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1/1/2009
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Washington Capitals 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 26 - 23
PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:70/84=83 %, Challenges:42/58=71 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:62/77=80 %, Challenges:38/49=76 %
Attendance: 10084 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 504200 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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11:06 1-0
Tom Poti [3] (Milan Jurcina, Michael Nylander)
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no scoring
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48:51 1-1
Vyacheslav Kozlov [6] (Todd White, Ryan Clowe)
50:13 2-1
Michael Nylander [12] (Chris Clark, Milan Jurcina)
56:28 3-1
Alexander Semin [14] (Chris Clark)
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Penalty summary:
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03:51
Joe Motzko (2 min for slashing)
06:15
Alexander Semin (2 min for tripping)
19:13
Éric Perrin (2 min for elbowing)
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25:26
Colby Armstrong (2 min for tripping)
30:25
Alexander Semin (2 min for holding the stick)
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46:25
Matt Bradley (5 min for fighting)
46:25
Joe Motzko (5 min for fighting)
46:25
Matt Bradley (10 min game misconduct)
46:25
Joe Motzko (10 min game misconduct)
46:25
Nicklas Bäckström (5 min for fighting)
46:25
Éric Perrin (5 min for fighting)
46:25
Nicklas Bäckström (10 min game misconduct)
46:25
Éric Perrin (10 min game misconduct)
46:25
Brooks Laich (5 min for fighting)
46:25
Eric Boulton (5 min for fighting)
46:25
Brooks Laich (10 min game misconduct)
46:25
Eric Boulton (10 min game misconduct)
46:25
John Erskine (5 min for fighting)
46:25
Christian Ehrhoff (5 min for fighting)
46:25
John Erskine (10 min game misconduct)
46:25
Christian Ehrhoff (10 min game misconduct)
46:25
Shaone Morrisonn (2 min for roughing)
46:25
Nathan Oystrick (2 min for roughing)
50:37
Nathan Oystrick (2 min for high-sticking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Graham Mink 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.50 6
R Matt Bradley 0 0 0 1 2 0 15 0 11.10 5
R Chris Clark 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 21.00 9
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 -1 20.00 7
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 4
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 0 3 1 15 0 11.00 6
C Michael Nylander 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 20.20 8
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 16.20 7
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 6.50 4
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 10.00 5
L Alexander Semin 1 0 2 3 1 1 4 3 19.20 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 -1 24.50 9
D John Erskine 0 0 0 1 0 2 15 0 14.50 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 18.40 8
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 23.40 6
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 11.00 6
D Tom Poti 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 24.30 6
D Mike Green 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Théodore 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
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 1 0 0 0 17 0 6.00 5
R Chris Thorburn 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 0 14.30 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 -2 22.30 7
R Ryan Clowe 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 24.30 6
C Éric Perrin 0 0 1 2 0 1 17 0 6.00 5
C Rich Peverley 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 5
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 17.00 5
C Todd White 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 7
L Eric Boulton 0 0 2 1 0 1 15 0 6.10 5
L Brett Sterling 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11.30 4
L Marty Reasoner 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 14.00 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 21.00 6
D Anssi Salmela 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 11.50 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 6 0 4 0 -1 26.10 9
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 -1 22.20 5
D Nathan Oystrick 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 13.30 5
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.40 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 27.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
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: Alexander Semin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Milan Jurcina notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Tom Poti finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Vyacheslav Kozlov ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Matt Bradley beat Joe Motzko in a fight.
-Nicklas Bäckström fought Éric Perrin in a fight.
-Eric Boulton beat Brooks Laich in a fight.
-John Erskine beat Christian Ehrhoff in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 4( 38) , Chicago Wolves 1( 9)
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1-0 HER Alexandre Giroux (Chris Bourque, Karl Alzner)
1-1 CHW Joey Crabb (Paul Thompson)
2-1 HER Karl Alzner
3-1 HER François Bouchard (Keith Aucoin)
4-1 HER Maxime Lacroix (Josh Godfrey, Oskar Osala)
Goalies: Daren Machesney - Ondrej Pavelec