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21/12/2010
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Ottawa Senators 7 , Washington Capitals 6
Shots: 27 - 27
PP: 2 of 7 (6 shots), Passing:48/63=76 %, Challenges:37/44=82 %
PP: 1 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:79/90=87 %, Challenges:34/48=69 %
Attendance: 18022 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 596528 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:35 1-0
Alexander Semin [11] (Erik Karlsson)
13:22 2-0
Vaclav Prospal [9] (Milan Michalek, Sergei Gonchar)
14:27 2-1
Benoit Pouliot [5] (Nicklas Bäckström, Loui Eriksson)
16:54 3-1
Alex Kovalev [5] (Vaclav Prospal, Sergei Gonchar)PP
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29:08 4-1
Daniel Alfredsson [11] (Vaclav Prospal, Zack Smith)PP
32:22 4-2
Antoine Vermette [3] (Benoit Pouliot, Samuel Carrier)
34:15 4-3
Marian Gaborik [17] (Mike Green, Tomas Kaberle)
35:03 5-3
Jarkko Ruutu [2] (Filip Kuba, David Hale)
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41:48 5-4
Nicklas Bäckström [10] (Robert Scuderi, Benoit Pouliot)
45:21 5-5
Alexander Ovechkin [20] (Nicklas Bäckström, Marian Gaborik)PP
55:15 6-5
Chris Kelly [8] (Sergei Gonchar, Filip Kuba)
57:28 7-5
Andrew Ladd [4] (Jonathan Ericsson, Jeff Schultz)
59:25 7-6
Mike Green [6] (Alexander Ovechkin, Marian Gaborik)
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Penalty summary:
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04:46
Saku Koivu (2 min for tripping)
16:06
Derek Stepan (2 min for high-sticking)
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26:46
John Erskine (5 min for fighting)
26:46
Jarkko Ruutu (5 min for fighting)
28:48
Saku Koivu (2 min for hooking)
35:29
Samuel Carrier (2 min for high-sticking)
36:55
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for boarding)
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43:29
Alex Kovalev (2 min for tripping)
44:37
Chris Kelly (2 min for hooking)
45:52
Antoine Vermette (2 min for hooking)
46:48
Tomas Kaberle (2 min for elbowing)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jesse Winchester 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.30 5
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 19.50 7
R Alexander Semin 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 12.20 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -3 20.30 7
L Jarkko Ruutu 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 7.00 7
C Ilya Zubov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.10 5
C Zack Smith 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 18.50 6
C Chris Kelly 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 -2 15.00 6
L Peter Regin 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6.30 5
L Andrew Ladd 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.30 8
L Vaclav Prospal 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 7
L Milan Michalek 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 -2 17.50 6
D David Hale 0 1 0 4 0 5 0 0 19.20 8
D Erik Karlsson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
D Filip Kuba 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 -1 21.20 6
D Jonathan Ericsson 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 1 17.30 8
D Jeff Schultz 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 17.00 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 -2 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 6 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Brian Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Prust 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 8.40 7
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.30 6
R Loui Eriksson 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 -1 14.50 7
R Marian Gaborik 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 16.00 9
C Brian Boyle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11.20 4
C Kyle Beach 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 8
C Saku Koivu 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 19.30 7
L Derek Stepan 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4.20 4
L Antoine Vermette 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 13.30 6
L Benoit Pouliot 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 -2 16.10 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 5 5 2 4 2 2 21.40 10
D John Erskine 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 21.10 5
D Robert Scuderi 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 21.30 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 23.10 6
D Mark Mitera 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Samuel Carrier 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 -1 16.20 6
D Mike Green 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 23.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 7 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Jimmy Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vaclav Prospal
2nd star: Marian Gaborik
3rd star: Nicklas Bäckström
Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Sergei Gonchar notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Vaclav Prospal notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Sergei Gonchar scored the 700th point of his career.
-Jeff Schultz notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jarkko Ruutu ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Jarkko Ruutu ended his 7 game point drought.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Nicklas Bäckström scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Antoine Vermette finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
-Benoit Pouliot finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-John Erskine fought Jarkko Ruutu in a fight.
Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 1( 37) , Portland Pirates 2( 11)
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0-1 POR David Steckel
0-2 POR Dmitri Zyuzin (Andrew Joudrey)
1-2
Brian Lee (Justin McCrae)
Goalies: Mike Brodeur - Michal Neuvirth