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15/3/2012
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Washington Capitals 5 , Carolina Hurricanes 3
Shots: 24 - 22
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:56/76=73 %, Challenges:37/50=72 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:74/90=82 %, Challenges:30/49=60 %
Attendance: 18250 of 19740 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 870525 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:44 1-0
Ryan McDonagh [5] (Alexander Semin, Scott Gomez)PP
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32:38 1-1
Chris Stewart [25] (Jussi Jokinen, T.J. Oshie)
33:19 2-1
Mike Knuble [27] (Mikhail Grabovski, Alexander Semin)
33:49 2-2
Yannick Weber [8] (Maxim Afinogenov, Brandon Sutter)
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46:07 2-3
Chris Stewart [26] (T.J. Oshie, Jussi Jokinen)
51:07 3-3
Alexander Ovechkin [38] (Ryan McDonagh, John Erskine)
51:24 4-3
Evgeni Malkin [37] (Alexander Ovechkin, Artem Anisimov)
57:04 5-3
Artem Anisimov [19] (Ryan McDonagh, John Erskine)
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Penalty summary:
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05:04
Ryan Johnson (2 min for high-sticking)
08:04
Tim Gleason (2 min for boarding)
10:28
Evgeni Malkin (2 min for hooking)
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26:47
Mike Knuble (2 min for elbowing)
30:37
Alex Pietrangelo (2 min for roughing)
30:37
Matt Hendricks (2 min for roughing)
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40:31
Jeff Halpern (2 min for elbowing)
46:26
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for slashing)
52:15
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Hendricks 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8.10 6
R Joel Ward 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12.40 6
R Alexander Semin 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
R Evgeni Malkin 1 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 20.20 9
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 8.10 4
C Scott Gomez 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 14.00 5
C Mikhail Grabovski 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 6
C Artem Anisimov 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 15.30 9
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.10 5
L Troy Brouwer 0 0 1 5 1 5 0 0 18.40 8
L Mike Knuble 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 18.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 3 3 0 2 0 2 20.20 9
D John Erskine 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 14.40 8
D Nikita Nikitin 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 11.50 7
D Ryan McDonagh 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 20.20 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 15.20 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 28.40 5
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Michal Neuvirth 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Braden Holtby 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Johnson 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 10.00 6
R Chad LaRose 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 11.10 6
R Yannick Weber 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 -1 15.40 7
R Chris Stewart 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 20.40 8
C Tim Brent 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 10.30 6
C Anthony Stewart 0 0 1 5 1 5 0 0 13.40 9
C Brandon Sutter 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 18.10 7
C Jussi Jokinen 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.10 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.30 5
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 10.10 7
L Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 12.50 7
L T.J. Oshie 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 -1 19.20 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 4
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 18.50 6
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 -1 23.40 6
D Jamie McBain 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 24.40 7
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 1 5 2 0 2 -2 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 5 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Ryan McDonagh
3rd star: Evgeni Malkin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Artem Anisimov has marked a new career high in goals with 19 tallies.
-Ryan McDonagh finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Chris Stewart scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Tomas Kaberle had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( 17) , Lowell Lock Monsters 5( 23)
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0-1 LOW Pat Dwyer (Zach Boychuk)
0-2 LOW Pat Dwyer (Zach Boychuk)
0-3 LOW Pat Dwyer (Zach Boychuk)
1-3 POR Tomas Plihal (Danick Paquette)
1-4 LOW Jerome Samson (Oskar Osala, Brett Sutter)
1-5 LOW Zach Boychuk (Oskar Osala, Ryan Murphy)
Goalies: Philipp Grubauer - Justin Peters