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1/3/2011
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Washington Capitals 5 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 36 - 18
WSH PP: 2 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:76/92=82 %, Challenges:30/44=66 %
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:64/72=88 %, Challenges:19/51=36 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:41 1-0 WSH Alexander Novokovsky [6] (Alexander Perezhogin, Josh Godfrey)
13:04 2-0 WSH Karl Alzner [4] (Braydon Coburn, Henrik Zetterberg)PP
14:59 3-0 WSH Braydon Coburn [7] (Jordan Staal, Henrik Zetterberg)PP
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33:02 3-1
Tom Kostopoulos [10] (Alex Tanguay)PP
34:36 3-2
Alex Tanguay [22] (Andrei Markov, Saku Koivu)
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41:59 4-2 WSH Marian Gaborik [28] (Eric Staal, Jonathan Toews)
48:22 5-2 WSH Alexander Ovechkin [34] (Jonathan Toews, Evgeny Malkin)
52:07 5-3
P.J. Axelsson [8] (Francis Bouillon, Michal Handzus)
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Penalty summary:
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12:56
Saku Koivu (2 min for tripping)
14:16
P.J. Axelsson (2 min for slashing)
14:39
Georges Laraque (2 min for roughing)
14:39 WSH Jonathan Toews (2 min for roughing)
19:05 WSH Chris Pronger (2 min for holding the stick)
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25:45 WSH Evgeny Malkin (5 min for fighting)
25:45
Mike Komisarek (5 min for fighting)
32:26 WSH Peter Schaefer (2 min for roughing)
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43:02 WSH Marian Gaborik (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kyle Turris 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.00 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.00 6
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.20 6
L Evgeny Malkin 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 0 18.00 8
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 10.20 6
C Jordan Staal 0 1 1 6 1 6 0 0 15.20 8
C Eric Staal 0 1 3 5 2 4 0 1 17.40 9
C Jonathan Toews 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 17.40 7
C Andy McDonald 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 5
R Alexander Novokovsky 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
L Marian Gaborik 1 0 5 2 2 1 2 1 15.00 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 19.10 7
D Ryan Ellis 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.40 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 15.30 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 2 11 1 6 0 0 28.00 10
D Josh Godfrey 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
D Karl Alzner 1 0 1 6 2 5 0 1 19.00 9
D Braydon Coburn 1 1 4 3 2 3 0 0 27.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Leland Irving 3 0 15 0 0 60.00 5
G Daren Machesney 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 10.20 7
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 11.00 4
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 5 1 1 2 0 17.50 7
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 20.30 5
C Ben Maxwell 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 7.10 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 11.00 6
C Michal Handzus 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 20.40 6
C Saku Koivu 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 -1 21.00 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.40 4
L Chris Higgins 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13.30 7
L P.J. Axelsson 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 17.50 5
L Alex Tanguay 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 -1 20.40 7
D Yannick Weber 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 4
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 16.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 5 2 5 5 -1 29.50 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 11.50 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 18.10 7
D Andrei Markov 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 29.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 5 0 31 0 0 60.00 6
G Michal Neuvirth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Braydon Coburn
2nd star: Henrik Zetterberg
3rd star: Evgeny Malkin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Jordan Staal notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Karl Alzner finally ended his 28 game goal drought.
-Braydon Coburn finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Tom Kostopoulos has marked a new career high in goals with 10 tallies.
-Tom Kostopoulos scored his 10th goal of the season.
Other notes:
-Evgeny Malkin fought Mike Komisarek in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 4( 28) , Quebec Citadelles 3( 12)
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0-1 QUE Steve Regier (Ville Koistinen)
1-1 POR Oleg Saprykin (Boyd Gordon, Brian Sutherby)
2-1 POR Tomas Fleischmann (Eric Fehr, Martin Hanzal)
3-1 POR Jirí Tlustý (David Liffiton)
3-2 QUE Steve Regier (Ville Koistinen)
3-3 QUE Juraj Simek (Christopher Thörn)
4-3 POR Brooks Laich (Jesse Joensuu, David Liffiton)
Goalies: Dominic Vicari - Billy Sauer