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9/11/2008
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Washington Capitals 6 , New York Rangers 3
Shots: 36 - 21
PP: 2 of 8 (16 shots), Passing:58/74=78 %, Challenges:37/39=92 %
PP: 0 of 7 (11 shots), Passing:76/93=81 %, Challenges:29/36=78 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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07:06 1-0
Alexander Ovechkin [11] (Nicklas Bäckström, José Theodore)PP
09:03 2-0
Nicklas Bäckström [12] (Mike Green)PP
18:13 3-0
Alexander Semin [8] (Sergei Fedorov, Tom Poti)
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28:15 4-0
Boyd Gordon [2] (Brian Pothier, Mike Green)
28:45 4-1
Ryan Callahan [6] (Scott Gomez, Alex Tanguay)
35:51 4-2
Patrick Marleau [9] (Alex Tanguay, Ryan Callahan)
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47:02 5-2
Michael Nylander [5] (Rico Fata, Boyd Gordon)
49:37 6-2
Mike Green [2] (Tom Poti, Nicklas Bäckström)
55:38 6-3
Claude Giroux [7] (Markus Näslund, Christian Ehrhoff)
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Penalty summary:
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03:57
Brian Pothier (2 min for tripping)
06:29
Sean Avery (2 min for hooking)
08:01
Markus Näslund (2 min for cross-checking)
10:38
Michael Nylander (2 min for hooking)
12:47
Calle Alfredo (2 min for tripping)
15:02
Eric Fehr (2 min for boarding)
19:13
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for holding the stick)
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23:51
Claude Giroux (2 min for hooking)
26:47
Craig Weller (5 min for fighting)
26:47
Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
29:49
Sean Avery (2 min for hooking)
39:12
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for tripping)
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42:39
Boyd Gordon (2 min for roughing)
42:39
Vitaly Vishnevski (2 min for roughing)
44:26
Brooks Laich (2 min for holding the stick)
47:33
Markus Näslund (2 min for hooking)
51:55
Sean Avery (2 min for cross-checking)
57:16
Claude Giroux (2 min for tripping)
59:41
Brian Pothier (2 min for elbowing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 17.10 8
R Boyd Gordon 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 18.10 9
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 10.50 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 6
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Michael Nylander 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 20.40 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 10.30 8
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 7.40 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 13.20 7
L Rico Fata 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 12.30 6
L Alexander Semin 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 18.00 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 21.30 6
D Ben Clymer 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 19.20 8
D Tom Poti 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 19.20 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 21.00 8
D Brian Pothier 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 15.20 7
D Mike Green 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 1 23.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 1 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Calle Alfredo 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 5.40 4
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 18.00 7
R Ryan Callahan 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 11.50 8
R Claude Giroux 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 19.50 8
C Danny Hobbs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 5.40 4
C Petr Prucha 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 5
C Scott Gomez 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.10 9
C Patrick Marleau 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.50 8
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 5.40 4
L Sean Avery 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 -1 12.10 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 13.10 7
L Markus Näslund 0 1 2 3 0 0 4 0 19.30 8
D Michael Del Zotto 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.10 5
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 22.30 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -2 29.10 7
D Craig Weller 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 9.30 5
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 21.10 6
D Wade Redden 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 -2 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 6 0 30 0 0 60.00 5
G Antoine Lafleur 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nicklas Bäckström
2nd star: Mike Green
3rd star: Boyd Gordon
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Tom Poti notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Rico Fata finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Mike Green finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Christian Ehrhoff notched his 10th assist of the season.
Other notes:
-Chris Clark beat Craig Weller in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 5( 20) , Hartford Wolfpack 4( 16)
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0-1
Blair Betts (Bobby Sanguinetti)
1-1
Mathieu Perreault (François Bouchard, Sami Lepistö)
1-2
Patrick Thoresen (Jason Strudwick)
1-3
Blair Betts (Bobby Sanguinetti)
2-3
David Steckel (Jeff Schultz, Jame Pollock)
3-3
Mathieu Perreault (Graham Mink, Sami Lepistö)
4-3
François Bouchard (Graham Mink)
4-4
Bobby Sanguinetti (Blair Betts)
5-4
Cam McCaffrey (Oskar Osala)
Goalies: Semen Varlamov - Stephen Valiquette