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20/12/2008
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Washington Capitals 6 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 26 - 21
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:69/86=80 %, Challenges:31/44=68 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/81=82 %, Challenges:30/49=60 %
Attendance: 12337 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 572437 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:27 1-0
Alexander Semin [12] (Matt Bradley, Milan Jurcina)
11:09 2-0
Michael Nylander [5] (Viktor Kozlov, Adrian Aucoin)
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29:43 2-1
Niklas Hjalmarsson [2] (Niklas Kronwall, Tim Connolly)
34:35 3-1
Tomas Fleischmann [1] (Tom Poti, Milan Jurcina)
37:15 4-1
Alexander Ovechkin [16] (Brian Rafalski)
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42:57 5-1
Brian Rafalski [3] (Michael Nylander, Alexander Ovechkin)PP
59:32 6-1
Michael Nylander [6] (Adrian Aucoin, Brian Rafalski)
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Penalty summary:
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05:26
Tyler Ennis (2 min for hooking)
19:19
Daniel Paillé (2 min for slashing)
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41:55
Tyler Ennis (2 min for holding the stick)
44:57
Tomas Fleischmann (5 min for fighting)
44:57
Ben Eager (5 min for fighting)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 20.10 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.40 7
L Alexander Semin 1 0 5 2 1 0 0 2 16.10 8
C David Steckel 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 5
L Tomas Fleischmann 1 0 2 0 2 2 5 0 18.50 8
C Michael Nylander 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 18.40 9
C T.J. Oshie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 16.10 7
L Donald Brashear 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.10 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -1 18.50 8
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 14.20 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 2 19.20 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 19.50 6
D Tom Poti 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 17.20 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 19.00 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 -1 21.30 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 2 2 3 2 3 0 3 18.50 8
D Brian Rafalski 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 23.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 1 0 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Dominic Moore 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 7.50 4
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 5
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 16.10 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 -3 19.30 6
C Tyler Ennis 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 7.30 4
L Ben Eager 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0 11.50 6
C Tim Connolly 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.10 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 -3 21.10 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 7.50 5
C Jason Krog 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 13.20 6
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.20 5
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -3 19.30 6
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14.10 4
D Niklas Kronwall 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -1 19.00 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -3 23.40 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 16.30 6
D Niklas Hjalmarsson 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 -1 21.20 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 25.20 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 6 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Jhonas Enroth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Nylander
2nd star: Brian Rafalski
3rd star: Alexander Ovechkin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Adrian Aucoin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Tom Poti notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Milan Jurcina notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brian Rafalski notched his 20th assist of the season.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Thomas Vanek had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Niklas Kronwall ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Tomas Fleischmann fought Ben Eager in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( 21) , Rochester Americans 3( 20)
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0-1 ROC Tomás Rod (Fredrik Pettersson)
0-2 ROC Fredrik Pettersson
0-3 ROC Adam Mair (Clarke MacArthur, Mike Card)
1-3 POR Sami Lepistö (Keith Aucoin, Graham Mink)
Goalies: Daren Machesney - Patrick Lalime