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2/12/2009
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Columbus Blue Jackets 8 , Washington Capitals 3
Shots: 29 - 38
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:62/74=83 %, Challenges:37/44=82 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:62/74=83 %, Challenges:46/51=88 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 889850 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:02 0-1
Gilbert Brulé [11] (Steve Ott)
12:08 1-1
Kristian Huselius [7] (Milan Michalek, Jiri Novotny)
13:51 2-1
Fredrik Modin [10] (Christian Bäckman, Keith Ballard)
18:15 2-2
Alexander Ovechkin [12] (Ben Clymer, Bobby Sanguinetti)
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26:47 3-2
Milan Michalek [10] (Kenny Jönsson)
28:27 3-3
Alexander Ovechkin [13] (Tim Gleason, Brian Pothier)SH
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43:13 4-3
Milan Michalek [11] (Daniel Alfredsson, Kenny Jönsson)
44:31 5-3
Logan Couture [6] (Kristian Huselius, Fredrik Modin)
49:26 6-3
Kristian Huselius [8] (Fredrik Modin, Alexander Svitov)
49:57 7-3
Ted Ruth [1] (Mike Commodore, Alexander Svitov)
52:36 8-3
Milan Michalek [12] (Keith Ballard)
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Penalty summary:
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02:29
Logan Couture (5 min for fighting)
02:29
Steve Ott (5 min for fighting)
03:26
Alexander Svitov (2 min for elbowing)
14:54
Gilbert Brulé (2 min for roughing)
14:54
Ted Ruth (2 min for roughing)
19:31
Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
19:31
Mike Commodore (5 min for fighting)
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21:05
Marc-Édouard Vlasic (2 min for elbowing)
26:59
Chris Clark (2 min for tripping)
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45:16
Cal Clutterbuck (5 min for fighting)
45:16
Logan Couture (5 min for fighting)
56:08
Bobby Sanguinetti (5 min for fighting)
56:08
Keith Ballard (5 min for fighting)
56:55
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for roughing)
56:55
Daniel Alfredsson (2 min for roughing)
57:14
Fredrik Modin (2 min for boarding)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jiri Novotny 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
R Raffi Torres 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.20 5
R Fredrik Modin 1 2 3 3 0 0 2 2 17.00 10
R Milan Michalek 3 1 6 3 1 3 0 3 20.00 10
C Kris Beech 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
C Alexander Svitov 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 16.00 9
C Logan Couture 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 1 13.50 6
C Alexandre Picard 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 3 18.40 8
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 11.40 7
L Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 6
L Kristian Huselius 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 17.50 8
L Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 19.20 8
D Ted Ruth 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 11.50 8
D Christian Bäckman 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 20.50 7
D Keith Ballard 0 2 0 3 1 0 5 3 25.20 8
D Mike Commodore 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 13.50 6
D Bryan Berard 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 21.20 8
D Kenny Jönsson 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marek Benda 3 0 35 0 0 60.00 9
G Rick DiPietro 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 4
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 11.00 5
R Chris Clark 0 0 3 1 0 0 7 -1 16.40 7
R Trent Hunter 0 0 5 7 0 3 0 -1 21.20 9
C Benoît Drapeau 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 6
C Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 -2 10.00 6
C Steve Ott 0 1 4 1 0 0 5 -2 17.20 6
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 21.20 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 11.20 7
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 -3 12.50 7
L Gilbert Brulé 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 19.40 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 2 0 7 4 0 4 0 0 20.00 10
D Tim Gleason 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.30 7
D Brian Pothier 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 24.10 7
D Ben Clymer 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 -2 24.30 7
D Thomas Pöck 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -4 14.20 5
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 -1 18.00 7
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 -1 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Devan Dubnyk 8 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Michal Neuvirth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Milan Michalek
2nd star: Fredrik Modin
3rd star: Kristian Huselius
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Fredrik Modin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Christian Bäckman notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Keith Ballard notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Milan Michalek scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Kenny Jönsson notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexandre Picard had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Bryan Berard had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Trent Hunter had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Steve Ott beat Logan Couture in a fight.
-Chris Clark beat Mike Commodore in a fight.
-Logan Couture beat Cal Clutterbuck in a fight.
-Keith Ballard beat Bobby Sanguinetti in a fight.
Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 12) , Portland Pirates 5( 20)
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1-0
Brandon Prust (Andrew Murray)
2-0
Alex Picard
2-1 POR Will Engasser (Alexandre Giroux)
2-2 POR Owen Fussey (Alexandre Giroux)
2-3 POR Tyler Kennedy
2-4 POR François-Pierre Guénette (Sami Lepistö)