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5/11/2008
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Washington Capitals 5 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 31 - 24
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:69/84=82 %, Challenges:34/44=75 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/88=75 %, Challenges:44/52=83 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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07:07 1-0
Alexander Semin [3] (Nicklas Bäckström, Michael Nylander)
09:51 2-0
Donald Brashear [1] (Mike Green, Brian Pothier)
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20:22 2-1
Saku Koivu [5] (Roman Hamrlik)
27:36 3-1
Boyd Gordon [1] (Chris Clark, Josh Godfrey)
30:26 3-2
Alex Kovalev [1] (Guillaume Latendresse, Saku Koivu)
36:58 4-2
Alexander Semin [4] (Brian Pothier)
39:49 5-2
Sergei Fedorov [2] (Alexander Ovechkin, Donald Brashear)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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32:04
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for tripping)
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43:49
Josh Godfrey (2 min for roughing)
43:49
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for roughing)
44:59
Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for hooking)
56:04
Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for slashing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6.10 6
R Chris Clark 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 1 14.40 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 6
R Sergei Fedorov 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 8
C David Steckel 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 6.10 7
C Boyd Gordon 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 2 20.30 8
C Michael Nylander 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 -1 18.00 6
L Donald Brashear 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 6.10 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 7
L Alexander Semin 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 2 20.10 9
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 6 2 0 1 0 -1 19.10 8
D Josh Godfrey 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 13.50 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 18.50 7
D Brian Pothier 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 24.20 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 15.20 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 21.20 7
D Mike Green 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 2 0 22 0 0 60.00 8
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 11.40 6
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -4 17.40 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 20.40 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 7.30 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.10 7
C Robert Lang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 16.20 6
C Saku Koivu 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 8
L Georges Laraque 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 12.20 5
L Chris Higgins 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 11.40 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -3 16.00 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
D David Fischer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 16.00 5
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 24.20 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 17.00 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 -2 20.40 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 -1 24.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 26 0 0 60.00 5
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Semin
2nd star: Donald Brashear
3rd star: Sergei Fedorov
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Boyd Gordon ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Boyd Gordon ended his 7 game point drought.
-Donald Brashear ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Donald Brashear ended his 7 game point drought.
-Alexander Ovechkin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Saku Koivu scored the 600th point of his career.
-Alex Kovalev ended his 8 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 5( 24) , Hamilton Bulldogs 1( 16)
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1-0 POR Graham Mink (Alexandre Giroux)
2-0 POR Graham Mink (Alexandre Giroux)
3-0 POR Bryan Helmer (Graham Mink)
4-0 POR Tomas Fleischmann (Keith Aucoin, Bryan Helmer)
5-0 POR Karl Alzner
5-1 HAM Paul Thompson (Ryan White)
Goalies: Daren Machesney - Marc Denis