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8/1/2009
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Washington Capitals 4 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 20 - 26
PP: 0 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:65/74=87 %, Challenges:21/42=48 %
PP: 2 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:74/94=78 %, Challenges:37/57=63 %
Attendance: 16894 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 778813 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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04:44 1-0
Michael Nylander [11] (Sami Lepistö)
15:25 1-1
Ryan Kesler [11] (Milan Jurcina, Nick Petrecki)PP
19:03 1-2
Rick Nash [23] (Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar)PP
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30:42 2-2
Kyle Calder [8] (David Krejci)
32:36 2-3
Jakub Voracek [3] (Bryan Smolinski, Nick Petrecki)
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54:26 3-3
Viktor Kozlov [10] (Sami Lepistö, Brian Pothier)
57:28 4-3
Eric Tangradi [10] (Jeff Schultz)
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Penalty summary:
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11:25
Brooks Orpik (5 min for high-sticking)
14:23
Kyle Calder (2 min for roughing)
14:23
Dustin Brown (2 min for roughing)
18:19
François Bouchard (2 min for tripping)
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38:13
Rick Nash (2 min for high-sticking)
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47:01
Kevin Bieksa (5 min for fighting)
47:01
Boyd Gordon (5 min for fighting)
52:19
Anze Kopitar (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Clark 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.40 4
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 15.40 4
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 19.30 8
R Kyle Calder 1 0 3 2 2 0 2 2 15.00 7
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 3 0 3 5 0 6.10 6
C Mathieu Perreault 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 14.00 6
C Kyle Beach 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 17.40 7
C David Krejci 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 7
L François Bouchard 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 8.10 6
L Michael Nylander 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 18.10 5
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 17.40 6
L Eric Tangradi 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 17.50 7
D Sami Lepistö 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 18.20 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 2 2 1 2 5 -1 19.10 7
D Jeff Schultz 0 1 2 4 1 4 0 2 21.30 9
D Brian Pothier 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 17.50 7
D keith aulie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 5
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 2 24.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jakub Voracek 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 5
R Ryan Kesler 1 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 16.50 8
R Petr Sykora 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 14.40 6
R Dustin Brown 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 -1 18.00 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 10.30 6
C Dave Bolland 0 0 2 2 5 3 0 0 15.50 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 6
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 -1 20.00 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 6.40 5
L David Steckel 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 16.50 7
L Nikita Filatov 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 -1 14.20 6
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 3 1 1 2 -2 18.50 7
D Marc Methot 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 19.20 5
D Milan Jurcina 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 -2 22.30 8
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 -1 20.20 6
D Nick Petrecki 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 19.40 9
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -2 21.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 16 0 0 59.00 4
G Jake Allen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Viktor Kozlov
2nd star: Kyle Calder
3rd star: Eric Tangradi
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Viktor Kozlov scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Eric Tangradi scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Brian Pothier finally ended his 31 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Ryan Kesler has marked a new career high in goals with 11 tallies.
-Jakub Voracek ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Boyd Gordon beat Kevin Bieksa in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 4( 13) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 28)
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1-0 POR Tomas Fleischmann (Shaone Morrisonn)
2-0 POR Chris Bourque (Oskar Osala, John Erskine)
2-1 WIL Bill Thomas (Milan Kraft, Carl Sneep)
2-2 WIL Jani Rita (Paul Bissonnette)
2-3 WIL Jason Allison (Jan Bulis)
3-3 POR Eric Fehr (Rico Fata)
4-3 POR Oskar Osala (Josef Boumedienne)
Goalies: Brent Johnson - Dany Sabourin