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23/2/2011
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Washington Capitals 5 , Montreal Canadiens 6
Shots: 25 - 33
PP: 1 of 3 (1 shots), Passing:52/63=82 %, Challenges:31/47=64 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:70/78=89 %, Challenges:35/45=76 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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00:29 1-0
Marian Gaborik [28] (Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Bäckström)PP
08:52 2-0
Saku Koivu [12] (Alexander Ovechkin, Marian Gaborik)
18:37 2-1
Alex Kovalev [8] (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dion Phaneuf)
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29:04 2-2
Alex Kovalev [9] (Joni Pitkänen, Mike Cammalleri)
34:03 3-2
Alexander Ovechkin [30] (Mike Knuble, Brandon Prust)
35:07 3-3
Brian Gionta [13] (Andrei Markov, Evgeny Kuznetsov)
37:17 3-4
Joni Pitkänen [10] (Jeff Halpern, Erik Cole)
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40:16 3-5
Tom Pyatt [2] (Garnet Exelby, Jussi Jokinen)
49:12 4-5
Saku Koivu [13] (Alexander Ovechkin)
54:19 5-5
Alexander Ovechkin [31] (Saku Koivu, Tomas Kaberle)
55:59 5-6
Brian Gionta [14] (Andrei Markov, Dion Phaneuf)
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Penalty summary:
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00:05
Alex Kovalev (2 min for high-sticking)
01:05
John Erskine (2 min for roughing)
01:05
Ethan Moreau (2 min for roughing)
12:58
Alex Kovalev (2 min for hooking)
15:21
Saku Koivu (2 min for hooking)
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21:57
Kyle Beach (2 min for cross-checking)
26:06
Mike Cammalleri (2 min for slashing)
33:04
Evgeny Artyukhin (5 min for fighting)
33:04
John Erskine (5 min for fighting)
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44:21
Saku Koivu (2 min for hooking)
48:39
Brandon Prust (5 min for fighting)
48:39
Evgeny Artyukhin (5 min for fighting)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Prust 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 6.20 6
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 13.40 4
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 13.20 6
R Marian Gaborik 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 1 19.20 7
C Brian Boyle 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 5
C Kyle Beach 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -2 13.40 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -2 14.20 6
C Saku Koivu 2 1 2 0 0 0 4 2 17.40 8
L Mike Knuble 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 6.40 5
L Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 13.40 4
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 17.00 4
L Alexander Ovechkin 2 3 4 2 0 2 0 2 24.10 10
D John Erskine 0 0 0 4 1 3 7 -1 20.00 7
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 19.00 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 24.30 7
D Mark Mitera 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -2 16.10 4
D Samuel Carrier 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 6
D Mike Green 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 23.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 6 0 27 0 0 60.00 4
G Jimmy Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Devante Smith-Pelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Tom Pyatt 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 12.50 7
R Brian Gionta 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 20.00 7
R Alex Kovalev 2 0 4 4 0 0 4 -1 18.50 9
C Jeff Halpern 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 8.00 6
C Jussi Jokinen 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 14.20 6
C Evgeny Kuznetsov 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 8
C Derick Brassard 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 6
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 2 1 1 1 10 -1 5.10 7
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 3 5 0 5 2 1 13.10 7
L Erik Cole 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 4 19.00 8
L Mike Cammalleri 0 1 2 1 3 0 2 -2 21.00 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 13.20 6
D Alexei Emelin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
D Joni Pitkänen 1 1 1 4 1 3 0 1 28.40 8
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 15.40 7
D Andrei Markov 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 20.00 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 2 3 2 1 2 0 -1 24.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonas Hiller 5 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Curtis McElhinney 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Alex Kovalev
3rd star: Brian Gionta
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin scored the 300th goal of his career.
-Mike Knuble finally ended his 11 game point drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Dion Phaneuf notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Joni Pitkänen notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Evgeny Kuznetsov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Joni Pitkänen scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Tom Pyatt ended his 6 game point drought.
-Brian Gionta ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Alex Kovalev ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Jeff Halpern ended his 7 game point drought.
-Joni Pitkänen finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Evgeny Artyukhin beat John Erskine in a fight.
-Brandon Prust beat Evgeny Artyukhin in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 18) , Quebec Citadelles 0( 14)
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1-0 POR Kyle Greentree (Anton Gustafsson)
2-0 POR Anton Gustafsson (Kyle Greentree)
Goalies: Michal Neuvirth - Karri Rämö