8/1/2009

Colorado Avalanche 2 , Detroit Red Wings 1
Shots: 25 - 17
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:65/85=76 %, Challenges:38/53=70 %
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:64/80=80 %, Challenges:26/42=60 %
Attendance: 18007 of 18007 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 547412 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:58 1-0 Rick Rypien [3] (Rostislav Klesla, Marc Staal)
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35:01 2-0 Alexei Ponikarovsky [5] (Jay Pandolfo, Patrick Kane)
37:35 2-1 Brian Boyle [12] (Paul Ranger, Brent Seabrook)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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01:36 Patrick Marleau (2 min for hooking)
11:05 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for cross-checking)
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27:38 Ryan Malone (2 min for high-sticking)
30:06 Viktor Kozlov (2 min for tripping)
32:42 Rick Rypien (2 min for roughing)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brett McLean 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6.20 5
R Jack Skille 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 13.30 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.40 6
R Patrick Kane 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 -1 19.50 6
C Rick Rypien 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 6.20 6
C Artem Anisimov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 18.30 7
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 18.30 7
L Jay Pandolfo 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 10.20 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 13.30 8
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 16.10 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 5 4 1 4 0 -1 20.30 9
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 12.50 6
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24.10 7
D Marc Staal 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 18.50 7
D Matt Greene 0 0 3 4 0 4 0 0 22.30 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 22.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Bolland 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 7.50 5
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 1 2 2 3 2 0 13.20 5
R Scott Hartnell 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 16.10 7
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 21.20 6
C Nick Drazenovic 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
C T.J. Oshie 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 13.20 5
C Brian Boyle 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 8
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 21.20 6
L Nikita Filatov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 6
L David Booth 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 13.20 7
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 20.20 7
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 7.00 4
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 16.20 8
D Kevin Klein 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12.20 5
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 -2 28.20 6
D David Fischer 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 23.20 7
D Paul Ranger 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 14.20 8
D Brent Seabrook 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 2 0 23 0 0 59.00 8
G Dan Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Rypien
2nd star: Alexei Ponikarovsky
3rd star: Rostislav Klesla

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Alexei Ponikarovsky scored the 100th goal of his career.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Brian Boyle finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lake Erie Monsters 7( 26) , Grand Rapids Griffins 4( 18)
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0-1 GRD Sergei Zinovjev
1-1 LEM Akim Aliu (Brodie Melnychuk)
2-1 LEM Richard Park (Morten Madsen)
3-1 LEM Morten Madsen
3-2 GRD Brandon Bochenski (Nathan Paetsch, Sergei Zinovjev)
3-3 GRD Nathan Paetsch (Brandon Bochenski, Blake Comeau)
4-3 LEM Phillip Gogulla (Miika Lahti)
5-3 LEM Akim Aliu (Maksim Mamin, Jeremy Smith)
5-4 GRD Tomi Mäki (Jérémy Gailland)
6-4 LEM Karl Stewart (Morten Madsen, Richard Park)
7-4 LEM Richard Park (Karl Stewart)

Goalies: Jeremy Smith - Jeff Frazee

Nashville Predators 1 , New York Islanders 4
Shots: 18 - 25
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:61/71=85 %, Challenges:21/43=47 %
PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:73/99=73 %, Challenges:40/51=76 %
Attendance: 17113 of 17113 (Sommet Center)
Ticket income: 497988 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:16 0-1 Colby Armstrong [11] (Randy Jones, Bryan Berard)
17:32 0-2 Mike Forney [1] (Jonathan Tavares)
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25:57 0-3 Jonathan Tavares [9] (Bryan Berard)
34:57 1-3 Aleksander Suglobov [2] (Matt Pettinger, Brian Grillo)
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50:23 1-4 Steve Sullivan [12] (Robbie Schremp, Colby Armstrong)
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Penalty summary:
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24:58 Kevin Bieksa (5 min for fighting)
24:58 Bryan Allen (5 min for fighting)
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43:05 Colby Armstrong (5 min for fighting)
43:05 Kevin Bieksa (5 min for fighting)
44:33 Dan Boyle (2 min for hooking)
53:34 Mike Forney (2 min for slashing)
58:13 Shawn Horcoff (2 min for hooking)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.30 4
R Aleksander Suglobov 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 14.30 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -1 17.50 4
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 20.30 6
C Alexei Kaigorodov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.10 4
C Brian Grillo 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 14.30 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 18.20 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 -2 21.00 6
L Mason Raymond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 14.40 5
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 1 5 1 4 0 -1 17.40 7
L Paul Kariya 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 -2 19.50 6
D Clark Caldwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 4
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 5
D Ryan Suter 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 22.10 5
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 -1 22.20 5
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 19.00 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -2 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 4 0 21 0 0 60.00 5
G Vitaly Kolesnik 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tommi Santala 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6.50 6
R Matt Keith 0 0 3 2 2 4 0 0 18.10 7
R Colby Armstrong 1 1 3 2 1 2 5 2 15.50 9
R Mike Forney 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 20.40 7
C Kyle Beach 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 5
C Robbie Schremp 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 15.50 8
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 20.50 10
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Rene Bourque 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 15.00 9
L Steve Sullivan 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 19.40 8
L Jonathan Tavares 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 16.40 8
D David Tanabe 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 16.20 6
D Matt Corrente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 6
D Bryan Berard 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 26.00 8
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 15.50 7
D Randy Jones 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 19.30 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 26.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Colby Armstrong
2nd star: Jonathan Tavares
3rd star: Mike Forney

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Aleksander Suglobov finally ended his 30 game goal drought.
-Brian Grillo ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Colby Armstrong notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jonathan Tavares finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Kevin Bieksa beat Bryan Allen in a fight.
-Colby Armstrong fought Kevin Bieksa in a fight.

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 3( 17) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 13)
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0-1 BRG David Vyborny (Joey Ryan)
1-1 MIL Tomas Kubalik (Tomas Surovy, Jay McClement)
1-2 BRG Perttu Lindgren (Kim Johansson)
2-2 MIL Tomas Surovy (John Negrin, Tomas Kubalik)
3-2 MIL Erik Christensen (Serge Aubin)

Goalies: Patrick Lalime - Maxime Ouellet

New Jersey Devils 3 , Dallas Stars 2
Shots: 22 - 26
PP: 1 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:70/84=83 %, Challenges:29/45=63 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:30/38=76 %
Attendance: 17625 of 17625 (Prudential Center)
Ticket income: 532274 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:26 1-0 Ryan Smyth [18] (Michael Frolík, Brian Campbell)PP
18:39 1-1 Thomas Vanek [16] (Marc Savard, Pascal Leclaire)
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31:48 2-1 Antti Miettinen [13] (Jason Chimera, Ryan Smyth)
34:49 3-1 Alexander Semin [21] (Alexander Steen)
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46:52 3-2 Mikhail Grabovski [3] (Brooks Laich, Daniel Paillé)
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Penalty summary:
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05:51 Marc Savard (2 min for tripping)
13:46 Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for hooking)
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27:13 Barret Jackman (5 min for fighting)
27:13 Michael Frolík (5 min for fighting)
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43:59 Wayne Primeau (2 min for roughing)
43:59 Marc Savard (2 min for roughing)
48:32 Jordan Eberle (2 min for roughing)
58:28 Ryan Smyth (2 min for tripping)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.20 7
R Antti Miettinen 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 8
R Michael Frolík 0 1 1 3 1 0 5 -1 17.50 7
R Alexander Steen 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 21.30 6
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 8.50 5
C Jordan Eberle 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 12.10 6
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 16.00 6
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Brad Malone 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9.00 5
L Jason Chimera 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.40 7
L Ryan Smyth 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 -2 15.30 7
L Alexander Semin 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 18.20 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 18.40 7
D Dmitriy Tokarev 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 15.50 5
D Brian Campbell 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 29.00 8
D Ric Jackman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 5
D Filip Kuba 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 26.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mikhail Grabovski 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 8.50 6
R Viktor Tikhonov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.00 5
R Chris Kelly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 18.40 7
C Steve Bégin 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9.30 7
C Mark Bell 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 13.30 7
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 15.20 7
C Marc Savard 0 1 5 2 2 0 4 1 18.40 7
L Brooks Laich 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 1 11.50 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 -1 13.30 5
L Martin Straka 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 6
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 4 3 0 2 0 1 20.40 8
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 15.20 7
D Barret Jackman 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 -1 19.20 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 26.30 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 13.40 6
D Steve Eminger 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 -1 19.30 9
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 1 19 0 0 59.00 6
G Cory Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Smyth
2nd star: Antti Miettinen
3rd star: Alexander Semin

Notes for New Jersey Devils:

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Mikhail Grabovski finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Brooks Laich finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Barret Jackman fought Michael Frolík in a fight.

Farm game result:
Lowell Devils 3( 15) , Texas Stars 1( 14)
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0-1 TEX Miroslav Zalesak (Philippe Cornet, Sheldon Brookbank)
1-1 LOW Lauri Tukonen (Milan Kraft, Craig Schira)
2-1 LOW Tomas Fleischmann (Milan Kraft)
3-1 LOW Brent Regner (Milan Kraft)

Goalies: Leland Irving - Jaroslav Halak

Washington Capitals 4 , Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Shots: 35 - 19
PP: 1 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:74/87=85 %, Challenges:51/65=77 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:57/72=79 %, Challenges:20/29=66 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:05 1-0 Alexander Ovechkin [24] (Chris Drury, Phil Kessel)
17:22 2-0 Victor Hedman [3] (Chris Drury)
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31:48 3-0 Ian Laperriere [14] (Matthew Lombardi, Brenden Morrow)PP
39:11 3-1 Tyler Arnason [4] (Michal Handzus, Bret Hedican)
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45:38 4-1 Chris Drury [22] (Phil Kessel, Alexander Ovechkin)
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Penalty summary:
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19:32 Tyler Arnason (2 min for hooking)
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28:17 Tyler Arnason (2 min for cross-checking)
30:07 Michal Handzus (2 min for roughing)
36:42 Brayden Schenn (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:06 Tyler Arnason (2 min for slashing)
53:09 Cody Hodgson (2 min for roughing)
53:09 Michal Handzus (2 min for roughing)
55:01 Brenden Morrow (2 min for tripping)
58:34 Mikael Samuelsson (2 min for elbowing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ed Purcell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Ian Laperriere 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
R Evgeni Gladishik 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 15.40 6
R Phil Kessel 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 3 19.40 8
C Cody Hodgson 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.00 6
C Matthew Lombardi 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 -1 15.10 6
C Brayden Schenn 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 14.10 7
C Chris Drury 1 2 7 0 2 0 0 3 20.40 9
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 10.40 6
L Kris Versteeg 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
L Brenden Morrow 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 17.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 20.30 9
D Paul Mara 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 19.50 7
D Erik Karlsson 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 16.00 6
D Victor Hedman 1 0 2 4 1 1 0 2 22.40 9
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 11.00 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 21.30 6
D Mike Green 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 2 29.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Sébastien Caron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Arnason 1 0 1 2 0 0 6 0 9.00 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16.20 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -2 10.50 5
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 20.30 6
C Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.40 5
C Kyle Turris 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 16.20 7
C Michal Handzus 0 1 2 3 1 0 4 -1 15.30 7
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 3 6 0 6 0 0 20.50 9
L Colton Gillies 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 -1 7.20 4
L Michael Grabner 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 16.20 6
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.20 6
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 15.00 6
D Josh Godfrey 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 23.20 6
D Joey Lavin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 4
D Brendan Bell 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 22.50 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 18.50 6
D Bret Hedican 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 27.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 31 0 0 60.00 7
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Drury
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Victor Hedman

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Phil Kessel has marked a new career high in assists with 20 assists.
-Chris Drury notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Phil Kessel notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Victor Hedman ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Victor Hedman ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Tyler Arnason ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 1( 22) , W-B/Scranton Penguins 0( 14)
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1-0 HER Chad LaRose (Janis Sprukts)

Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Dan Cloutier