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26/12/2001
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Washington Capitals 4 , Carolina Hurricanes 2
Shots: 28 - 26
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:53/69=76 %, Challenges:28/46=59 %
PP: 1 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:82/95=86 %, Challenges:30/49=60 %
Attendance: 6938 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 344819 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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16:25 0-1
Sergei Samsonov [5] (Eric Staal, Patrick Eaves)
19:33 0-2
Sergei Samsonov [6] (Dany Heatley, Joe Corvo)PP
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28:51 1-2
Eric Fehr [2] (Boyd Gordon, Cristobal Huet)
29:49 2-2
Alexander Ovechkin [15] (Viktor Kozlov)
39:06 3-2
Michael Nylander [12] (Alexander Semin, Chris Clark)PP
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42:14 4-2
Viktor Kozlov [8] (Alexander Ovechkin, Tom Poti)
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Penalty summary:
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03:09
Scott Walker (5 min for fighting)
03:09
Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
11:15
Alexander Semin (2 min for hooking)
18:02
Brian Pothier (2 min for hooking)
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24:46
Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for tripping)
35:39
Alexander Semin (2 min for roughing)
35:39
Colin White (2 min for roughing)
37:49
Sergei Samsonov (2 min for hooking)
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43:49
Chad LaRose (2 min for slashing)
46:04
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for hooking)
49:41
Brooks Laich (2 min for slashing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 7
R Boyd Gordon 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 14.30 7
R Chris Clark 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 18.20 7
R Viktor Kozlov 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 15.00 8
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 6.50 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13.30 6
C Michael Nylander 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 16.10 8
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 10.30 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 3 4 4 0 0 20.00 7
L Alexander Semin 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 14.30 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 3 2 5 2 2 2 19.40 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 17.30 6
D Ben Clymer 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 21.20 8
D Mike Green 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 23.10 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14.30 8
D Steve Eminger 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 2 25.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 2 1 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chad LaRose 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6.20 5
L Scott Walker 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 11.00 6
L Sergei Samsonov 2 0 4 1 0 0 2 -1 19.20 7
R Corey Perry 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 -1 18.00 7
C Jeff Hamilton 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.20 4
C Matt Cullen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
L Dainius Zubrus 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 18.20 7
C Eric Staal 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 20.10 7
L Joey Mormina 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6.50 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 15.30 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 -1 18.40 5
R Dany Heatley 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 -1 20.00 6
D Colin White 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 11.40 7
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 21.00 5
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 21.00 6
D David Tanabe 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 19.40 7
D Joe Corvo 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 -1 21.50 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 -1 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Viktor Kozlov
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Eric Fehr
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Viktor Kozlov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexander Semin has marked a new career high in assists with 13 assists.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Sergei Samsonov finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Scott Walker fought Chris Clark in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 22) , Lowell Lock Monsters 1( 14)
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1-0
Sami Lepistö (Kyle Wilson)
1-1
Trevor Letowski (Ernie Hartlieb)
2-1
Alexandre Giroux
3-1
Alexandre Giroux (Josef Boumedienne)
Goalies: Brent Johnson - Michael Leighton