Washington Capitals 5 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 36 - 27
PP: 0 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:67/77=87 %, Challenges:39/51=75 %
PP: 0 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:62/76=81 %, Challenges:29/36=78 %
Attendance: 19560 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 901716 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:01 1-0
Mike Peca [3] (Jeff Schultz)
10:53 1-1
Sergei Fedorov [11] (Rostislav Olesz, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
18:36 1-2
Sergei Fedorov [12] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Braydon Coburn)
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29:16 1-3
Sergei Fedorov [13] (Braydon Coburn, Brent Burns)
30:13 2-3
Marco Sturm [24] (Gilbert Brulé, Greg de Vries)
33:55 3-3
Alexander Ovechkin [35] (Tomas Fleischmann, Anton Gustafsson)
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41:34 4-3
Marco Sturm [25] (Alexander Ovechkin, Mike Knuble)
43:15 5-3
Mike Peca [4] (Brendan Morrison, Jeff Schultz)
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Penalty summary:
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06:48
Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for roughing)
12:48
Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for elbowing)
15:31
Jeff Schultz (2 min for roughing)
15:31
Ryan Callahan (2 min for roughing)
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21:13
Michael Nylander (2 min for roughing)
23:27
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for tripping)
30:56
Brendan Morrison (2 min for boarding)
36:44
Matt Carle (2 min for tripping)
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44:17
Tom Gilbert (2 min for cross-checking)
47:41
Martin Havlat (2 min for high-sticking)
55:06
Chris Chelios (2 min for holding the stick)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Anton Gustafsson 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 7.40 5
R Eric Fehr 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9.40 6
R Gilbert Brulé 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 13.20 8
R Mike Knuble 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -2 21.50 8
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 9.40 5
C Mike Peca 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 9.40 8
C Marc Savard 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 17.50 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 3 1 1 0 4 -1 20.00 7
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.40 5
L Brendan Morrison 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 14.40 7
L Marco Sturm 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 16.40 9
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 8
D Chris Chelios 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 12.10 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 16.30 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 23.10 7
D Jeff Schultz 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 17.00 8
D Greg de Vries 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 3 20.40 9
D Mike Green 0 0 3 2 3 1 0 -3 30.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ethan Moreau 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 11.50 7
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 -1 12.10 5
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 18.10 6
R Martin Havlat 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 19.40 7
C Louis Leblanc 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 3.40 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 15.10 7
C Sergei Fedorov 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 9
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 4 5 0 1 0 -1 24.30 10
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -2 10.10 6
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 5
L Rostislav Olesz 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.00 7
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Tyler Cuma 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.40 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18.30 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 24.20 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 -1 14.30 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 21.40 8
D Brent Burns 0 1 1 4 0 4 0 -2 30.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 5 0 31 0 0 60.00 6
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Peca
2nd star: Sergei Fedorov
3rd star: Marco Sturm
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Mike Knuble has marked a new career high in assists with 32 assists.
-Marco Sturm scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Marc Savard had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Tomas Fleischmann finally ended his 13 game point drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Sergei Fedorov ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Braydon Coburn ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes: