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15/9/2008
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Washington Capitals 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 36 - 17
PP: 2 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:62/68=91 %, Challenges:56/68=81 %
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:59/84=70 %, Challenges:21/30=67 %
Attendance: 2010 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 97083 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:33 1-0
Anton Gustafsson [2] (Milan Jurcina, Jeff Schultz)
14:07 1-1
Erik Christensen [2] (Andrew Kozek, Aaron Palushaj)PP
17:07 2-1
Anton Gustafsson [3] (Viktor Kozlov, Stefan Ruzicka)
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23:16 3-1
François Bouchard [2] (Paul Martin, Milan Jurcina)
24:02 4-1
Alexander Semin [2] (Anton Gustafsson, Milan Jurcina)PP
39:32 4-2
Will O'Neill [1] (Niclas Lucenius, Alex Pietrangelo)
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48:14 5-2
Saku Koivu [1] (Scott Gomez)PP
49:14 5-3
Angelo Esposito [2] (Paul Kariya, Jiri Fischer)
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Penalty summary:
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03:51
Eric Boulton (2 min for tripping)
05:26
Colby Armstrong (2 min for roughing)
05:26
Milan Jurcina (2 min for roughing)
12:57
Saku Koivu (2 min for tripping)
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23:26
Aaron Palushaj (2 min for high-sticking)
24:24
Alex Pietrangelo (2 min for tripping)
36:22
Ryan Hollweg (2 min for hooking)
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47:02
Erik Christensen (2 min for hooking)
59:53
Saku Koivu (2 min for slashing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.20 5
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 12.50 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 18.10 8
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.50 7
C Ryan Hollweg 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 7.20 7
C Saku Koivu 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 16.10 8
C Anton Gustafsson 2 1 7 0 1 0 0 3 19.50 9
C Scott Gomez 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 -2 18.40 8
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 7.40 6
L Michael Nylander 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13.20 6
L François Bouchard 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 18.50 9
L Alexander Semin 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 18.50 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 5
D Milan Jurcina 0 3 2 5 3 5 2 3 22.40 10
D Jeff Schultz 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 18.10 6
D Josef Boumedienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Paul Martin 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 19.20 8
D Mike Green 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 -2 25.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Semen Varlamov 3 0 14 0 0 60.00 5
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Spencer Machacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 6
R Aaron Palushaj 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 15.00 7
R Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -2 21.30 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 3 10 0 5 2 1 20.50 10
C Brett Sonne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 6
C Niclas Lucenius 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 6
C Angelo Esposito 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 16.10 7
C Erik Christensen 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 21.00 8
L Simon Hjalmarsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 5
L Eric Boulton 0 0 0 4 1 4 2 0 16.20 6
L Andrew Kozek 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 -2 15.00 7
L Paul Kariya 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Will O'Neill 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 5
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 19.40 4
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 26.50 7
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14.10 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 16.10 7
D Jiri Fischer 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 27.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 4 0 10 0 0 24.10 4
G Danny Turple 1 0 21 0 0 35.50 9
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Anton Gustafsson
2nd star: Milan Jurcina
3rd star: François Bouchard
Notes for Washington Capitals:
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
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