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3/3/2009
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Washington Capitals 5 , Philadelphia Flyers 3
Shots: 29 - 28
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:66/84=78 %, Challenges:30/40=73 %
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:64/78=82 %, Challenges:41/53=75 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:15 0-1
Daniel Brière [30] (Scott Hartnell)PP
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23:09 1-1
Alexander Ovechkin [41] (Ladislav Smid, Eric Brewer)
26:28 1-2
Simon Gagné [18] (Jeff Carter)
27:18 2-2
Alexander Ovechkin [42] (Rick Nash, Evgeny Malkin)
30:54 3-2
Eric Fehr [2] (Brooks Laich, Ladislav Smid)
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42:45 3-3
Scott Hartnell [23] (Joffrey Lupul, Daniel Brière)
48:53 4-3
Loui Eriksson [22] (Michael Nylander, Oskar Osala)
50:52 5-3
Brooks Laich [8] (Eric Fehr, Matt Bradley)
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Penalty summary:
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00:57
Ladislav Smid (2 min for roughing)
00:57
Jeff Carter (2 min for roughing)
04:32
Ossi Väänänen (2 min for tripping)
07:08
Ladislav Smid (2 min for boarding)
13:44
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for roughing)
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28:04
Joffrey Lupul (2 min for hooking)
34:41
Eric Fehr (2 min for high-sticking)
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48:05
Derian Hatcher (5 min for fighting)
48:05
Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
55:47
Eric Brewer (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 8.00 7
R Matt Bradley 0 1 2 2 4 3 0 0 17.10 6
R Loui Eriksson 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 8
R Alexander Ovechkin 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 13.10 8
C David Krejci 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.00 6
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 15.10 6
C Michael Nylander 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 11.50 7
C Evgeny Malkin 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
L Brooks Laich 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.40 7
L Oskar Osala 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 15.30 7
L Chris Clark 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 14.10 6
L Rick Nash 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 23.30 6
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 15.30 6
D Eric Brewer 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 24.00 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 16.00 7
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 12.40 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 2 2 6 1 2 4 1 27.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ville Leino 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.40 4
R Claude Giroux 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.50 5
R Joffrey Lupul 0 1 5 2 0 0 2 -2 18.40 7
R Jeff Carter 0 1 5 5 2 1 2 -1 21.20 8
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.00 7
C Daniel Brière 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 -2 17.00 8
C Mike Richards 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 6
L Mike Knuble 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -1 12.40 5
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.20 7
L Scott Hartnell 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 17.40 8
L Simon Gagné 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 11.30 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 22.20 5
D Matt Carle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26.10 6
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 14.20 6
D Ryan Parent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 17.50 5
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 5 0 24 0 0 60.00 5
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Eric Fehr
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Brooks Laich
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Michael Nylander scored the 700th point of his career.
-Eric Fehr notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Eric Fehr finally ended his 44 game goal drought.
-Eric Fehr finally ended his 15 game point drought.
Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Daniel Brière scored his 30th goal of the season.
Other notes:
-Chris Clark beat Derian Hatcher in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 3( 31) , Philadelphia Phantoms 2( 14)
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0-1 PHL Frédérik Cabana (Jonathan Matsumoto, Andrew Alberts)
0-2 PHL Ondrej Fiala (Denis Tolpeko, Danny Syvret)
1-2 HER Andrew Joudrey
2-2 HER François Bouchard (Alexandre Giroux)
3-2 HER Alexandre Giroux (François Bouchard, Steve Pinizzotto)
Goalies: Daren Machesney - Michael-Lee Teslak