18-12-2008

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18/12/2008
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Washington Capitals 1 , Dallas Stars 3
Shots: 22 - 28
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:71/86=82 %, Challenges:32/52=60 %
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:64/79=81 %, Challenges:31/51=59 %
Attendance: 7661 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 366961 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:29 0-1 Brenden Morrow [12] (Matt Niskanen, Jere Lehtinen)PP
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22:16 0-2 Mike Modano [5] (Trevor Daley, Konstantin Pushkarev)
29:17 1-2 Mike Green [4] (Tom Poti, Alexander Ovechkin)PP
31:46 1-3 Brendan Morrison [1] (Mike Ribeiro, Matt Niskanen)SH
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:44 Dmitri Kugryshev (2 min for high-sticking)
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29:03 Steve Ott (2 min for slashing)
30:22 Konstantin Pushkarev (2 min for hooking)
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48:37 Dmitri Kugryshev (2 min for slashing)
59:22 John Erskine (5 min for fighting)
59:22 Steve Ott (5 min for fighting)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 7.30 6
R Chris Bourque 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 11.40 4
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 3 5 1 2 0 -1 19.50 7
C Alexandre Giroux 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 4
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 -2 15.10 6
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 8
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.50 4
L Matt Bradley 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 13.40 5
L Alexander Semin 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 19.00 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 5 1 1 2 0 -1 20.30 8
D John Erskine 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 -1 14.40 5
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 18.20 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 -1 27.00 7
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 -1 13.40 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19.00 6
D Mike Green 1 0 1 4 2 4 0 -1 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Parrish 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 9.20 4
R Konstantin Pushkarev 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 13.10 5
R Steve Ott 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 0 15.00 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 21.00 7
C Brendan Morrison 1 0 3 3 1 3 0 1 8.50 8
C Mike Modano 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 13.10 8
C Brad Richards 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
C Mike Ribeiro 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 18.30 8
L Lauri Tukonen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Joel Lundqvist 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13.10 5
C Steve Bégin 0 0 3 2 3 2 0 0 18.50 6
L Brenden Morrow 1 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 19.10 8
D Niklas Grossman 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 14.50 6
D Matt Niskanen 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 17.40 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 25.30 8
D Trevor Daley 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 15.10 7
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 20.30 8
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marty Turco
2nd star: Brendan Morrison
3rd star: Mike Modano

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Ovechkin notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Matt Niskanen notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brendan Morrison scored the 400th point of his career.
-Konstantin Pushkarev finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Brendan Morrison finally ended his 29 game goal drought.
-Mike Modano finally ended his 20 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-John Erskine beat Steve Ott in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 8( 43) , Texas Stars 0( 13)
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1-0 HER Tomas Fleischmann (Eric Fehr)
2-0 HER Linus Videll (Cam McCaffrey, Jeff Schultz)
3-0 HER Donald Brashear (Tomas Fleischmann)
4-0 HER Grant Potulny (Jason Lehoux)
5-0 HER Grant Potulny
6-0 HER Jason Morgan
7-0 HER Donald Brashear (Tomas Fleischmann)
8-0 HER Eric Fehr (Sasha Pokulok)

Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Philippe Sauvé

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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 24 - 20
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:70/87=80 %, Challenges:31/47=64 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/82=80 %, Challenges:35/52=66 %
Attendance: 6166 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 293501 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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03:51 1-0 Jason Spezza [9] (Roman Hamrlik, Barret Jackman)
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27:18 2-0 Roman Hamrlik [4] (Jason Spezza, Kristopher Letang)
35:36 3-0 Miroslav Satan [11] (Alex Tanguay, Roman Hamrlik)
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51:42 3-1 Todd White [10] (Tobias Enström, Slava Kozlov)
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Penalty summary:
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02:38 Chris Thorburn (5 min for fighting)
02:38 Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 5
C Jordan Staal 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 16.30 6
R Bill Guerin 0 0 3 2 2 2 5 0 19.40 6
R Petr Sykora 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 17.00 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 17.30 6
C Brad Boyes 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 6
R Jason Spezza 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 2 17.00 8
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 6
L Miroslav Satan 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 17.00 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 16.20 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 23.20 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 20.20 7
D Barret Jackman 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 17.00 7
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 22.30 8
D Roman Hamrlik 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 2 19.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Jake Allen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jim Slater 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 6.00 6
R Marty Reasoner 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 15.20 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 20.00 6
R Slava Kozlov 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.40 5
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Bryan Little 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 16.30 5
C Jason Williams 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 20.00 5
C Todd White 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 17.30 7
L Rich Peverly 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6.00 4
L Chris Thorburn 0 0 0 3 2 3 5 0 15.40 5
L Éric Perrin 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -2 20.00 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 18.20 8
D Mark Fraser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 4
D Boris Valabik 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -2 21.20 6
D Tobias Enström 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 19.30 8
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 17.20 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 -2 21.50 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 20.50 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Roman Hamrlik
2nd star: Jason Spezza
3rd star: Miroslav Satan

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Kristopher Letang notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Todd White scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Todd White ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Bill Guerin beat Chris Thorburn in a fight.

Farm game result:
W-B/Scranton Penguins 1( 29) , Chicago Wolves 2( 20)
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0-1 CHW Mike Hamilton (Chad Denny, Milan Bartovic)
1-1 WBS Bill Thomas (Dustin Jeffrey, Joey Mormina)
1-2 CHW Jesse Schultz (Joe Motzko)

Goalies: Dave Brown - Ondrej Pavelec