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2/5/2012
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Washington Capitals 4 , Montreal Canadiens 6
Shots: 19 - 28
PP: 1 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:73/85=85 %, Challenges:24/36=64 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/71=84 %, Challenges:37/60=60 %
Attendance: 13312 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 640307 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:51 0-1
Joe Thornton [1] (Blake Wheeler, Ilya Kovalchuk)
06:47 0-2
Alex Kovalev [2] (Erik Karlsson)
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22:41 1-2
Petr Sykora [2] (Dmitry Kulikov, Eric Fehr)
31:42 2-2
Brad Boyes [8] (Jay Bouwmeester, Eric Mestery)
37:07 3-2
Stephen Weiss [5] (Alexander Ovechkin, Eric Mestery)
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43:34 3-3
Blake Wheeler [3] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Joe Thornton)
46:57 4-3
Alexander Ovechkin [3] (Dmitri Kugryshev, Jay Bouwmeester)PP
49:48 4-4
Dylan McIlrath [1] (Luke Schenn)
50:46 4-5
Andrew Cogliano [5] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Alex Kovalev)
59:47 4-6
Erik Karlsson [2] (Andrei Markov) EN
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Penalty summary:
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09:58
Tom Pyatt (2 min for holding the stick)
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22:57
Luke Schenn (2 min for elbowing)
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45:52
Tom Pyatt (2 min for slashing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.50 4
R Petr Sykora 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 14.00 7
R Brad Boyes 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -3 17.50 6
L Stephen Weiss 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 19.30 8
C David Steckel 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.50 5
C Brooks Laich 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 15.50 8
C Evgeny Kuznetsov 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -4 16.20 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 4 2 2 0 1 20.00 8
L Matt Bradley 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 7.50 6
L Eric Fehr 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 16.30 7
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 -4 16.30 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
D Dmitry Kulikov 0 1 0 4 1 5 0 0 19.10 6
D Mike Green 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -4 17.10 7
D Eric Mestery 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 23.40 8
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 14.20 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 -4 19.30 8
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 6 0 22 0 0 58.30 4
G Daren Machesney 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 6
R Milan Michalek 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 17.30 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 16.20 8
R Blake Wheeler 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 18.40 9
C Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 4
R Brock Neilson 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 15.20 6
C Louis Leblanc 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 16.20 7
C Joe Thornton 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 2 20.00 8
L Tom Pyatt 0 0 3 2 2 1 4 0 5.20 6
R Andrew Cogliano 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 17.30 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 17.30 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 19.40 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 15.50 7
D Dylan McIlrath 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 19.50 7
D Luke Schenn 0 1 3 7 1 4 2 2 24.20 10
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.30 6
D Erik Karlsson 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 8
D Andrei Markov 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 24.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 15 0 0 60.00 4
G Pier-Olivier Pelletier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Blake Wheeler
3rd star: Joe Thornton
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Evgeny Kuznetsov had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Mike Green had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Joe Thornton ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Dylan McIlrath finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
Other notes: