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14/12/2007
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Capitals 3 ,
Wild 4
Shots: 23 - 29
WSH PP: 1 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:67/75=89 %, Challenges:25/35=69 %
MIN PP: 1 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:73/84=86 %, Challenges:40/48=81 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 835002 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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13:12 0-1 MIN Branko Radivojevic [3] (Curtis Murphy, Todd White)
19:18 0-2 MIN Tomas Holmström [11] (Paul Albers, Saku Koivu)
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26:28 0-3 MIN Niklas Hagman [3] (Branko Radivojevic, Glen Murray)
26:54 1-3 WSH Alexander Ovechkin [14] (Brian Pothier, Alexandre Giroux)PP
29:59 2-3 WSH Matt Pettinger [6])
36:15 3-3 WSH Radek Dvorak [10] (Dainius Zubrus, Brian Pothier)
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44:36 3-4 MIN Brian Rolston [11] (Glen Murray, Tomas Holmström)PP
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Penalty summary:
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03:21 WSH Brian Sutherby (2 min for cross-checking)
06:41 MIN Curtis Murphy (2 min for slashing)
15:02 WSH Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for high-sticking)
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26:37 MIN Niklas Hagman (2 min for holding the stick)
27:27 MIN Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for hooking)
31:06 WSH Alexandre Giroux (2 min for hooking)
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43:16 WSH Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for hooking)
52:11 WSH Bryan Muir (2 min for high-sticking)
54:39 MIN Nick Schultz (2 min for high-sticking)
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Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Matt Pettinger 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 6.10 5
R Chris Clark 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.40 4
R Radek Dvorak 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
R Dainius Zubrus 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 -2 21.20 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5.50 5
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 17.30 5
C Kris Beech 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 7
C Alexandre Giroux 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 -2 20.20 7
L Rico Fata 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7.00 4
L Alexander Semin 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 19.10 9
L Richard Zednik 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 14.00 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 -1 21.30 7
D Bryan Muir 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 0 16.40 8
D Mike Green 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 24.50 6
D Brian Pothier 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 -1 27.30 8
D Sasha Pokulok 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.40 6
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 5
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 21.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 4 0 25 0 0 59.30 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 9.40 6
R Branko Radivojevic 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 10.50 8
R Glen Murray 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 8
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 7
C Steven Reinprecht 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 9.40 5
C Todd White 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 10.50 7
C Brian Rolston 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 7
C Saku Koivu 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 18.20 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 9.40 5
L Niklas Hagman 1 0 2 1 1 3 2 2 16.00 8
L Tomas Holmström 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 9
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 18.40 7
D Paul Albers 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 26.50 6
D Curtis Murphy 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 14.40 6
D Richie Regehr 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 29.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mikael Tellqvist 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Branko Radivojevic
2nd star: Glen Murray
3rd star: Tomas Holmström
Notes for
Capitals:
-Radek Dvorak scored his 10th goal of the season.
Notes for
Wild:
-Saku Koivu notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Glen Murray notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Tomas Holmström notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Niklas Hagman finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 5( 26) , Houston Aeros 3( 13)
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0-1 HOU Josh Olson (Jason Krog, Joe DiPenta)
1-1 POR Chris Bourque (Andrei Mukhachev)
2-1 POR Wojtek Wolski (Tomas Fleischmann)
3-1 POR Tomas Fleischmann (Shaone Morrisonn, Wojtek Wolski)
4-1 POR Petr Taticek (Boyd Gordon, Brooks Laich)
4-2 HOU Joey Tetarenko (Ryan Hamilton)
5-2 POR Boyd Gordon (Petr Taticek)
5-3 HOU Ryan Garlock (Danny Irmen, Mark Rooneem)
Goalies: Maxime Daigneault - Niklas Backstrom