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8/5/2012
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Washington Capitals 3 , Montreal Canadiens 4
Shots: 29 - 32
PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:95/105=90 %, Challenges:28/55=50 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:75/88=85 %, Challenges:20/36=54 %
Attendance: 13312 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 640307 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:47 1-0
Eric Fehr [3] (Brooks Laich, Dmitry Kulikov)
04:53 1-1
Andrei Markov [1] (Tyler Kennedy, Tom Pyatt)
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23:09 1-2
Andrei Kostitsyn [1] (Alex Kovalev, Louis Leblanc)
38:06 2-2
Nicklas Bäckström [2] (Stephen Weiss, Karl Alzner)
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42:29 2-3
Blake Wheeler [5] (Andrei Markov, Luke Schenn)
47:08 3-3
Evgeny Kuznetsov [4] (Brad Boyes, Mike Green)
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68:22 3-4
Andrew Cogliano [6])
Penalty summary:
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03:23
Eric Mestery (2 min for roughing)
03:23
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for roughing)
13:52
Petr Sykora (2 min for high-sticking)
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27:43
Alex Kovalev (2 min for hooking)
30:19
Tyler Kennedy (2 min for hooking)
36:08
Alex Kovalev (2 min for cross-checking)
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56:57
Tom Pyatt (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
R Petr Sykora 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 12.00 6
R Brad Boyes 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 21.50 6
L Stephen Weiss 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 -1 22.50 6
C David Steckel 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.40 5
C Brooks Laich 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 13.10 7
C Evgeny Kuznetsov 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 22.30 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 -1 23.10 7
L Matt Bradley 0 0 4 3 6 3 0 0 10.40 5
L Eric Fehr 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 7
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 22.10 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 24.10 7
D Dmitry Kulikov 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 16.50 6
D Mike Green 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -2 23.30 7
D Eric Mestery 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 -1 28.10 6
D Tim Gleason 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 12.00 6
D Karl Alzner 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 23.20 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 -2 33.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 4 0 28 0 0 68.30 6
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 1 0 0 0 1 9.20 6
R Milan Michalek 0 0 2 5 2 5 0 0 20.40 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 3 0 1 0 4 0 16.10 7
R Blake Wheeler 1 0 1 7 1 7 0 0 19.40 10
C Tyler Kennedy 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 9.20 6
R Brock Neilson 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 15.20 7
C Louis Leblanc 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 17.00 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 21.30 6
L Tom Pyatt 0 1 4 4 1 3 2 1 9.20 7
R Andrew Cogliano 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 17.00 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 -1 22.00 8
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 17.50 7
D Dylan McIlrath 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 19.40 8
D Luke Schenn 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 0 31.00 8
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16.30 6
D Erik Karlsson 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 21.00 6
D Andrei Markov 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 1 31.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 26 0 0 68.30 7
G Pier-Olivier Pelletier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Blake Wheeler
2nd star: Andrei Markov
3rd star: Andrew Cogliano
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Eric Mestery had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Alex Kovalev had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Tyler Kennedy finally ended his 14 game point drought.
-Joe Thornton had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Tom Pyatt finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Andrei Kostitsyn ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Andrei Markov finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
Other notes: