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1/12/2009
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Washington Capitals 4 , Nashville Predators 5
Shots: 29 - 22
PP: 1 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:79/93=84 %, Challenges:25/40=61 %
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:76/102=74 %, Challenges:27/41=64 %
Attendance: 9780 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 470418 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:53 1-0
Mikko Koivu [5] (Alexander Ovechkin, Frans Nielsen)
17:15 2-0
Brendan Morrison [8] (Eric Fehr)PP
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29:36 2-1
Hugh Jessiman [1] (Ron Hainsey, Ryan Suter)
32:49 2-2
James Sheppard [6] (Kyle Wellwood, Dan Hamhuis)
37:26 3-2
Brendan Morrison [9] (Alexander Ovechkin, Wade Redden)
39:56 3-3
Jason Arnott [8] (Steve Sullivan, David Legwand)PP
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48:52 4-3
Alexander Ovechkin [12] (Mikko Koivu)
59:13 4-4
Jason Arnott [9] (Rostislav Klesla, Ryan Suter)SH
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64:52 4-5
Johan Franzén [4] (Steve Sullivan, David Legwand)
Penalty summary:
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01:42
James Sheppard (2 min for tripping)
15:39
Hugh Jessiman (2 min for roughing)
17:36
Zach Budish (2 min for tripping)
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30:43
Brendan Morrison (2 min for high-sticking)
33:11
Evgeny Artyukhin (2 min for high-sticking)
38:25
Marc Staal (2 min for cross-checking)
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44:24
Frans Nielsen (2 min for tripping)
53:37
Jason Arnott (2 min for elbowing)
58:07
Kyle Wellwood (2 min for tripping)
58:44
Jordin Tootoo (2 min for holding the stick)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 9.20 7
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 -1 13.10 6
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.10 7
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 23.40 6
C Mathieu Perreault 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 7.40 5
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 -2 17.40 7
C Brendan Morrison 2 0 4 1 2 0 2 1 17.40 7
C Mikko Koivu 1 1 6 3 0 2 0 0 23.50 9
L Frans Nielsen 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.40 6
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 16.20 6
L Alexander Semin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 17.20 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 2 21.50 8
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 19.20 6
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 -1 16.50 6
D Wade Redden 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 33.10 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 -1 18.00 7
D Michael Del Zotto 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 27.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 5 0 17 0 0 65.00 4
G Simeon Varlamov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
R Patric Hörnqvist 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 16.10 6
R Jason Arnott 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 22.00 8
R Steve Sullivan 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.30 7
C Ben Guite 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
C Jordin Tootoo 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 19.10 6
C Kyle Wellwood 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 12.50 7
C Johan Franzén 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.20 7
L Hugh Jessiman 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 7.40 6
L Jerred Smithson 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 11.50 5
L James Sheppard 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 13.10 7
L David Legwand 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 25.00 7
D Ryan Suter 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 28.40 8
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 33.00 9
D Dan Hamhuis 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 17.40 7
D Zach Budish 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9.40 6
D Roman Josi 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Ellis 4 0 25 0 0 65.00 6
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Arnott
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Steve Sullivan
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Ovechkin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Wade Redden notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexander Semin had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Johan Franzén finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Rostislav Klesla finally ended his 16 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 6( 41) , Milwaukee Admirals 4( 15)
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1-0 POR Chris Bourque (Tomas Fleischmann)
2-0 POR Sasha Pokulok (David Steckel, Pasi Salonen)
2-1 MIL Ryan Thang (Joel Ward, Cody Franson)
2-2 MIL Ryan Maki (Vaclav Meidl, Blake Geoffrion)
3-2 POR Maxime Lacroix (Alexandre Giroux)
3-3 MIL Ryan Maki (Andreas Thuresson, Richard Stehlik)
4-3 POR Stephen Werner (Evgeny Gravchev)
5-3 POR Maxime Lacroix (Alexandre Giroux)
6-3 POR Peter Guggisberg
6-4 MIL Andreas Thuresson (Richard Stehlik)
Goalies: Michal Neuvirth - Mark Dekanich