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8/1/2009
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Washington Capitals 6 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 30 - 26
PP: 2 of 8 (10 shots), Passing:82/97=84 %, Challenges:28/38=71 %
PP: 1 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:61/77=79 %, Challenges:27/41=64 %
Attendance: 15278 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 744038 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:26 0-1
Tyler Kennedy [4] (Joe Sakic, Marc-André Fleury)PP
15:08 1-1
Daniel Brière [15] (Viktor Kozlov, Donald Brashear)
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27:16 2-1
Wojtek Wolski [10] (Daniel Brière, Michael Nylander)PP
30:41 3-1
Corey Perry [10] (Wojtek Wolski, Mike Green)
33:49 3-2
Martin St. Louis [14] (Brent Sopel, Sidney Crosby)
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42:52 4-2
Daniel Brière [16] (Michael Nylander, Wojtek Wolski)PP
44:37 5-2
Boyd Gordon [3] (Chris Clark, François Bouchard)
46:01 5-3
Ruslan Fedotenko [7] (Mark Eaton, Alex Picard)
53:18 6-3
Brian Pothier [6] (Paul Stastny, Brooks Laich)
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Penalty summary:
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01:43
Sidney Crosby (2 min for cross-checking)
05:36
Tyler Kennedy (2 min for tripping)
09:22
Bryan Helmer (2 min for high-sticking)
11:12
Mike Green (2 min for roughing)
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20:18
Martin St. Louis (2 min for cross-checking)
25:23
Brandon Bochenski (2 min for high-sticking)
37:21
Evgeny Malkin (2 min for holding the stick)
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41:57
Ladislav Smid (2 min for tripping)
51:18
Mats Sundin (2 min for hooking)
53:21
Tyler Kennedy (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Clark 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 9.40 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
R Daniel Brière 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 19.40 8
R Corey Perry 1 0 5 3 0 2 0 0 18.00 8
C Boyd Gordon 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 6.10 6
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 14.20 8
C Michael Nylander 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 20.10 8
C Paul Stastny 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 7
L François Bouchard 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.10 5
L Donald Brashear 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 14.20 6
L Brooks Laich 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 15.20 7
L Wojtek Wolski 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 -1 20.40 8
D Bryan Helmer 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 15.20 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19.10 6
D Mike Green 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 25.30 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21.20 6
D Brian Pothier 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 19.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Kennedy 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 9.30 6
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 12.10 7
R Trent Hunter 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 19.50 7
R Martin St. Louis 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 -1 14.10 6
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6.30 5
C Ryan Craig 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.40 5
C Mats Sundin 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -2 16.10 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 15.50 6
L Bill Thomas 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 8
L Joe Sakic 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 -3 17.30 6
L Evgeny Malkin 0 0 3 2 3 1 2 0 17.10 6
D Mark Eaton 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 23.20 8
D Alex Picard 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.50 5
D Brent Sopel 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -2 23.50 6
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19.10 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -2 13.00 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 27.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 6 1 24 0 0 60.00 4
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Brière
2nd star: Wojtek Wolski
3rd star: Corey Perry
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Daniel Brière scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Wojtek Wolski scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Corey Perry scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Chris Clark notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brian Pothier has marked a new career high in goals with 6 tallies.
-Donald Brashear ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Ruslan Fedotenko finally ended his 22 game goal drought.
-Alex Picard ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 28) , W-B/Scranton Penguins 2( 9)
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0-1 WBS Janne Pesonen (Mark Letestu, Danny Richmond)
0-2 WBS Jonathan D'Aversa (Jonathan Filewich)
1-2 HER Jay Beagle (Chris Bourque)
2-2 HER Chris Bourque (Oskar Osala, David Steckel)
Goalies: Daren Machesney - John Curry