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8/4/2012
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Washington Capitals 5 , Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Shots: 30 - 15
PP: 2 of 8 (12 shots), Passing:64/81=79 %, Challenges:54/59=90 %
PP: 0 of 2 (0 shots), Passing:57/80=71 %, Challenges:24/29=80 %
Attendance: 19484 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 925490 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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11:17 1-0
Alexander Steen [27] (Boris Valabik, Josh Godfrey)
12:29 2-0
Dave Bolland [15] (Erik Karlsson, Marc Savard)PP
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30:22 3-0
Dion Phaneuf [14] (Patrick Kane, Brian Pothier)
36:47 4-0
Patrick Kane [22] (Dave Bolland)
38:01 4-1
Oleg Saprykin [7] (Brian Gionta, Youri Parisien)
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44:06 5-1
Marc Savard [25] (Alexander Steen, Dave Bolland)PP
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Penalty summary:
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05:22
Brendan Mikkelson (2 min for tripping)
11:27
Niklas Sundström (2 min for cross-checking)
17:34
Robbie Schremp (2 min for elbowing)
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24:54
Victor Ohman (2 min for high-sticking)
28:07
Jeff Hamilton (2 min for holding the stick)
32:26
Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for elbowing)
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43:23
Jeff Hamilton (2 min for tripping)
46:13
Andrei Kuchin (5 min for fighting)
46:13
Chris Stewart (5 min for fighting)
48:07
Jeff Hamilton (2 min for hooking)
50:08
Dave Bolland (2 min for roughing)
55:24
Oleg Saprykin (2 min for slashing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 13.10 6
R Andrei Kuchin 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 2 16.10 7
R Dave Bolland 1 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 16.50 8
C John McFarland 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 5
C Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 7
C Marc Savard 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 8
C Jason Spezza 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 21.00 7
L Chris Lawrence 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.20 6
L Oskar Osala 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.40 6
L Alexander Steen 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
L Patrick Kane 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 9
D Erik Karlsson 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 14.40 7
D Boris Valabik 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 12.40 7
D Josh Godfrey 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
D Brian Pothier 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 2 25.10 9
D Dion Phaneuf 1 0 3 4 0 2 0 1 29.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Braden Holtby 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Corey Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4.40 4
R Jeff Hamilton 0 0 3 3 0 0 6 0 13.50 6
L Oleg Saprykin 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 14.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
L Victor Ohman 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 4.00 4
R Niklas Sundström 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 12.40 7
C Robbie Schremp 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 13.40 6
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 21.20 6
R Chris Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4.00 4
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 17.00 7
R Brian Gionta 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 19.10 6
R Youri Parisien 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -2 21.30 6
D Brendan Mikkelson 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 16.00 5
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 26.40 7
D Jonas Junland 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.20 6
D Alexey Marchenko 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 -1 27.30 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 18.20 5
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Daniel Larsson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dave Bolland
2nd star: Marc Savard
3rd star: Alexander Steen
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Dave Bolland scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Patrick Kane notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Brian Pothier notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Dion Phaneuf scored the 100th goal of his career.
-Marc Savard scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Boris Valabik finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Oleg Saprykin ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Andrei Kuchin fought Chris Stewart in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 30) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 14)
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0-1 WIL Alex Goligoski (Tim Wallace, Marek Troncinský)
1-1 POR Tomas Fleischmann (Brandon Gormley, Mikhail Yunkov)
1-2 WIL Fredrik Pettersson (Robert Bortuzzo)
2-2 POR Philippe Gogulla (Mikhail Yunkov)
3-2 POR Tomas Fleischmann (Mikhail Yunkov)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Yutaka Fukufuji