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3/11/2006
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Washington Capitals 4 , Atlanta Thrashers 6
Shots: 28 - 26
PP: 0 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:71/82=86 %, Challenges:36/45=78 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/74=81 %, Challenges:39/47=81 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:34 1-0
Brian Sutherby [3] (Tom Poti, Ben Clymer)
16:24 1-1
Steve Rucchin [4] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Niclas Hävelid)
17:21 2-1
Brian Sutherby [4] (Peter Schaefer, Dustin Penner)
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29:27 3-1
Peter Schaefer [2] (Tom Poti, Brian Pothier)
35:53 3-2
Jim Slater [1] (Darren Haydar, Alexei Zhitnik)
37:43 3-3
Vyacheslav Kozlov [3] (Bobby Holik, Steve Rucchin)
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46:27 3-4
Marian Hossa [9] (Darren Haydar, Kari Lehtonen)
48:28 4-4
Dustin Penner [6] (Peter Schaefer, Brian Sutherby)
50:59 4-5
Steve Rucchin [5] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Brad Larsen)
58:55 4-6
Vyacheslav Kozlov [4]) EN
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Penalty summary:
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23:39
Jean-Pierre Vigier (2 min for tripping)
30:22
Scott Mellanby (2 min for boarding)
32:36
Todd White (2 min for boarding)
39:41
Brad Larsen (2 min for elbowing)
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42:47
Scott Mellanby (2 min for cross-checking)
42:53
Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
42:53
Tom Poti (2 min for roughing)
53:39
Jean-Pierre Vigier (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 6.50 5
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 12.20 7
R Dustin Penner 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 6
R Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -3 21.30 6
C Kris Beech 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 6.50 4
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.20 5
C Brian Sutherby 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 15.40 10
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 -3 22.10 6
L Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.50 5
L Nik Antropov 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 15.20 6
L Peter Schaefer 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 19.40 8
L Peter Forsberg 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -3 21.10 6
D Mike Green 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
D Ben Clymer 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 11.50 8
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -5 25.40 5
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 13.40 7
D Tom Poti 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 27.00 9
D Brian Pothier 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -3 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 6 0 20 0 0 59.00 4
G Semen Varlamov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 8.20 8
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 8.40 7
R Scott Mellanby 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 20.30 7
R Marian Hossa 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 8
C Jim Slater 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8.20 7
C Todd White 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 11.20 5
C Bobby Holik 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 20.20 7
C Steve Rucchin 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 21.50 10
L Brad Larsen 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 8.20 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 14.20 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 20.10 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 21.20 8
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 9.50 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 29.50 8
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 22.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 1 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve Rucchin
2nd star: Brian Sutherby
3rd star: Vyacheslav Kozlov
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Tom Poti notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brian Pothier notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Peter Forsberg had his 7 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Jim Slater finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Steve Rucchin ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 22) , Chicago Wolves 0(
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1-0 POR Boyd Gordon (Alexandre Giroux)
2-0 POR Alexandre Giroux (Brooks Laich)
Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Michael Garnett