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24/1/2009
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Washington Capitals 2 , Atlanta Thrashers 6
Shots: 19 - 26
PP: 2 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:67/87=77 %, Challenges:23/32=69 %
PP: 2 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:69/87=79 %, Challenges:34/50=66 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:23 0-1
Erik Christensen [3] (Chris Thorburn, Boris Valabik)PP
14:45 1-1
Matt Bradley [3] (Michael Nylander, Chris Clark)PP
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23:27 2-1
Mike Green [4] (Alexander Ovechkin, Michael Nylander)PP
26:55 2-2
Colby Armstrong [17] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Angelo Esposito)
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41:13 2-3
Colby Armstrong [18] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Tobias Enström)PP
44:29 2-4
Colby Armstrong [19] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Angelo Esposito)
45:32 2-5
Jason Williams [14] (Slava Kozlov, Éric Perrin)
49:06 2-6
Ilya Kovalchuk [27] (Angelo Esposito, Colby Armstrong)
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Penalty summary:
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08:04
Tom Poti (5 min for spearing)
14:03
Bryan Little (2 min for tripping)
16:56
Slava Kozlov (2 min for cross-checking)
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20:31
Brett Sterling (2 min for slashing)
23:05
Jim Slater (2 min for hooking)
35:34
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for holding the stick)
39:28
Chris Bourque (2 min for hooking)
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49:22
Chris Bourque (2 min for slashing)
55:46
Garnet Exelby (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Bourque 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 7.30 6
R Graham Mink 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 13.20 5
R Matt Bradley 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 -1 15.20 6
R Alexander Frolov 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 -2 19.40 7
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 7.30 6
C Michael Nylander 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 -1 17.10 5
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 9.00 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 20.10 6
L Vernon Fiddler 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.30 5
L Chris Clark 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 20.10 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1 19.40 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.00 6
D Mike Green 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 -2 24.00 6
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 -1 21.10 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 -1 12.40 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 23.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 6 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryan Little 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 7.10 5
R Chris Thorburn 0 1 1 5 0 5 0 0 14.40 8
R Jason Williams 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 8
R Colby Armstrong 3 1 6 1 2 0 0 3 20.20 8
C Jim Slater 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 13.20 6
C Todd White 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 17.20 6
C Éric Perrin 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11.00 5
C Angelo Esposito 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 18.00 8
L Brett Sterling 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7.30 6
L Erik Christensen 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 6
L Slava Kozlov 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 17.20 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 3 6 1 2 0 0 3 20.30 10
D Boris Valabik 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16.50 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 23.30 6
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 4
D Tobias Enström 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 22.00 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 27.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Colby Armstrong
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Angelo Esposito
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Mike Green finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Colby Armstrong has marked a new career high in goals with 17 tallies.
-Tobias Enström notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Éric Perrin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Chris Thorburn ended his 9 game point drought.
-Colby Armstrong ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Erik Christensen finally ended his 39 game goal drought.
-Ilya Kovalchuk ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Boris Valabik ended his 8 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( 17) , Chicago Wolves 5( 20)
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0-1 CHW Grant Stevenson
1-1 POR François Bouchard (Oskar Osala, Bryan Helmer)
1-2 CHW Jordan LaVallee (Junior Lessard)
1-3 CHW Jordan LaVallee (Junior Lessard, Grant Stevenson)
1-4 CHW Riley Holzapfel (Chad Painchaud)
1-5 CHW Junior Lessard (Grant Stevenson)
Goalies: Daren Machesney - Ondrej Pavelec