Washington Capitals 3 , Minnesota Wild 4
Shots: 30 - 29
PP: 0 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:56/66=84 %, Challenges:39/47=81 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:56/71=78 %, Challenges:53/62=84 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 945546 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:31 1-0
Brandon Sutter [10] (Nicklas Bäckström, Steve Eminger)
14:45 1-1
Mikko Koivu [15] (James Sheppard)
15:55 2-1
Alexander Ovechkin [36] (Travis Zajac)
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24:51 3-1
Scott Hartnell [35] (Tobias Enström, Karl Alzner)
28:48 3-2
Marian Gaborik [34] (Fredrik Modin, Pavol Demitra)
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46:42 3-3
James Sheppard [11] (Mikko Koivu, Nick Schultz)
47:41 3-4
Martin Skoula [6] (Stéphane Veilleux, Éric Bélanger)
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Penalty summary:
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05:08
Todd Fedoruk (2 min for roughing)
19:48
Todd Fedoruk (2 min for slashing)
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31:05
Mark Parrish (2 min for elbowing)
33:05
Dominic Moore (2 min for elbowing)
37:18
Brent Burns (2 min for holding the stick)
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49:36
Milan Lucic (2 min for roughing)
49:36
Steve Eminger (2 min for roughing)
51:24
Scott Hartnell (2 min for diving)
54:53
Chris Clark (2 min for cross-checking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jack Skille 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 5.40 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 19.10 8
R Scott Hartnell 1 0 4 7 0 1 2 1 18.10 10
R Travis Zajac 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 12.40 6
C Brooks Laich 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 8.40 5
C Bobby Hughes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 6
C Brandon Sutter 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.40 6
L Eric Fehr 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 5.00 5
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 20.20 6
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 18.50 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 -1 20.30 9
D Corbin McPherson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.50 5
D Tobias Enström 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 19.10 7
D Karl Alzner 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 -2 24.00 8
D Josh Godfrey 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 16.10 6
D Mike Green 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 24.10 7
D Steve Eminger 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 -3 19.10 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 4 0 25 0 0 59.50 6
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Chris Simon 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 13.30 7
R Mark Parrish 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 17.00 6
L Milan Lucic 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 9.30 7
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 3 4 0 1 0 -1 20.40 8
C Dominic Moore 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 12.50 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 14.20 7
C Mikko Koivu 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 10.30 6
C Pavol Demitra 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 6.30 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 14.20 8
L James Sheppard 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.40 8
L Fredrik Modin 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 -1 20.40 8
D Martin Skoula 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 18.30 8
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 20.50 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 -1 24.00 7
D Petteri Nummelin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 7
D Nick Schultz 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 16.50 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 25.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mikko Koivu
2nd star: James Sheppard
3rd star: Scott Hartnell
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Brandon Sutter scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Scott Hartnell scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Tobias Enström notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jiri Hudler had his 10 game point streak snapped.
-Karl Alzner ended his 7 game point drought.
-Steve Eminger ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Mikko Koivu scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Fredrik Modin has marked a new career high in points with 58 points.
-Nick Schultz ended his 5 game point drought.
-Kim Johnsson had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( 10) , Houston Aeros 3( 19)
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0-1 HOU Petr Kalus (Joel Ward)
0-2 HOU Curtis Murphy (Roman Voloshenko, Petr Kalus)
1-2 POR Stephen Werner (Donald Brashear)
1-3 HOU Paul Albers (Cal Clutterbuck)
Goalies: Brent Johnson - Nolan Schaefer