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21/2/2009
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Washington Capitals 4 , Nashville Predators 3
Shots: 21 - 30
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:62/73=84 %, Challenges:38/55=67 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:69/85=81 %, Challenges:30/42=69 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:04 1-0
Loui Eriksson [18] (Sergei Fedorov, Alexander Semin)PP
14:32 1-1
Andrei Kostitsyn [23] (Guillaume Latendresse)
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34:56 2-1
Evgeny Malkin [30] (Alexander Semin, Eric Brewer)
35:13 2-2
Guillaume Latendresse [27] (Nicklas Lidström, Scott Nichol)
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40:15 2-3
Guillaume Latendresse [28] (Mike Komisarek, Nicklas Lidström)
45:58 3-3
Alexander Ovechkin [40] (Evgeny Malkin, Chris Clark)
56:45 4-3
Loui Eriksson [19] (Alexander Ovechkin, Mike Green)
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Penalty summary:
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05:21
Scott Niedermayer (2 min for roughing)
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23:24
Paul Thompson (5 min for fighting)
23:24
Barret Jackman (5 min for fighting)
26:36
Radek Bonk (2 min for slashing)
29:43
Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for hooking)
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45:07
Radek Bonk (2 min for roughing)
45:07
Alexander Semin (2 min for roughing)
48:52
Mike Komisarek (5 min for fighting)
48:52
Matt Bradley (5 min for fighting)
52:43
David Krejci (2 min for tripping)
57:56
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for holding the stick)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Matt Bradley 0 0 1 2 3 1 5 -1 16.30 6
R Loui Eriksson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 8
R Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 5 3 2 3 0 0 20.50 9
C David Krejci 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6.10 5
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 -1 17.30 7
C Michael Nylander 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 15.20 4
C Evgeny Malkin 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 8
L Donald Brashear 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 5
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 15.20 7
L Chris Clark 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 17.40 8
L Alexander Semin 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 -1 16.30 7
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 22.00 6
D Eric Brewer 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 24.00 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 -1 17.20 7
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 0 16.40 6
D Mike Green 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wade Belak 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 6.50 7
R Colin Wilson 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 9.20 5
R Guillaume Latendresse 2 1 5 4 1 3 0 2 18.50 10
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 -2 20.20 7
C Rich Peverly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Scott Nichol 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 12.40 8
C Radek Bonk 0 0 2 3 0 0 4 -1 21.50 6
C Jason Arnott 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 20.40 7
L Paul Thompson 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 7.10 5
L Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 12.00 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 -1 21.40 7
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12.50 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 17.50 8
D Ryan Suter 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 -2 24.50 8
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 14.20 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 0 2 1 2 5 2 21.10 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 2 4 1 0 2 -2 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 4 0 17 0 0 58.00 4
G Jeremy Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Loui Eriksson
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Alexander Ovechkin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Evgeny Malkin scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 40th goal of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin notched his 50th assist of the season.
-Mike Green notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin scored the 400th point of his career.
-Loui Eriksson finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Scott Nichol has marked a new career high in assists with 12 assists.
-Nicklas Lidström notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Thomas Vanek had his 7 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Paul Thompson beat Barret Jackman in a fight.
-Mike Komisarek beat Matt Bradley in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 4( 27) , Milwaukee Admirals 0( 12)
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1-0 HER Graham Mink (Alexandre Giroux)
2-0 HER Bryce Swan (Jan Marek)
3-0 HER Maxime Lacroix (Jay Beagle)
4-0 HER Graham Mink (Quintin Laing)
Goalies: Daren Machesney - Pekka Rinne