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8/1/2010
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Washington Capitals 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4 (SO)
Shots: 24 - 30
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:73/90=81 %, Challenges:55/69=78 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/79=78 %, Challenges:34/47=70 %
Attendance: 10226 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 485735 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:19 1-0
Alexander Ovechkin [14] (Michael Nylander, Boyd Gordon)
16:07 2-0
Mike Knuble [12] (Alexander Ovechkin, Michael Nylander)PP
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21:56 2-1
Niklas Sundström [5] (Tyler Kennedy, Brooks Orpik)
34:36 2-2
Ruslan Fedotenko [2] (Ben Maxwell, Petr Nedved)
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48:49 3-2
Brendan Morrison [4] (Milan Jurcina, John Erskine)
58:19 3-3
Sidney Crosby [12] (Peter Mueller, Evgeni Malkin) WG
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Penalty summary:
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15:46
Petr Nedved (2 min for slashing)
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42:48
Petr Nedved (2 min for slashing)
51:37
Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for cross-checking)
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Shootout
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Pittsburgh Penguins win 3-2
Washington Capitals - Alexander Ovechkin, goal; Ilya Kovalchuk, goal; Brendan Morrison, miss;
Pittsburgh Penguins - Sidney Crosby, goal; Evgeni Malkin, goal; Matthew Lombardi, goal;
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 5
R Chris Bourque 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 17.30 5
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 -1 15.00 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 4 1 3 1 0 0 21.30 9
C Boyd Gordon 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 9.30 7
C Brendan Morrison 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 15.00 9
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.30 4
C Michael Nylander 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.50 6
R Eric Fehr 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 15.00 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 17.30 8
R Mike Knuble 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 21.30 5
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 19.20 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 30.50 5
D Milan Jurcina 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 15.00 5
D John Erskine 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 -1 17.30 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 31.50 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 27 0 0 65.00 8
G Simeon Varlamov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Petr Nedved 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 6.40 5
R Tyler Kennedy 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 15.10 8
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 18.00 6
L Peter Mueller 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 21.00 8
C Ben Maxwell 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 6
L Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 14.30 5
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -1 20.50 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 21.50 8
R Ruslan Fedotenko 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 7.00 5
R Niklas Sundström 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 17.30 8
R Bill Guerin 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 -1 20.40 8
C Evgeni Malkin 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 0 21.00 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 18.40 7
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 28.40 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 19.30 7
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 17.50 5
D Kris Letang 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 25.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 21 0 0 64.40 6
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Tyler Kennedy
3rd star: Brendan Morrison
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Boyd Gordon ended his 6 game point drought.
-Michael Nylander had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Tyler Kennedy finally ended his 25 game point drought.
-Peter Mueller had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Ruslan Fedotenko finally ended his 37 game goal drought.
-Niklas Sundström ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 5( 27) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 4( 20)
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0-1 WBS Martin Látal (Mike Rupp)
0-2 WBS Nick Johnson (Ben Lovejoy)
1-2 HER Oskar Osala (Erik Karlsson)
2-2 HER Quintin Laing (Keith Aucoin)
3-2 HER Mathieu Perreault (Boyd Kane, John Carlson)
4-2 HER Joe Finley (Quintin Laing)
4-3 WBS Cameron Cepek (Jonathan D'Aversa, T.J. Trevelyan)
4-4 WBS T.J. Trevelyan (Nick Johnson)
5-4 HER Oskar Osala (Jay Beagle, François Bouchard)
Goalies: Braden Holtby - John Curry