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18/12/2008
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Washington Capitals 4 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 23 - 21
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:59/81=72 %, Challenges:28/48=57 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:66/86=76 %, Challenges:39/54=70 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 990948 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:27 1-0
Michael Nylander [7] (Sergei Gonchar, Tom Poti)PP
07:52 2-0
Alexander Ovechkin [16] (Sergei Gonchar)
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29:34 2-1
Brendan Shanahan [12] (Joffrey Lupul, Rob Blake)
37:38 2-2
Milan Michalek [4] (Marc-Édouard Vlasic, Kyle McLaren)
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46:16 2-3
Brendan Shanahan [13] (Rob Blake, Joffrey Lupul)
53:49 3-3
Boyd Gordon [3] (Donald Brashear, Sergei Gonchar)
57:18 4-3
Brooks Laich [8] (Michael Nylander, Michael Peca)
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Penalty summary:
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05:08
Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for roughing)
16:42
Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for tripping)
18:36
Alex Korolyuk (2 min for high-sticking)
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25:54
Donald Brashear (5 min for fighting)
25:54
Ryane Clowe (5 min for fighting)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 8.40 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 18.00 7
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 -1 16.40 7
R Teemu Selänne 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 8
C Boyd Gordon 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 7.40 8
C Michael Nylander 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
C Michael Peca 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.00 6
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 7
L Donald Brashear 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 7.20 6
L Brooks Laich 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 17.20 7
L Eric Staal 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -1 17.20 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 18.40 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 22.20 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.20 4
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 20.40 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 19.00 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 21.10 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 21.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 5.40 6
R Ryane Clowe 0 0 1 2 2 2 5 1 17.40 7
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.10 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 17.30 7
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 6.20 7
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 20.00 7
C Joffrey Lupul 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 15.10 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.10 7
L Devin Setoguchi 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 6.20 7
L Milan Michalek 1 0 3 4 2 5 0 1 18.50 10
L Brendan Shanahan 2 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 16.40 7
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -2 18.10 5
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 20.00 8
D Kyle McLaren 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 15.20 6
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 22.20 5
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 20.10 7
D Rob Blake 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 16.50 9
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 -2 25.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 4 0 19 0 0 59.00 5
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Nylander
2nd star: Sergei Gonchar
3rd star: Boyd Gordon
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Michael Nylander finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Eric Staal had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Joffrey Lupul notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Rob Blake notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Milan Michalek finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Kyle McLaren ended his 7 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Donald Brashear beat Ryane Clowe in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 5( 25) , Cleveland Barons 1( 17)
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1-0 POR Eric Fehr (Oskar Osala, David Steckel)
2-0 POR Keith Aucoin (Quintin Laing, Sasha Pokulok)
3-0 POR Oskar Osala (Eric Fehr)
4-0 POR Jay Beagle (Steve Pinizzotto)
4-1 CLE Riley Armstrong (Steven Zalewski)
5-1 POR Eric Fehr (David Steckel)
Goalies: Daren Machesney - Thomas Greiss