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28/1/2012
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Washington Capitals 4 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 26 - 37
PP: 3 of 7 (15 shots), Passing:48/66=72 %, Challenges:42/47=87 %
PP: 1 of 11 (24 shots), Passing:79/91=86 %, Challenges:42/53=77 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 933702 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:23 0-1
Ryan Whitney [8] (James Neal, Teemu Selänne)PP
13:49 1-1
Alexander Semin [18] (Marcus Johansson, Alexander Ovechkin)
17:29 1-2
Ryan Whitney [9] (Jeff Carter, Sidney Crosby)
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22:19 2-2
Mike Knuble [19] (Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Bäckström)PP
29:11 2-3
Alexander Radulov [9] (Ales Hemsky, Jeff Carter)
35:05 3-3
Alexander Ovechkin [30] (John Carlson, Nicklas Bäckström)PP
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47:44 3-4
Teemu Selänne [16] (Sidney Crosby, James Neal)
48:32 4-4
Dennis Wideman [2] (Karl Alzner, Marcus Johansson)PP
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Penalty summary:
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04:33
Jeff Halpern (2 min for tripping)
06:18
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for hooking)
07:43
Mike Green (2 min for hooking)
15:29
Jason Chimera (2 min for cross-checking)
19:28
Karl Alzner (2 min for cross-checking)
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21:57
Steve Sullivan (2 min for elbowing)
24:05
Tom Poti (2 min for high-sticking)
29:25
Mike Knuble (2 min for slashing)
33:49
Theo Peckham (2 min for roughing)
34:47
Matt Cooke (2 min for tripping)
37:05
John Carlson (2 min for hooking)
39:08
Sidney Crosby (2 min for elbowing)
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44:45
Karl Alzner (2 min for high-sticking)
48:28
Sidney Crosby (2 min for tripping)
53:35
John Carlson (2 min for high-sticking)
57:03
Matt Cooke (2 min for slashing)
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60:01
Alexander Semin (2 min for roughing)
62:23
Jeff Carter (2 min for tripping)
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 10.00 5
R Troy Brouwer 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
R Mike Knuble 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 -1 10.40 7
R Alexander Semin 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 11.00 8
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 21.40 6
C Mathieu Perreault 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 -1 11.40 6
C Marcus Johansson 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.30 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 22.20 7
R Ryan Potulny 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.30 7
L Kyle Greentree 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 11.40 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 21.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 16.40 8
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 13.00 5
D John Carlson 0 1 1 7 0 1 4 -1 31.00 9
D Karl Alzner 0 1 0 5 0 2 4 0 31.20 8
D Dennis Wideman 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 14.50 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 8.30 6
D Mike Green 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 31.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 4 0 33 0 0 65.00 7
G Michal Neuvirth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 17.00 5
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 -1 17.40 7
L Alexander Radulov 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 7
R Teemu Selänne 1 1 5 2 1 1 0 2 23.10 8
C Nick Johnson 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
C Jason Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 5
C Jeff Carter 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 22.50 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 2 23.50 8
L Matt Cooke 0 0 0 4 2 1 4 0 14.10 6
L Tanner Glass 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
L Ales Hemsky 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 9
L James Neal 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 2 23.20 8
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 4
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
D Marc Methot 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 20.50 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 18.20 6
D Theo Peckham 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 16.30 7
D Ryan Whitney 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 32.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 22 0 0 65.00 5
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Ryan Whitney
3rd star: Teemu Selänne
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Nicklas Bäckström notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Dennis Wideman finally ended his 26 game goal drought.
-Dennis Wideman finally ended his 12 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-James Neal has marked a new career high in points with 38 points.
-Teemu Selänne notched his 20th assist of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 16) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 24)
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1-0 POR Jacob Micflikier (Mattias Sjögren, Danny Richmond)
1-1 WIL Antti Pihlstrom (Ryan Ellis)
1-2 WIL Brian Gibbons (Francis Lemieux)
1-3 WIL Casey Pierro-Zabotel (Craig Adams)
2-3 POR Christian Hanson (Dmitri Orlov, François Bouchard)
Goalies: Braden Holtby - Brad Thiessen