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1/11/2010
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Washington Capitals 7 , Pittsburgh Penguins 5
Shots: 33 - 22
PP: 2 of 7 (13 shots), Passing:62/71=87 %, Challenges:35/50=68 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:64/86=74 %, Challenges:21/43=47 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 961338 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:32 1-0
Mike Knuble [3] (Alexander Semin, Alexander Ovechkin)
09:46 1-1
Alex Goligoski [2] (Tyler Kennedy, Chris Kunitz)
17:45 2-1
Eric Fehr [1] (Éric Bélanger, Tom Poti)PP
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27:25 3-1
Jason Chimera [2] (Eric Fehr, Boyd Gordon)
33:22 3-2
Sidney Crosby [7] (Maxime Talbot, Brooks Orpik)
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40:58 4-2
Nicklas Bäckström [5] (Brooks Laich)
42:08 4-3
Evgeni Malkin [6] (Kris Letang, Andrew Hutchinson)
46:22 5-3
Alexander Ovechkin [7] (Nicklas Bäckström, Mike Green)PP
47:55 5-4
Tyler Kennedy [5] (Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal)
48:18 6-4
Alexander Ovechkin [8] (Mike Green, Nicklas Bäckström)
48:35 7-4
John Carlson [2] (Jeff Schultz, Éric Bélanger)
59:07 7-5
Arron Asham [1] (Paul Martin, Zbynek Michalek)
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Penalty summary:
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03:08
Ryan Craig (2 min for holding the stick)
07:24
Alexander Semin (2 min for tripping)
15:57
Matt Cooke (2 min for hooking)
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20:02
Evgeni Malkin (2 min for tripping)
34:54
Pascal Dupuis (2 min for hooking)
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45:42
Sidney Crosby (2 min for boarding)
50:27
Matt Cooke (2 min for tripping)
56:44
Chris Kunitz (2 min for slashing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -1 10.10 5
R Eric Fehr 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 7
R Mike Knuble 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.10 7
R Alexander Semin 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 21.10 7
C David Steckel 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Boyd Gordon 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 10.20 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 20.20 8
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 14.00 7
L Jason Chimera 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 10.20 7
L Brooks Laich 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 16.20 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 -1 19.20 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 11.20 6
D Jeff Schultz 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Tom Poti 0 1 1 3 3 4 0 0 27.10 8
D John Erskine 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 13.00 6
D John Carlson 1 0 5 2 1 2 0 -1 22.00 9
D Mike Green 0 2 4 5 0 5 0 -1 26.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Semyon Varlamov 5 0 17 0 0 60.00 4
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arron Asham 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 12.30 8
R Ryan Craig 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 9.50 7
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 -1 15.10 5
R Tyler Kennedy 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 17.20 8
C Maxime Talbot 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5.00 6
C Mike Comrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 4
C Evgeni Malkin 1 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 18.10 9
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 -2 19.00 8
L Mike Rupp 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 5.00 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 0 4 1 3 4 -1 14.10 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 19.50 7
L Jordan Staal 0 1 1 6 5 5 0 -2 21.00 8
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 10.00 6
D Kris Letang 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.20 6
D Zbynek Michalek 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 26.00 8
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Alex Goligoski 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 7
D Paul Martin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 7 0 26 0 0 60.00 4
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nicklas Bäckström
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Eric Fehr
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Eric Fehr finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Tomas Fleischmann had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-John Carlson ended his 9 game goal drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Arron Asham ended his 5 game point drought.
-Maxime Talbot ended his 7 game point drought.
-Brooks Orpik ended his 5 game point drought.
-Alex Goligoski ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 35) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 9)
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1-0 POR Jay Beagle (Vladimir Voronkov, Josh Godfrey)
1-1 WIL Tim Wallace (Brett Sterling, Mark Letestu)
2-1 POR Andrew Gordon
Goalies: Michal Neuvirth - John Curry