8/1/2009

Washington Capitals 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 25 - 30
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:68/82=82 %, Challenges:31/46=66 %
PP: 1 of 6 (3 shots), Passing:79/96=82 %, Challenges:38/52=71 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:06 0-1 Jiri Slegr [3] (Slava Kozlov, Jamie Langenbrunner)PP
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26:07 0-2 Alexander Radulov [9] (Sidney Crosby, Jussi Jokinen)
34:16 1-2 Ian Laperriere [5] (Dustin Brown, Paul Mara)SH
36:23 1-3 Nigel Dawes [2] (Branko Radivojevic, Mikael Samuelsson)
36:49 2-3 Kris Versteeg [10] (Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Bäckström)
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46:45 3-3 Alexander Ovechkin [24] (Luca Sbisa, Nicklas Bäckström)
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Penalty summary:
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06:06 Brayden Schenn (2 min for boarding)
12:43 Matthew Lombardi (2 min for tripping)
18:23 Sami Salo (2 min for hooking)
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20:28 Branko Radivojevic (2 min for hooking)
33:03 Anton Lander (2 min for hooking)
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43:21 Paul Mara (2 min for high-sticking)
52:22 Dustin Brown (2 min for holding the stick)
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64:15 Slava Kozlov (2 min for tripping)

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ian Laperriere 1 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 20.40 8
R Ed Purcell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 5
R Dustin Brown 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 18.30 7
R Kris Versteeg 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 15.30 6
C Brayden Schenn 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 12.30 6
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 11.50 6
C Cody Hodgson 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 11.10 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 18.20 8
L Sean Bergenheim 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 14.50 8
L Michal Repík 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 5
L Anton Lander 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 -1 14.40 4
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 3 4 1 4 0 2 21.50 9
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 22.50 7
D Erik Karlsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.10 5
D Luca Sbisa 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 26.50 7
D Anton Strålman 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 12.50 6
D Paul Mara 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 -1 22.50 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 33.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marek Schwarz 3 0 27 0 0 65.00 8
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Branko Radivojevic 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 11.20 5
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 22.50 7
R Alexander Radulov 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 10.50 7
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -2 20.10 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 11.20 5
C Michal Handzus 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 22.20 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 19.00 7
C Joe Sakic 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 12.30 5
L Nigel Dawes 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.20 8
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 19.10 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.50 7
L Slava Kozlov 0 1 4 1 1 0 2 -3 18.40 7
D Jussi Timonen 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 23.40 7
D Brendan Bell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.10 6
D Jiri Slegr 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 27.10 6
D Ivan Majesky 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 25.40 5
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 20.30 7
D Greg de Vries 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 22.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 22 0 0 65.00 6
G Jonathan Bernier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Ian Laperriere
3rd star: Alexander Radulov

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Kris Versteeg scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Nicklas Bäckström notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Luca Sbisa ended his 9 game point drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Branko Radivojevic finally ended his 15 game point drought.
-Nigel Dawes finally ended his 30 game goal drought.
-Jiri Slegr finally ended his 21 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 12) , W-B/Scranton Penguins 1( 11)
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1-0 HER Stanislav Lascek (Ryan O'Byrne)
1-1 WBS Justin Mapletoft (Jani Rita, Anthony Stewart)
2-1 HER David Steckel (Martin Rucinsky, Kevin Dallman)

Goalies: Sébastien Caron - Antti Niemi

New York Rangers 4 , Dallas Stars 2
Shots: 31 - 23
PP: 4 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:68/76=89 %, Challenges:51/58=86 %
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:56/67=83 %, Challenges:38/51=73 %
Attendance: 18200 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 560560 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:52 1-0 Brendan Shanahan [18] (Mike Modano)PP
16:44 1-1 Bobby Ryan [2] (Alexander Perezhogin, Adrian Aucoin)
18:12 2-1 Steve Sullivan [16] (Alex Tanguay, Peter Forsberg)PP
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21:51 3-1 Steve Sullivan [17] (Alex Tanguay, Peter Forsberg)PP
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47:43 4-1 Steve Sullivan [18] (Alex Tanguay, Bryan McCabe)PP
58:01 4-2 Thomas Vanek [13] (Rob Niedermayer, Andrei Markov)PP
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Penalty summary:
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11:33 Andrei Markov (2 min for slashing)
17:11 Marc Savard (2 min for slashing)
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20:08 Sergei Varlamov (2 min for slashing)
23:38 Sergei Varlamov (2 min for elbowing)
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42:07 Gary Roberts (2 min for roughing)
42:07 Tomas Kaberle (2 min for roughing)
47:01 Kyle Chipchura (2 min for tripping)
57:13 Bryan Allen (2 min for boarding)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 7.10 6
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
R Trent Hunter 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 16.00 6
R Steve Sullivan 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 9
C Kris Draper 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 6
C Kyle Turris 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 0 16.00 8
C Mike Modano 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 -1 16.50 8
C Peter Forsberg 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 6.40 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 6
L Brendan Shanahan 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.00 8
L Alex Tanguay 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.50 9
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 16.20 6
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 -1 15.40 7
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 26.10 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 18.10 7
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 14.40 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bobby Ryan 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 10.30 8
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 14.40 6
R Rob Niedermayer 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
R Chris Kelly 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
C Kyle Chipchura 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 10.30 5
C Jim Dowd 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 12.50 5
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
C Marc Savard 0 0 3 4 1 0 2 0 15.20 8
L Sergei Varlamov 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 1 10.30 4
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 12.50 6
L Ryan Malone 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 17.10 8
D Adrian Aucoin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Steve Eminger 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
D Andrei Markov 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 1 25.00 8
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 22.30 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.10 5
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 26.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve Sullivan
2nd star: Alex Tanguay
3rd star: Mike Modano

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Alex Tanguay notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Dallas Stars:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolf Pack 3( 19) , Texas Stars 2( 17)
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0-1 TEX Miroslav Zalesak (Ladislav Smid, Randy Robitaille)
1-1 HFD Ryan White (Mike Pandolfo, Travis Moen)
2-1 HFD Ryan White (Jonas Frögren)
2-2 TEX Adam Burish (Darcy Hordichuk)
3-2 HFD Bryan Bickell (Jonas Frögren, Alexandre Burrows)

Goalies: Todd Ford - Cory Schneider

Nashville Predators 2 , New Jersey Devils 3
Shots: 22 - 31
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:71/81=87 %, Challenges:30/42=69 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:68/79=86 %, Challenges:47/58=79 %
Attendance: 17113 of 17113 (Sommet Center)
Ticket income: 497988 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:52 1-0 Paul Kariya [18] (Sergei Kostitsyn)
19:32 1-1 Jason Chimera [13] (Antti Miettinen, Glen Murray)
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25:16 2-1 Dan Boyle [7] (Paul Kariya, Jarome Iginla)PP
30:27 2-2 Anze Kopitar [16] (Antti Miettinen, Christian Ehrhoff)
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50:43 2-3 Filip Kuba [6] (Brian Campbell, Eric Staal)SH
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Penalty summary:
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24:21 Antti Miettinen (2 min for hooking)
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40:56 Shawn Horcoff (2 min for tripping)
46:15 Alexei Kaigorodov (2 min for hooking)
50:18 Konstantin Koltsov (2 min for holding the stick)
53:51 Shawn Horcoff (2 min for roughing)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 5
R Aleksander Suglobov 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11.40 4
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -2 20.40 7
C Alexei Kaigorodov 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8.10 6
C Erik Christensen 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 11.10 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 -1 20.50 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 19.50 7
L Mason Raymond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
L Ville Nieminen 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 13.30 5
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 -1 17.00 7
L Paul Kariya 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 -1 18.10 8
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 12.00 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D Ryan Suter 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27.50 5
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 18.10 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -2 18.50 7
D Dan Boyle 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 -1 23.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Konstantin Koltsov 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 9.30 6
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 12.50 7
R Antti Miettinen 0 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 14.30 8
R Glen Murray 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 -1 20.20 7
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14.50 6
C Anze Kopitar 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 16.30 8
C Eric Staal 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 20.40 7
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 9.30 5
L Brett Sterling 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 12.50 5
L Jason Chimera 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 13.50 8
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14.40 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 16.30 6
D Filip Kuba 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 29.40 10
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.30 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 6
D Brian Campbell 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Antti Miettinen
2nd star: Filip Kuba
3rd star: Anze Kopitar

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Sergei Kostitsyn has marked a new career high in points with 28 points.
-Paul Kariya scored the 400th goal of his career.
-Dan Boyle finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Filip Kuba ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 3( 11) , Lowell Devils 2( 13)
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0-1 LOW Petr Sykora (Chris Collins, Matt McCollem)
1-1 MIL Grant Marshall (Clay Wilson, Glen Metropolit)
2-1 MIL Benoit Pouliot (Grant Marshall, Glen Metropolit)
2-2 LOW Petr Sykora (Matt McCollem)
3-2 MIL Shawn Thornton (Chad Wiseman, Drew Larman)

Goalies: Vitaly Kolesnik - Reinhard Divis

Colorado Avalanche 3 , Detroit Red Wings 2
Shots: 21 - 32
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:54/76=71 %, Challenges:27/37=71 %
PP: 0 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:73/82=89 %, Challenges:42/59=70 %
Attendance: 18007 of 18007 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 547412 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:33 0-1 Craig Conroy [11] (Nikita Filatov, Patrick Marleau)
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27:55 1-1 Patrick Kane [9] (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Olli Jokinen)
28:27 1-2 Brendan Morrison [8] (Patrick Marleau)
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54:09 2-2 Olli Jokinen [15] (Patrick Kane, Todd Fedoruk)
57:53 3-2 Alexei Ponikarovsky [13] (Patrick Kane, Tom Poti)
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Penalty summary:
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02:08 Todd Fedoruk (2 min for hooking)
04:22 Chris Chelios (2 min for roughing)
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39:31 Todd Fedoruk (2 min for high-sticking)
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44:03 Dainius Zubrus (2 min for high-sticking)
48:05 Kristopher Letang (2 min for diving)
50:16 Ales Hemsky (2 min for cross-checking)
55:54 Brendan Morrison (2 min for roughing)
55:54 Maxim Lapierre (2 min for roughing)
59:23 Maxim Lapierre (2 min for high-sticking)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5.50 4
R Brett McLean 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13.30 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 12.00 6
R Patrick Kane 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
C Morten Madsen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
C Rick Rypien 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 13.10 5
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 14.20 6
C Olli Jokinen 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
L Karl Stewart 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.10 6
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 2 4 2 5 0 0 20.40 9
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 15.20 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 21.00 8
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15.10 5
D Matt Greene 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 23.40 8
D Tom Poti 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 19.50 5
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 27.00 9
D Chris Chelios 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 15.20 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 19.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tim Thomas 2 0 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 8.10 6
R David Bolland 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 11.10 4
R Scott Hartnell 0 0 1 5 3 4 0 0 17.50 7
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 21.30 7
C Brian Boyle 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 5.30 4
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 11.10 5
C Craig Conroy 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 23.40 7
C Brendan Morrison 1 0 6 0 0 0 2 1 19.00 7
L David Booth 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.50 5
C Doug Weight 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 11.10 6
L Nikita Filatov 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.50 5
L Patrick Marleau 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 22.20 8
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 11.50 4
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 16.40 5
D Ryan Ellis 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21.10 6
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 13.20 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 27.00 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Dan Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Kane
2nd star: Olli Jokinen
3rd star: Alexei Ponikarovsky

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Olli Jokinen scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Olli Jokinen scored the 500th point of his career.
-Tom Poti notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Todd Fedoruk ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Patrick Marleau notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Sergei Gonchar had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lake Erie Monsters 6( 22) , Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 19)
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1-0 LEM Jack Skille (Wojtek Wolski)
2-0 LEM Wojtek Wolski (Jack Skille)
2-1 GRD Kevin Klein (Sergei Zinovjev, Joel Lundqvist)
2-2 GRD Sergei Zinovjev (Mike Rupp)
3-2 LEM Mathias Joggi (Jack Skille, Andrew MacDonald)
4-2 LEM Brooks Laich (Maksim Mamin)
5-2 LEM Brooks Laich (Jack Skille, Maksim Mamin)
6-2 LEM Jack Skille (Mathias Joggi)

Goalies: Yann Danis - Jason LaBarbera