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31/10/2011
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Washington Capitals 6 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 29 - 24
PP: 3 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:78/87=89 %, Challenges:30/51=57 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:59/69=85 %, Challenges:34/55=60 %
Attendance: 6071 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 288373 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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11:14 1-0
Nicklas Bäckström [5] (Ales Hemsky)PP
18:31 2-0
Nicklas Bäckström [6] (Rene Bourque)PP
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26:55 2-1
Andrew Joudrey [3] (Colton Gillies, Fedor Tyutin)
29:55 3-1
Ales Hemsky [2] (Mike Knuble, Karl Alzner)
36:16 4-1
Ales Hemsky [3] (Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Bäckström)PP
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45:39 5-1
Jeff Halpern [2] (Nicklas Bäckström, John Carlson)
48:13 6-1
Rene Bourque [2] (Mathieu Perreault)
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Penalty summary:
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08:52
Vaclav Prospal (2 min for high-sticking)
09:22
Derek MacKenzie (2 min for tripping)
17:34
Alexandre Giroux (2 min for hooking)
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35:52
James Wisniewski (2 min for hooking)
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57:27
Chris Bourque (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 0 1 0 2 0 7.30 5
R Troy Brouwer 0 0 1 3 3 4 0 1 18.10 8
R Ales Hemsky 2 1 3 1 3 0 0 1 17.30 8
R Mike Knuble 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 16.50 7
C Keith Aucoin 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 7.30 7
C Mathieu Perreault 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 15.00 6
C Jeff Halpern 1 0 3 3 1 3 0 1 17.20 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 2 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 18.10 8
L Rene Bourque 1 1 3 4 2 3 0 1 14.50 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.40 4
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 16.20 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 4 3 0 3 0 0 20.10 8
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 16.40 6
D Nick Schultz 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 18.50 5
D John Carlson 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 24.30 7
D Yannick Weber 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 15.20 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 19.40 7
D Karl Alzner 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Michal Neuvirth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tomas Kubalik 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.00 7
R Derek Dorsett 0 0 1 4 0 6 0 0 15.30 8
R Colton Gillies 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 16.30 7
R Mark Letestu 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 20.50 7
C Derek MacKenzie 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 9.20 5
C Darryl Boyce 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 14.10 7
C Andrew Joudrey 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 14.00 7
C Derick Brassard 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 20.40 7
L Alexandre Giroux 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 7.40 5
L R.J. Umberger 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11.50 5
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 5
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 -2 19.30 6
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 14.00 5
D Marc Methot 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 19.00 7
D James Wisniewski 0 0 4 2 3 1 2 -2 27.00 7
D Aaron Johnson 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.00 5
D Fedor Tyutin 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 18.00 7
D Jack Johnson 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 -2 30.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 6 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nicklas Bäckström
2nd star: Ales Hemsky
3rd star: Rene Bourque
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Nicklas Bäckström notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jeff Halpern scored the 300th point of his career.
-Mike Knuble had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Mathieu Perreault finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Jeff Halpern ended his 5 game point drought.
-Rene Bourque finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Alexander Ovechkin had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Colton Gillies ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( 16) , Syracuse Crunch 0( 14)
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1-0 POR Matt Hendricks (Joel Rechlicz, Zach Miskovic)
Goalies: Braden Holtby - Mark Dekanich