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13/2/2010
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Washington Capitals 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 30 - 21
PP: 0 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:65/75=86 %, Challenges:45/55=80 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:53/75=70 %, Challenges:39/49=78 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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10:07 0-1
Maxim Afinogenov [21] (Tim Connolly, Joe Thornton)
19:41 1-1
Anton Gustafsson [2] (Tomas Fleischmann, Jeff Schultz)
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28:03 2-1
Alexander Ovechkin [30] (Nicklas Bäckström, Mike Green)
29:19 3-1
Mike Knuble [20] (Jason Chimera, Karl Alzner)
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46:41 3-2
Martin St. Louis [25] (Joe Thornton)
49:35 4-2
Antoine Vermette [19] (Jason Chimera, Tom Poti)
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Penalty summary:
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11:13
Daniel Brière (2 min for roughing)
11:13
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
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23:21
Craig Rivet (2 min for slashing)
31:56
Daniel Carcillo (2 min for cross-checking)
33:32
Darren Helm (2 min for slashing)
33:32
Darren Helm (10 min misconduct)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.30 6
R Chris Bourque 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.10 5
R Mike Knuble 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 18.50 8
R Daniel Brière 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 19.30 7
C Anton Gustafsson 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 7
C Michael Nylander 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 6
C Antoine Vermette 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 17.00 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1 20.00 9
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 13.30 5
L Jason Chimera 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 17.00 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 19.30 8
D Dmitri Orlov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 5
D Tom Poti 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 7
D Jeff Schultz 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 23.40 8
D Nick Boynton 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 -1 13.50 6
D Karl Alzner 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 18.20 7
D Mike Green 0 1 5 5 1 2 0 0 27.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antti Niemi 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Simeon Varlamov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Mair 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 6.30 4
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 0 15.10 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 -1 16.10 7
R Martin St. Louis 1 0 4 4 5 0 0 0 16.00 8
C Darren Helm 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 -1 8.10 4
C Rob Niedermayer 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 6
C Tim Connolly 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
C Joe Thornton 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 17.10 8
L Daniel Carcillo 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 8.50 6
L Kris Versteeg 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.30 5
L Mike Grier 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.30 6
L Marco Sturm 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 5
D Chris Butler 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 16.10 5
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 18.10 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 23.10 4
D Tyler Myers 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 15.10 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -1 22.00 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 -1 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Knuble
2nd star: Anton Gustafsson
3rd star: Antoine Vermette
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Mike Knuble scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Anton Gustafsson ended his 5 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Martin St. Louis scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Joe Thornton notched his 30th assist of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 6( 32) , Rochester Americans 0( 13)
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1-0 POR Trevor Bruess (David Steckel)
2-0 POR David Steckel (Zach Miskovic)
3-0 POR Jake Hauswirth (Andrew Gordon, Joe Finley)
4-0 POR Steve Pinizzotto (Jimmy Bonneau)
5-0 POR Zach Miskovic
6-0 POR Eetu Heikkinen (Steve Pinizzotto)
Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Jhonas Enroth