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31/10/2008
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Washington Capitals 7 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 28 - 28
PP: 1 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:66/79=83 %, Challenges:27/40=65 %
PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:67/86=77 %, Challenges:34/46=72 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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13:47 1-0
Sam Gagner [4] (Matt Bradley, Eric Fehr)
15:36 1-1
Rostislav Klesla [1] (Jakub Voracek)
19:22 1-2
Rick Nash [7] (Michael Peca)SH
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24:05 2-2
Alexander Ovechkin [8] (Chris Clark)SH
27:32 2-3
Jason Williams [2] (Antoine Vermette, Fredrik Modin)PP
30:59 3-3
Alexander Ovechkin [9] (Eric Fehr, Tom Poti)
32:52 4-3
Barret Jackman [2] (Chris Clark, Sergei Fedorov)
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41:24 5-3
Michael Nylander [3] (Alexander Ovechkin)PP
45:21 6-3
Alexander Semin [5] (Alexander Ovechkin)
50:47 7-3
Chris Clark [6] (Sergei Fedorov)
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Penalty summary:
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09:53
Kris Russell (2 min for high-sticking)
16:16
Milan Jurcina (2 min for boarding)
18:52
Raffi Torres (2 min for hooking)
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20:29
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (2 min for holding the stick)
23:38
Eric Fehr (2 min for tripping)
26:32
Chris Clark (2 min for boarding)
36:21
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for hooking)
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41:05
Rostislav Klesla (2 min for hooking)
45:59
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (5 min for fighting)
45:59
Donald Brashear (5 min for fighting)
56:08
Mike Commodore (2 min for roughing)
56:08
Alexander Semin (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.00 7
R Matt Bradley 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 -1 15.20 6
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 18.10 8
R Alexander Ovechkin 2 2 5 1 1 1 0 2 19.20 9
C David Krejci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Michael Nylander 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 17.30 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 13.10 7
C Sam Gagner 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 15.30 8
L Donald Brashear 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 10.30 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 14.10 6
L Chris Clark 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 19.10 8
L Alexander Semin 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 3 15.20 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 15.50 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 5
D Eric Brewer 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 4 28.10 9
D Tom Poti 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 16.10 5
D Barret Jackman 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 7
D Mike Green 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 4 28.10 8
(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
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.10 4
R Michael Blunden 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 16.10 6
R Jason Williams 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 5
R Jakub Voracek 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 -2 18.00 7
C Mike York 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 5
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -3 19.30 7
C Derick Brassard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.00 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 17.40 8
L Fredrik Modin 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 6
L Raffi Torres 0 0 2 3 0 3 2 -2 20.00 6
C Michael Peca 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.50 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 18.00 7
D Mike Commodore 0 0 1 4 0 4 2 -3 19.20 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 -1 11.10 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 29.10 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -3 19.30 7
D Kris Russell 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -2 18.20 7
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 22.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fredrik Norrena 7 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Chris Clark
3rd star: Eric Fehr
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Ovechkin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Barret Jackman ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Barret Jackman ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Jason Williams ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Jakub Voracek had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Rostislav Klesla finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Donald Brashear beat Ole-Kristian Tollefsen in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 6( 33) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 7)
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1-0 HER Bryce Swan (Andrew Joudrey, Sean Collins)
2-0 HER Josh Godfrey (Grant McNeill, Jay Beagle)
3-0 HER François Bouchard (Tomas Fleischmann)
4-0 HER Chris Bourque (Alexandre Giroux)
5-0 HER Steve Pinizzotto (Jay Beagle)
6-0 HER Chris Bourque (Alexandre Giroux)
6-1 SYR Jared Boll (Jonathan Sigalet, Steve Kelly)
6-2 SYR Jari Sailio (Steve Kelly)
Goalies: Daren Machesney - Danny Battochio