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8/1/2010
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Washington Capitals 4 , New York Rangers 2
Shots: 37 - 16
PP: 1 of 7 (19 shots), Passing:69/77=89 %, Challenges:40/56=70 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:49/74=66 %, Challenges:34/51=65 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 848820 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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29:55 0-1
Ryan Callahan [2] (Corey Potter, Marc Staal)
32:04 1-1
Brendan Morrison [6] (Brent Sopel, Dan Boyle)
35:42 2-1
Mike Knuble [8] (Michael Nylander, Jason Spezza)PP
39:14 3-1
Michael Nylander [10] (Mike Knuble, Antoine Vermette)
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48:51 3-2
Matt Gilroy [1] (Corey Potter, Brandon Dubinsky)
53:35 4-2
Mike Knuble [9] (Joe Thornton)
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Penalty summary:
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09:07
Michael Nylander (2 min for hooking)
10:23
Milan Jurcina (2 min for roughing)
10:23
Chris Higgins (2 min for roughing)
12:42
Ales Kotalik (2 min for tripping)
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20:12
Ryan Callahan (2 min for high-sticking)
23:48
Brian Boyle (2 min for roughing)
24:08
Sean Avery (2 min for roughing)
24:08
Jason Spezza (2 min for roughing)
33:51
Ryan Callahan (2 min for hooking)
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42:39
Ryan Callahan (2 min for hooking)
53:52
Wade Redden (2 min for boarding)
57:24
Donald Brashear (2 min for boarding)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 8.00 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 10.00 7
R Mike Knuble 2 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 22.00 8
R Marian Hossa 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 6
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 8.00 7
C Brendan Morrison 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 11.40 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 18.40 7
R Jason Spezza 0 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 21.00 7
L Vern Fiddler 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.00 6
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.20 6
L Michael Nylander 1 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 19.20 7
L Joe Thornton 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Brent Sopel 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 11.10 7
D Dan Boyle 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 21.10 6
D Mike Green 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 28.00 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 4 2 6 2 1 12.10 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 27.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 2 0 14 0 0 60.00 6
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Avery 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 13.40 5
R Ryan Callahan 1 0 3 2 0 3 6 1 12.40 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 13.00 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -1 14.10 7
C Brian Boyle 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5.30 5
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 12.50 5
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 12.40 5
C Chris Drury 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 20.20 7
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 12.00 5
L Donald Brashear 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 20.40 5
L Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 -1 13.20 4
L Chris Higgins 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -1 14.10 7
D Corey Potter 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 13.00 8
D Marc Staal 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 -1 22.50 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 22.20 6
D Matt Gilroy 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 14.10 6
D Dan Girardi 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 -2 21.10 7
D Wade Redden 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 4 0 33 0 0 60.00 7
G Steve Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Knuble
2nd star: Michael Nylander
3rd star: Brendan Morrison
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Michael Nylander scored the 700th point of his career.
-Michael Nylander scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Mike Knuble notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Marian Hossa had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Brendan Morrison finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Brendan Morrison finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Brent Sopel finally ended his 21 game point drought.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Ryan Callahan finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
-Ryan Callahan finally ended his 24 game point drought.
-Brandon Dubinsky finally ended his 16 game point drought.
-Matt Gilroy ended his 9 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1(
, Hartford Wolfpack 4( 28)
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0-1 HFD Martin Látal (Pierre Parenteau)
0-2 HFD Tomás Záborský (Ondrej Fiala)
0-3 HFD Martin Látal (Pierre Parenteau, Nigel Williams)
0-4 HFD Loïc Burkhalter (Brodie Dupont)
1-4 POR Mattias Trattnig (Matt Bradley, Craig Adams)
Goalies: Scott Darling - Miika Wiikman