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23/2/2012
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Washington Capitals 5 , Montreal Canadiens 6
Shots: 27 - 27
PP: 0 of 3 (1 shots), Passing:59/73=80 %, Challenges:33/44=73 %
PP: 2 of 5 (3 shots), Passing:79/98=80 %, Challenges:26/43=59 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:05 0-1
Eric Staal [20] (Brad Palfrey)
07:11 1-1
Greg McKegg [12] (Alexander Ovechkin, Marian Gaborik)
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26:18 1-2
Dion Phaneuf [7] (Brad Palfrey, Evgeny Kuznetsov)
29:57 1-3
Jiri Hudler [24] (Eric Staal, Zdenek Bosak)PP
31:05 2-3
Travis Moen [3] (Tomas Kaberle, Brandon Prust)
32:37 3-3
Alexander Ovechkin [36] (Saku Koivu, John Erskine)
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41:37 3-4
Dion Phaneuf [8] (Daniil Chernyovsky)
49:58 4-4
Kyle Beach [3] (John Erskine, Mark Mitera)
51:43 4-5
Vincent Lecavalier [23] (Dion Phaneuf, Alexei Emelin)
54:56 5-5
Tomas Kaberle [4] (Saku Koivu)
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62:07 5-6
Joni Pitkänen [5] (Jiri Hudler, Eric Staal)PP
Penalty summary:
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11:28
Marian Gaborik (2 min for elbowing)
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27:11
Daniil Chernyovsky (2 min for boarding)
29:29
Marian Gaborik (2 min for hooking)
33:12
Samuel Carrier (2 min for hooking)
35:47
Zdenek Bosak (2 min for cross-checking)
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43:44
Alexei Emelin (2 min for high-sticking)
58:49
Greg McKegg (2 min for tripping)
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60:52
Pavol Demitra (2 min for elbowing)
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Prust 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 14.30 8
R Kyle Palmieri 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.20 5
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 3 0 2 1 4 -2 20.20 6
C Kyle Beach 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 7.00 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
C Saku Koivu 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 15.30 6
C Greg McKegg 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 -2 20.20 5
L Travis Moen 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 8.40 8
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 5
L Pavol Demitra 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 22.00 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.10 7
D Dustin Stevenson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 12.10 7
D Samuel Carrier 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 14.20 4
D Tomas Kaberle 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 28.10 8
D Mark Mitera 0 1 2 5 0 5 0 0 18.50 9
D Joe Finley 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 -1 29.50 8
D John Erskine 0 2 0 5 2 5 0 2 21.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 6 0 21 0 0 62.00 4
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cam Janssen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.10 6
R Erik Cole 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -1 17.10 8
R Daniil Chernyovsky 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 -2 16.20 4
R Jiri Hudler 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 21.00 9
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Jussi Jokinen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 11.20 6
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 18.40 7
C Eric Staal 1 2 2 3 0 3 0 2 23.20 10
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5.10 6
L Brian Gionta 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 13.20 6
L Zdenek Bosak 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 -2 23.20 6
L Evgeny Kuznetsov 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 2 18.30 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 5
D Joni Pitkänen 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 -3 22.30 7
D Brad Palfrey 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 3 21.50 7
D Alexei Emelin 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 19.10 6
D Xavier Lanthier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 21.10 5
D Dion Phaneuf 2 1 4 4 1 3 0 3 27.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Riku Helenius 5 0 22 0 0 62.00 4
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dion Phaneuf
2nd star: Eric Staal
3rd star: Jiri Hudler
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-John Erskine notched his 10th assist of the season.
-John Erskine has marked a new career high in points with 14 points.
-Mark Mitera has marked a new career high in points with 11 points.
-Mark Mitera notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Greg McKegg ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Tomas Kaberle finally ended his 41 game goal drought.
-John Erskine ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Eric Staal scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Jiri Hudler has marked a new career high in goals with 24 tallies.
-Eric Staal notched the 300th assist of his career.
-Alexei Emelin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Dion Phaneuf scored the 300th point of his career.
-Eric Staal notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Joni Pitkänen ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Alexei Emelin ended his 6 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 4( 25) , Quebec Citadelles 3( 25)
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1-0 POR Chris Bourque (David Steckel)
1-1
Dmitri Orlov (Toni Rajala, Gabriel Dumont)
1-2
Lars Eller (Tom Pyatt)