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9/11/2011
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Washington Capitals 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 26 - 31
PP: 2 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:80/90=88 %, Challenges:25/45=54 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:74/86=86 %, Challenges:37/55=66 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:18 1-0
Evgeni Malkin [5] (Mike Knuble)PP
12:53 2-0
Evgeni Kuznetsov [6] (Alexander Ovechkin)
17:22 2-1
David Backes [7] (Matt Duchene, Matt Cooke)
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32:23 2-2
Matt Duchene [8] (Mike Richards)
36:42 2-3
Cal O'Reilly [1] (Ryan O'Reilly, Pascal Dupuis)
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41:52 3-3
Mathieu Perreault [5] (Troy Brouwer, Brooks Laich)PP
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63:22 3-4
Jordan Staal [5] (Matt Duchene, Drew Doughty)
Penalty summary:
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08:54
Alex Kovalev (2 min for holding the stick)
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22:47
Matt Duchene (2 min for elbowing)
39:36
Mike Green (2 min for roughing)
39:36
Erik Cole (2 min for roughing)
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41:16
Matt Cooke (2 min for roughing)
50:46
Tom Poti (2 min for boarding)
59:07
Steve Downie (5 min for fighting)
59:07
Deryk Engelland (5 min for fighting)
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61:07
Mike Richards (2 min for tripping)
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Troy Brouwer 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.10 6
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 14.00 5
R Steve Downie 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 -2 14.30 4
R Evgeni Kuznetsov 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.40 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
C Mathieu Perreault 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 15.10 7
C Mark Olver 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 15.40 4
C Evgeni Malkin 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 -1 23.40 8
R Joel Ward 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 6.50 5
L Brooks Laich 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 16.10 7
R Mike Knuble 0 1 6 1 4 1 0 -3 19.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 -1 23.40 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 16.30 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 -2 18.00 7
D John Carlson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 26.00 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 16.10 5
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 23.00 6
D Mike Green 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 -1 27.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Michal Neuvirth 4 0 27 0 0 63.30 6
G Braden Holtby 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Matt Cooke 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.20 6
R Pascal Dupuis 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 13.40 8
R Erik Cole 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 16.50 7
L Matt Duchene 1 2 4 0 1 0 2 2 24.40 8
C Dustin Jeffrey 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10.10 5
C Ryan O'Reilly 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 11.40 7
C David Backes 1 0 4 3 0 3 0 2 19.10 9
C Jordan Staal 1 0 6 4 2 4 0 0 24.00 10
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 9.40 6
L Cal O'Reilly 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 14.20 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 17.00 7
L Mike Richards 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 19.40 7
D Deryk Engelland 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 15.10 6
D Ian Cole 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Drew Doughty 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 29.40 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 14.00 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 17.40 5
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 2 33.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 23 0 0 63.30 6
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Matt Duchene
2nd star: David Backes
3rd star: Jordan Staal
Notes for Washington Capitals:
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Matt Duchene notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Matt Cooke ended his 7 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Steve Downie beat Deryk Engelland in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 18) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 11)
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0-1 WIL Jason Williams (Robert Bortuzzo)
1-1 POR Keith Aucoin (Chris Bourque, Dmitri Orlov)
2-1 POR Ryan Potulny (Jeff Schultz)
3-1 POR Matt Hendricks (Keith Aucoin, Patrick McNeill)
Goalies: Tomas Vokoun - Marty Turco