Washington Capitals 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 5
Shots: 29 - 28
PP: 1 of 9 (18 shots), Passing:71/87=81 %, Challenges:30/42=69 %
PP: 2 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:50/78=64 %, Challenges:33/41=78 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 915936 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:44 0-1
Rick Nash [4] (Kristian Huselius, Kris Russell)PP
09:25 0-2
Antoine Vermette [3] (Jakub Voracek, R.J. Umberger)PP
14:19 1-2
Nicklas Bäckström [6] (Alexander Ovechkin, Jason Chimera)
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26:41 2-2
Pavol Demitra [4] (Tom Poti, Mike Knuble)
30:27 2-3
R.J. Umberger [4] (Antoine Vermette, Samuel Påhlsson)
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48:59 3-3
Pavol Demitra [5] (Tomas Fleischmann, John Carlson)PP
50:42 3-4
Derick Brassard [5] (Kristian Huselius, R.J. Umberger)
56:46 3-5
Antoine Vermette [4] (Rick Nash, Mike Commodore)SH
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Penalty summary:
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02:05
Jakub Voracek (2 min for tripping)
04:29
Alexander Semin (2 min for high-sticking)
08:02
Alexander Semin (2 min for slashing)
10:37
Kristian Huselius (2 min for hooking)
16:33
Kristian Huselius (2 min for high-sticking)
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20:57
Jakub Voracek (2 min for high-sticking)
30:39
Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
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40:06
Derick Brassard (2 min for hooking)
42:12
Mike Green (2 min for tripping)
47:19
Nikita Filatov (2 min for holding the stick)
54:03
Jared Boll (2 min for tripping)
56:08
Chris Clark (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 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 5
R Eric Fehr 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
R Mike Knuble 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
R Alexander Semin 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 -1 20.20 6
C David Steckel 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 8.30 6
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.10 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 7.50 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
L Jason Chimera 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 5
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.30 5
L Pavol Demitra 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 19.50 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 -2 21.30 6
D John Erskine 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 12.50 6
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 11.10 7
D Mike Green 0 0 3 6 0 3 2 -4 30.30 9
D John Carlson 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 18.10 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 17.50 8
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 3 5 1 1 0 -2 30.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Semyon Varlamov 5 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jared Boll 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 6.20 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 14.50 6
R Jakub Voracek 0 1 3 1 1 0 4 1 13.40 7
R Rick Nash 1 1 7 1 0 0 2 1 20.30 9
C Ben Guite 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 5.50 4
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 20.00 8
C Derick Brassard 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 10.00 8
C Antoine Vermette 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 16.30 9
L Nikita Filatov 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 5.30 5
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 22.20 6
L Kristian Huselius 0 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 10.20 7
L R.J. Umberger 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 15.50 7
D Marc Methot 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 18.10 7
D Mike Commodore 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 22.30 8
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 27.20 8
D Kris Russell 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.50 7
D Jan Hejda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21.30 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Antoine Vermette
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: R.J. Umberger
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Semin had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Samuel Påhlsson ended his 6 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 0( 9) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 12)
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0-1 SYR Tomas Kubalik (Tomás Kána)
0-2 SYR Grant Clitsome (Derek Dorsett)
Goalies: Michal Neuvirth - David LeNeveu