Washington Capitals 5 , Colorado Avalanche 3
Shots: 32 - 29
PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:52/62=83 %, Challenges:40/52=75 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:64/80=80 %, Challenges:41/53=75 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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12:02 1-0
Nicklas Bäckström [6] (Ben Clymer, Steve Eminger)
17:57 1-1
Andrew Brunette [7] (Ian Laperriere, Tyler Arnason)
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25:26 2-1
Mats Sundin [11] (Teemu Selänne)
26:28 3-1
Ben Clymer [2] (Nicklas Bäckström, Alexander Semin)
29:33 4-1
Mats Sundin [12] (Alexander Ovechkin)
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47:54 4-2
Chris Pronger [2] (T.J. Hensick, Brad Richardson)
48:42 4-3
Paul Stastny [5] (Milan Hejduk, Wojtek Wolski)
49:52 5-3
Alexander Ovechkin [21] (Teemu Selänne, Brian Pothier)
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Penalty summary:
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02:32
Brett Clark (2 min for tripping)
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20:49
Ryan Smyth (2 min for cross-checking)
31:59
Andrew Brunette (2 min for tripping)
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41:18
Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for high-sticking)
43:31
Chris Pronger (2 min for roughing)
43:31
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for roughing)
51:14
Alexander Semin (2 min for slashing)
58:48
Tyler Arnason (2 min for slashing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 7.20 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 7
R Teemu Selänne 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 3 19.20 8
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -1 7.20 6
C Michael Nylander 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 14.40 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 14.20 8
C Mats Sundin 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 20.30 9
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 7.20 5
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 -1 14.30 5
L Alexander Semin 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 17.40 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 9 0 1 0 2 3 20.30 9
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 16.30 6
D Ben Clymer 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.10 8
D Steve Eminger 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 20.10 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 -1 16.40 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 23.00 8
D Brian Pothier 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 26.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Brad Richardson 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 7.30 6
R Ian Laperriere 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 16.40 8
R Marek Svatos 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 16.40 6
R Milan Hejduk 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 -2 19.10 7
C Ben Guite 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6.10 5
C Tyler Arnason 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 13.10 6
C Joe Sakic 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 19.40 6
C Paul Stastny 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 16.10 8
R T.J. Hensick 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 5
L Andrew Brunette 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 13.10 6
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -2 21.10 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 -2 17.10 8
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 15.10 7
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -2 21.40 7
D Nigel Williams 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.10 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 14.00 6
D Brett Clark 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -2 21.30 7
D Chris Pronger 1 0 4 2 0 1 2 -1 27.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 5 0 27 0 0 60.00 5
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mats Sundin
2nd star: Nicklas Bäckström
3rd star: Alexander Ovechkin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Semin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ben Clymer finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Milan Hejduk notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Paul Stastny ended his 7 game goal drought.
-T.J. Hensick ended his 5 game point drought.
-Andrew Brunette ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Chris Pronger finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( 15) , Hershey Bears 3( 20)
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0-1 HER Wes O'Neill (Chris Stewart)
0-2 HER Matt Hussey (Chris Stewart, Roman Cervenka)
1-2 POR Chris Bourque (Josef Boumedienne)
1-3 HER Eric Healey (Ken Roche)
Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Jason Bacashihua