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21/9/2008
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Washington Capitals 4 , Atlanta Thrashers 5
Shots: 29 - 27

PP: 2 of 8 (14 shots), Passing:81/95=85 %, Challenges:31/35=86 %

PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:53/71=74 %, Challenges:46/53=85 %
Attendance: 4342 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 201469 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:28 0-1

Bobby Holik [2] (Mark Popovic, Garnet Exelby)
14:02 1-1

Brian Sutherby [1] (Alexander Ovechkin, Chris Clark)
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26:16 1-2

Aleksey Morozov [2] (Todd White, Alexei Zhitnik)PP
29:16 1-3

Darren Haydar [3] (Aleksey Morozov, Kari Lehtonen)
34:28 2-3

Brian Sutherby [2] (Matt Bradley, Jeff Jillson)PP
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40:11 2-4

Aleksey Morozov [3] (Jordan LaVallee, Todd White)
52:17 3-4

Michael Nylander [1] (Chris Clark, Alexander Ovechkin)PP
58:53 4-4

Matt Bradley [1] (Marco Sturm, Brian Pothier) WG
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61:55 4-5

Jordan LaVallee [2] (Mark Popovic, Karlis Skrastins)
Penalty summary:
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02:26

Brian Pothier (2 min for hooking)
12:02

Garnet Exelby (2 min for boarding)
16:16

Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for holding the stick)
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22:07

Garnet Exelby (2 min for hooking)
24:22

Chris Clark (2 min for diving)
30:29

Eric Boulton (2 min for tripping)
33:37

Jordan LaVallee (2 min for roughing)
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40:34

Guillaume Desbiens (5 min for fighting)
40:34

Matt Bradley (5 min for fighting)
44:33

Brad Malone (2 min for holding the stick)
47:16

Ken Klee (2 min for elbowing)
50:27

Eric Boulton (2 min for high-sticking)
54:09

Jeff Jillson (2 min for elbowing)
56:41

Karlis Skrastins (2 min for elbowing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Pineault 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 9.20 6
R Matt Bradley 1 1 3 0 1 0 5 1 11.30 8
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 10.10 5
R Chris Clark 0 2 4 4 0 1 2 0 25.10 9
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 -1 8.20 7
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 8.30 6
C Brian Sutherby 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 22.10 8
C Michael Nylander 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 8
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 5
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.20 6
L Marco Sturm 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 14.10 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 24.40 9
D Brian Pothier 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 13.10 7
D Sasha Pokulok 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -2 16.10 6
D Mike Green 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 -1 30.20 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.00 7
D Jeff Jillson 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 -1 20.50 6
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 -1 30.30 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Al Montoya 5 0 22 0 0 61.00 4
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Guillaume Desbiens 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 0 6.40 7
R Chad Painchaud 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
R Darren Haydar 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 14.10 8
R Aleksey Morozov 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 19.40 8
C Alexandre Giroux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Éric Perrin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.50 7
C Bobby Holik 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 23.50 8
C Todd White 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.50 7
L Brad Malone 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6.50 4
L Eric Boulton 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 -1 12.20 6
L Jordan LaVallee 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 4 19.00 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 23.30 9
D Nathan Oystrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 1 2 1 1 4 3 24.20 8
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 -1 27.50 8
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 10.00 6
D Mark Popovic 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 22.00 8
D Karlis Skrastins 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 30.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 1 25 0 0 62.00 6
G Danny Turple 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Aleksey Morozov
2nd star: Brian Sutherby
3rd star: Jordan LaVallee
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Brian Pothier ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
Other notes:
-Matt Bradley beat Guillaume Desbiens in a fight.
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Detroit Red Wings 4 , Tampa Bay Lightning 3
Shots: 37 - 18

PP: 0 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:60/76=78 %, Challenges:47/58=79 %

PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:55/77=71 %, Challenges:37/44=82 %
Attendance: 9991 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 433609 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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00:32 1-0

Brian Rafalski [2] (Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg)
03:18 2-0

Mikael Samuelsson [4] (Daniel Cleary, Kris Draper)
19:43 2-1

Alexei Yashin [3] (Mike Cammalleri, Mike Johnson)
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24:57 3-1

Anson Carter [3] (Pavel Datsyuk, Valtteri Filppula)
32:08 3-2

Mike Johnson [3] (Ryan Smyth, Andrew Raycroft)SH
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47:19 3-3

Ryan Smyth [2] (Filip Kuba, Pavel Kubina)PP
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61:16 4-3

Oleg Saprykin [1] (Valtteri Filppula)
Penalty summary:
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14:52

Oleg Saprykin (2 min for tripping)
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26:54

Matt Frattin (2 min for holding the stick)
30:38

Blair Jones (2 min for slashing)
31:15

Ryan Craig (2 min for roughing)
31:15

Brian Rafalski (2 min for roughing)
33:09

Dan Paillé (2 min for slashing)
38:31

Matt Frattin (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:22

Dan Paillé (2 min for high-sticking)
45:51

Kyle Quincey (2 min for tripping)
57:51

Mike Johnson (2 min for tripping)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tomas Kopecky 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.10 7
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 21.10 7
R Anson Carter 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 15.00 8
C Valtteri Filppula 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 -1 13.50 7
C Johan Franzén 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 7
C Kris Draper 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 2 21.10 7
L Oleg Saprykin 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 9.10 7
L Jan Bulis 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 11.10 7
L Daniel Cleary 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 22.10 7
D Kyle Quincey 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 12.50 6
D Brett Lebda 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
D Brian Rafalski 1 0 4 3 1 1 2 3 30.40 10
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 18.50 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jimmy Howard 3 0 15 0 0 61.20 5
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Frattin 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 7.10 7
R Marc-André Cliche 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 -1 12.20 5
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.20 7
R Mike Cammalleri 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 6
C Blair Jones 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7.10 5
C Michal Handzus 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 -1 21.20 6
C Alexei Yashin 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 22.00 7
L Dan Paillé 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7.10 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 -1 12.20 7
L Mike Johnson 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 16.50 8
L Ryan Smyth 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 9
D Mike Funk 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 16.30 5
D Alex Picard 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 13.10 5
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 -1 30.10 6
D Anton Strålman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 12.50 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 26.00 6
D Filip Kuba 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 -1 24.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 4 1 33 0 0 61.20 5
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Rafalski
2nd star: Mikael Samuelsson
3rd star: Anson Carter
Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
Other notes:
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