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31/12/2012
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Washington Capitals 5 , Chicago Blackhawks 2
Shots: 27 - 25
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:79/88=89 %, Challenges:38/56=66 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:56/70=80 %, Challenges:29/44=64 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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14:42 1-0
Tom Poti [2] (Ladislav Smid, Marcus Johansson)PP
18:05 1-1
Henrik Zetterberg [17] (Milan Michalek)
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25:58 2-1
Alexander Ovechkin [23] (Mike Knuble, Steve Downie)
29:31 3-1
Josh Bailey [7] (John Carlson)
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44:09 4-1
Alexander Ovechkin [24] (John Tavares)
47:52 4-2
Patrick Sharp [11] (Johnny Oduya)
51:48 5-2
Marcus Johansson [5] (Thomas Wilson, Joel Ward)
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Penalty summary:
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13:34
Chuck Kobasew (2 min for tripping)
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26:52
Teuvo Teravainen (2 min for tripping)
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52:25
Thomas Wilson (2 min for hooking)
58:43
Jeff Halpern (2 min for slashing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Downie 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 1 9.40 6
R Thomas Wilson 0 1 1 3 1 4 2 0 14.00 7
R Joel Ward 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 14.50 7
R Mike Knuble 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 18.20 8
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 8.30 6
C Marcus Johansson 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 15.10 8
C Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 18.00 6
C John Tavares 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 9
L Josh Bailey 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.30 7
L Filip Forsberg 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.00 5
L Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 2 0 5 3 0 3 0 2 20.20 10
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.10 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 15.20 7
D John Carlson 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 3 28.20 8
D Tom Poti 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 15.10 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 20.20 5
D Mike Green 0 0 0 6 2 3 0 3 25.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Michal Neuvirth 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Braden Holtby 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 2 3 1 2 2 -1 7.50 6
R Dave Bolland 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 17.20 7
L Patrick Sharp 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 -2 16.10 6
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 18.40 6
C Kyle Beach 0 0 3 4 1 4 0 -1 7.50 6
C Teuvo Teravainen 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15.20 6
C David Krejci 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 18.10 6
C Henrik Zetterberg 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 1 20.40 8
L Rostislav Olesz 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 9.00 4
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15.20 5
L Magnus Paajarvi 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -2 15.00 7
L Milan Michalek 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 7
D Duncan Siemens 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17.40 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 18.20 6
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 24.00 6
D Griffin Reinhart 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 16.10 6
D Chris Phillips 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 16.10 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Corey Crawford 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Alexander Salak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Marcus Johansson
3rd star: Mike Knuble
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Ladislav Smid has marked a new career high in points with 12 points.
-Josh Bailey finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Tom Poti finally ended his 29 game goal drought.
Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Magnus Paajarvi had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 32) , Norfolk Admirals 3( 17)
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0-1 NOR Jeremy Morin (Marcus Kruger, Steve Montador)
0-2 NOR Brandon Pirri (Jimmy Hayes, Brian Connelly)
1-2 POR François Bouchard (Mathieu Perreault, Dmitri Orlov)
2-2 POR François Bouchard (Chris Bourque, Mathieu Perreault)
3-2 POR Evgeny Kuznetsov (Sean Collins, Jay Beagle)
3-3 NOR Rob Sirianni (John Scott)
Goalies: Brandon Anderson - Peter Budaj