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8/12/2009
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Washington Capitals 4 , Florida Panthers 2
Shots: 33 - 26
PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:62/76=81 %, Challenges:51/58=86 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:59/73=80 %, Challenges:32/40=78 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:35 1-0
Tomas Fleischmann [4] (Dmitri Kugryshev, Mike Green)
09:05 2-0
Alexander Semin [13] (Mike Green, Tom Poti)
11:18 2-1
Jeff Taffe [7] (Simon Gagné, Ilya Kovalchuk)
16:53 3-1
Alexander Semin [14] (Alexander Ovechkin)
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29:27 3-2
John Tavares [12] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Bryan Allen)
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48:43 4-2
Nicklas Bäckström [11] (Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin)
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Penalty summary:
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02:09
Mike Commodore (5 min for attempt to injury)
17:31
Jason Ward (2 min for hooking)
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26:08
Bryan Allen (2 min for slashing)
33:13
Dmitri Kugryshev (2 min for high-sticking)
33:58
Brooks Laich (2 min for slashing)
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43:36
Anton Gustafsson (2 min for tripping)
49:56
Shane Doan (2 min for hooking)
57:38
John Erskine (5 min for fighting)
57:38
Mike Commodore (5 min for fighting)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 6.20 5
R Eric Fehr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
R Mike Knuble 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
R Alexander Semin 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 3 20.10 9
C Anton Gustafsson 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6.20 5
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 14.50 6
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 3 18.20 8
L Tomas Fleischmann 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 10.00 5
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 14.00 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 2 5 1 1 1 0 3 20.10 10
D Josh Godfrey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 12.10 5
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 28.20 6
D John Erskine 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 -1 18.10 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 16.20 6
D Mike Green 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 4 25.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antti Niemi 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Simeon Varlamov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jay Pandolfo 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 15.10 6
C Corey Trivino 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 9.00 5
R Shane Doan 0 0 3 4 0 1 2 1 18.30 9
R Nikolai Kulemin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.00 5
C Shawn Matthias 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 7.50 6
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.00 6
C Jeff Taffe 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 8
C John Tavares 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
L Steve Ott 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 -1 12.30 6
L Jason Ward 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 9.00 4
L Simon Gagné 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 -1 21.10 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 9.40 4
D Mike Commodore 0 0 1 8 0 1 10 0 17.50 8
D Bryan Allen 0 1 3 4 2 0 2 -1 25.50 6
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 10.40 5
D Keith Yandle 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 26.20 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 29.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Scott Clemmensen 4 0 29 0 0 60.00 6
G Cory Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Semin
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Mike Green
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Dmitri Kugryshev ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Florida Panthers:
Other notes:
-John Erskine beat Mike Commodore in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( 13) , Louisville Panthers 5( 25)
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0-1 LOU Evgeni Dadonov (Tyler Ennis)
0-2 LOU Andrew Sweetland (Tyler Ennis)
0-3 LOU Michal Repík (Ville Koistinen)
0-4 LOU Kenndal McArdle (Matt Hunwick, Nicolas Deschamps)
0-5 LOU Evgeni Dadonov (Tyler Ennis)
1-5 POR Keith Aucoin (Trevor Bruess)
Goalies: Michal Neuvirth - Chris Beckford-Tseu