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12/11/2008
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Washington Capitals 4 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 25 - 17
PP: 1 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:71/85=83 %, Challenges:43/56=75 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:61/84=72 %, Challenges:30/47=62 %
Attendance: 12260 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 613000 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:22 1-0
Brooks Laich [4] (Nicklas Bäckström)PP
17:01 2-0
Tomas Fleischmann [1] (Brian Pothier, John Erskine)
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37:52 2-1
Nathan Oystrick [1] (Anssi Salmela, Rich Peverley)
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47:19 3-1
Michael Nylander [6] (Alexander Semin, Chris Clark)
50:25 3-2
Joe Pavelski [5] (Tobias Enström, Ron Hainsey)
58:56 4-2
Mike Green [2] (Brian Pothier) EN
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Penalty summary:
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01:56
Colby Armstrong (2 min for tripping)
03:02
Ron Hainsey (2 min for elbowing)
10:23
Nathan Oystrick (2 min for roughing)
11:13
Alexander Semin (2 min for roughing)
11:13
Ron Hainsey (2 min for roughing)
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28:01
Joe Motzko (2 min for tripping)
36:53
Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
36:53
Alexander Semin (2 min for roughing)
39:33
Joe Motzko (2 min for hooking)
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52:02
John Erskine (5 min for fighting)
52:02
Chris Thorburn (5 min for fighting)
56:33
Alexander Semin (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Graham Mink 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.40 5
R Matt Bradley 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 13.00 6
R Chris Clark 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 19.40 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 -1 20.40 7
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.40 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.40 6
C Michael Nylander 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 19.30 8
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
L Tomas Fleischmann 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4.40 7
L Brooks Laich 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 15.50 7
L Alexander Semin 0 1 4 1 3 0 6 1 20.00 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 20.20 8
D John Erskine 0 1 0 1 0 5 5 0 12.30 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 16.00 6
D Brian Pothier 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 16.50 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 25.10 6
D Mike Green 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Théodore 2 0 15 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joe Motzko 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 6.00 6
R Chris Thorburn 0 0 2 4 1 5 5 0 20.30 8
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 -1 19.40 6
R Ryan Clowe 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 20.40 7
C Éric Perrin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Rich Peverley 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.40 5
C Joe Pavelski 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 14.50 6
C Todd White 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 14.20 6
L Eric Boulton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 4
L Brett Sterling 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16.40 4
L Marty Reasoner 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 18.10 4
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.20 6
D Anssi Salmela 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 -1 25.20 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 18.20 6
D Nathan Oystrick 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14.40 6
D Tobias Enström 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 17.40 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 0 3 1 3 4 0 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 4 0 21 0 0 59.00 5
G Kari Lehtonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Clark
2nd star: Michael Nylander
3rd star: Tomas Fleischmann
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Tomas Fleischmann finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-John Erskine ended his 8 game point drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
Other notes:
-John Erskine fought Chris Thorburn in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 27) , Chicago Wolves 2( 20)
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0-1 CHW Spencer Machacek (Pier-Alexandre Poulin)
1-1 HER Chris Collins (Keith Aucoin, Jeff Schultz)
2-1 HER Luke Lynes
2-2 CHW Angelo Esposito (Colin Stuart)
Goalies: Daren Machesney - Ondrej Pavelec