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23/2/2009
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Washington Capitals 5 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 30 - 29
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:67/77=87 %, Challenges:25/42=58 %
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:67/77=87 %, Challenges:39/52=73 %
Attendance: 10143 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 507150 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:13 1-0
Chris Clark [20] (Brian Pothier, Sergei Fedorov)
16:33 1-1
Martin St. Louis [13] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Saku Koivu)PP
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26:39 2-1
Jack Johnson [8] (Chris Clark, Alexander Frolov)PP
30:01 2-2
Saku Koivu [20] (Martin St. Louis, Andrei Kostitsyn)
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43:27 3-2
Brian Pothier [2] (Sergei Fedorov)
44:01 4-2
Alexander Frolov [19] (Sergei Fedorov)
48:42 4-3
Maxim Lapierre [2] (Chris Higgins, Guillaume Latendresse)
49:25 5-3
Tomas Fleischmann [5] (Graham Mink, Matt Greene)
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Penalty summary:
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15:24
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for roughing)
19:23
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for hooking)
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25:42
Pavel Valentenko (2 min for hooking)
38:57
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for high-sticking)
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45:19
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for hooking)
50:48
Martin St. Louis (2 min for tripping)
57:56
Alexander Semin (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Graham Mink 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 6.40 7
R Matt Bradley 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -1 15.20 7
R Chris Clark 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 2 19.00 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 19.00 7
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 13.20 5
C Sergei Fedorov 0 3 0 1 0 0 6 2 13.50 8
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 6
L Tomas Fleischmann 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 6.40 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 15.20 5
L Alexander Frolov 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 19.00 7
L Alexander Semin 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 19.00 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 3 1 5 0 0 16.00 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 7
D Mike Green 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 25.40 7
D Matt Greene 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 17.00 6
D Brian Pothier 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 17.40 8
D Jack Johnson 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Théodore 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 8.00 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 11.00 6
R Martin St. Louis 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 -1 18.40 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 19.20 6
C Maxim Lapierre 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8.50 6
C Robert Lang 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 13.10 6
C Saku Koivu 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 -1 17.40 8
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 20.20 6
L Chris Higgins 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 5.50 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 14.00 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 -1 17.40 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 20.20 8
D Pavel Valentenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15.10 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 6 0 5 0 -2 25.30 9
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 17.40 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 20.40 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Clark
2nd star: Sergei Fedorov
3rd star: Alexander Frolov
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Chris Clark scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Tomas Fleischmann finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Saku Koivu scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Alex Kovalev had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Maxim Lapierre finally ended his 43 game goal drought.
-Maxim Lapierre finally ended his 15 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 24) , Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 16)
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1-0 HER Quintin Laing (David Steckel)
1-1 HAM Matt D'Agostini (Clarke MacArthur, Glen Metropolit)
1-2 HAM David Desharnais (Matt D'Agostini)
1-3 HAM Mathieu Carle (Konstantin Korneev, Ben Maxwell)
2-3 HER Alexandre Giroux
Goalies: Daren Machesney - Marc Denis