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18/12/2011
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Washington Capitals 6 , San Jose Sharks 2
Shots: 24 - 33
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:57/74=77 %, Challenges:35/39=87 %
PP: 0 of 7 (18 shots), Passing:68/85=80 %, Challenges:30/46=63 %
Attendance: 19323 of 19740 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 921707 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:56 0-1
Patrick Marleau [10] (Joe Thornton, Brad Winchester)
14:16 1-1
Alexander Semin [15] (Mike Knuble, Fedor Tyutin)
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21:14 1-2
Marc-Édouard Vlasic [2])
22:44 2-2
Artem Anisimov [10] (Andrei Markov)
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41:08 3-2
Andrei Markov [5] (Evgeni Malkin, Matt Hendricks)
41:42 4-2
Andrei Markov [6] (Artem Anisimov, Evgeni Malkin)
48:19 5-2
Mikhail Grabovski [11] (Alexander Semin, Evgeni Malkin)
49:38 6-2
Scott Gomez [6] (Mikhail Grabovski, Nikita Nikitin)
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Penalty summary:
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02:33
Dan Boyle (2 min for slashing)
07:03
Evgeni Malkin (2 min for roughing)
12:14
Joe Pavelski (2 min for cross-checking)
16:01
Alexander Semin (2 min for tripping)
18:22
Ryan McDonagh (2 min for hooking)
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27:37
Evgeni Malkin (2 min for tripping)
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41:58
Alexander Semin (2 min for hooking)
51:48
Andrei Markov (2 min for tripping)
53:19
Troy Brouwer (2 min for boarding)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Hendricks 0 1 1 4 0 4 0 -1 9.30 7
R Joel Ward 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 17.10 7
R Alexander Semin 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 2 10.10 8
R Evgeni Malkin 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 18.20 9
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 9.30 5
C Scott Gomez 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 8.10 8
C Mikhail Grabovski 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 7
C Artem Anisimov 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 20.50 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 9.30 5
L Troy Brouwer 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 16.20 6
L Mike Knuble 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 11.40 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 21.40 9
D John Erskine 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 13.30 7
D Nikita Nikitin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 7
D Ryan McDonagh 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 3 29.40 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 25.40 8
D Andrei Markov 2 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 29.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Michal Neuvirth 2 0 31 0 0 60.00 10
G Braden Holtby 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Benn Ferriero 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7.00 6
R Torrey Mitchell 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 11.30 5
C James Sheppard 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 9.10 4
R Martin Havlat 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 20.20 7
C Brad Winchester 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 6
C Michal Handzus 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 16.00 6
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -2 16.40 6
C Joe Thornton 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 -2 20.20 7
L Jamie McGinn 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 8.30 4
C Logan Couture 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 20.30 6
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 17.00 5
C Patrick Marleau 1 0 6 1 2 0 0 -2 21.30 7
D Jason Demers 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 6 1 0 0 2 -3 22.40 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 26.00 6
D Colin White 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11.50 5
D Doug Murray 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 13.50 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 -1 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antti Niemi 6 0 18 0 0 60.00 4
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrei Markov
2nd star: Alexander Semin
3rd star: Evgeni Malkin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Semin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Artem Anisimov scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Andrei Markov finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Patrick Marleau scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Patrick Marleau ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Marc-Édouard Vlasic finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 3( 17) , Worcester Icecats 1( 20)
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1-0 CHW Matthew Ford (Mattias Sjogren)
2-0 CHW François Bouchard (Jay Beagle, Dmitri Orlov)
3-0 CHW Keith Aucoin (Brett Flemming)
3-1 WOR Frazer McLaren (Brandon Mashinter)
Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Thomas Greiss