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26/3/2010
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Washington Capitals 5 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 30 - 22
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:69/80=86 %, Challenges:50/59=83 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:69/80=86 %, Challenges:36/48=73 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:31 1-0
Eric Fehr [11] (Jeff Schultz, Jason Chimera)
16:32 1-1
Kris Versteeg [7] (Drew Stafford, Martin St. Louis)
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30:32 1-2
Tom Gilbert [6])
31:48 2-2
Nicklas Bäckström [33] (Daniel Brière, Alexander Ovechkin)PP
35:36 3-2
Mike Green [8] (Nicklas Bäckström, Daniel Brière)
36:16 4-2
Antoine Vermette [30] (Tom Poti, Jeff Schultz)
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48:49 4-3
Marco Sturm [21] (Maxim Afinogenov, Rob Niedermayer)
54:25 5-3
Alexander Ovechkin [41] (Daniel Brière)
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Penalty summary:
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09:26
Tom Gilbert (2 min for roughing)
09:26
Dmitri Kugryshev (2 min for roughing)
17:58
Dmitri Kugryshev (2 min for holding the stick)
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28:54
Daniel Carcillo (5 min for fighting)
28:54
Chris Bourque (5 min for fighting)
30:46
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
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58:04
Chris Bourque (5 min for fighting)
58:04
Daniel Carcillo (5 min for fighting)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 -1 6.20 4
R Chris Bourque 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 -1 15.20 7
R Eric Fehr 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 18.20 8
R Daniel Brière 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 19.40 8
C Anton Gustafsson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.10 5
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -2 17.20 6
C Antoine Vermette 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 16.40 8
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 1 7 1 0 0 0 3 20.20 9
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.10 4
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 3 4 4 0 -2 17.50 5
L Jason Chimera 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 3 3 1 3 0 2 19.40 10
D Dmitri Orlov 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 18.20 5
D Tom Poti 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Jeff Schultz 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 3 24.40 9
D Nick Boynton 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -2 19.50 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
D Mike Green 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 25.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antti Niemi 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
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 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
R Drew Stafford 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 17.00 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 -1 17.00 5
R Martin St. Louis 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 -1 19.50 7
C Darren Helm 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
C Tim Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 6
C Rob Niedermayer 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 -2 16.20 5
C Joe Thornton 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
L Daniel Carcillo 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 5.30 5
L Kris Versteeg 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 16.20 6
L Marco Sturm 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 15.40 6
L Mike Grier 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 -1 21.30 5
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 16.10 6
D Chris Butler 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 16.00 5
D Tyler Myers 0 0 1 4 4 2 0 0 27.50 7
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -2 17.40 6
D Tom Gilbert 1 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 24.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Daniel Brière
3rd star: Nicklas Bäckström
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Antoine Vermette scored his 30th goal of the season.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Drew Stafford notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Kris Versteeg finally ended his 44 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Daniel Carcillo beat Chris Bourque in a fight.
-Daniel Carcillo beat Chris Bourque in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 18) , Rochester Americans 2( 20)
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0-1 ROC Mike Kostka (Francis Lemieux)
1-1 POR Stefan Della Rovere (Trevor Bruess)
1-2 ROC Nathan Gerbe (Drew Schiestel, Derek Whitmore)
2-2 POR Jay Beagle
Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Jhonas Enroth