW Mark Popovic (Brett Sterling, Éric Perrin)
0-2 CHW Colin Stuart (Eric Boulton)
1-2 HER Jason Morgan
1-3 CHW Bryan Little (Éric Perrin)
2-3 HER Donald Brashear (Josef Boumedienne)
Goalies: Brent Johnson - Fred Brathwaite