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21/12/2009
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Pittsburgh Penguins 2 , Washington Capitals 4
Shots: 23 - 32
PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:58/73=79 %, Challenges:33/47=68 %
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:69/81=85 %, Challenges:42/61=67 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:03 1-0
Jay Bouwmeester [4] (Zach Parisé, Shawn Horcoff)PP
13:47 1-1
Michael Nylander [9] (Mike Knuble, Ilya Kovalchuk)PP
17:53 1-2
Mike Knuble [5] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Eric Staal)
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29:39 1-3
Alexander Ovechkin [10] (Pascal Leclaire)
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50:18 2-3
Shawn Horcoff [7] (Ales Hemsky, Wade Redden)
59:34 2-4
Eric Staal [14] (Joni Pitkänen, Brian Pothier) EN
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Penalty summary:
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06:16
Chris Clark (2 min for elbowing)
12:26
Matt Cooke (2 min for tripping)
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26:02
Evander Kane (2 min for slashing)
32:01
Mike Knuble (2 min for roughing)
32:01
Jay McKee (2 min for roughing)
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40:58
Jason Williams (2 min for hooking)
44:06
François Bouchard (2 min for cross-checking)
51:21
François Bouchard (2 min for cross-checking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Adams 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 10.10 6
R Jason Williams 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 15.10 6
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 13.40 7
R Ales Hemsky 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 19.40 8
C Claude Giroux 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.10 5
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -1 17.30 5
C Travis Zajac 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 6
C Shawn Horcoff 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Mike Rupp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 14.10 6
L Zach Parisé 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 17.50 7
L Simon Gagné 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
D Ryan Parent 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 -1 16.00 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 14.50 6
D Wade Redden 0 1 1 6 2 3 0 0 28.10 8
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 -1 15.40 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 -1 17.10 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 1 0 3 6 1 6 0 0 28.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 28 0 0 58.50 6
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R François Bouchard 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 7.00 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 15.30 6
R Mike Knuble 1 1 4 3 4 2 2 0 17.40 7
R Erik Cole 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 2 19.50 9
C Evander Kane 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.00 7
C Michael Nylander 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13.30 6
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 5
C Eric Staal 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 21.00 9
L Matt Bradley 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 7.00 7
L Chris Higgins 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12.10 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 17.50 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 2 4 1 3 0 2 20.00 9
D John Carlson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 6
D Brian Pothier 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 23.50 7
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 20.40 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.00 8
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 3 29.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 2 1 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Michal Neuvirth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Knuble
2nd star: Eric Staal
3rd star: Alexander Ovechkin
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Shawn Horcoff notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jay Bouwmeester finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Mike Knuble notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Brian Pothier notched his 10th assist of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 4( 22) , Portland Pirates 2( 14)
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0-1 POR Viktor Dovgan (Boyd Kane, Keith Aucoin)
1-1 WIL Tim Wallace (Mark Letestu)
2-1 WIL Lukas Kaspar (Keven Veilleux, Nate Guenin)
2-2 POR Boyd Kane (Steve Pinizzotto)
3-2 WIL Dustin Jeffrey (Erik Caladi, Patrik Prokop)
4-2 WIL Paul Bissonnette (Casey Pierro-Zabotel)
Goalies: Brad Thiessen - Braden Holtby