Washington Capitals 5 , Florida Panthers 3
Shots: 29 - 22
PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:66/75=88 %, Challenges:52/61=83 %
FLA PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/73=82 %, Challenges:38/48=77 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: Yes
BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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06:41 1-0
Peter Bondra [4] (Nicklas Bäckström, Chris Higgins)
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20:54 2-0
Bill Guerin [9] (Michael Nylander, Alexander Ovechkin)
25:05 2-1 FLA Keith Ballard [3] (Nathan Horton, Jay Bouwmeester)
29:11 2-2 FLA Joe Nieuwendyk [2] (Karlis Skrastins, Martin Tuma)
36:42 2-3 FLA Rostislav Olesz [9] (Taylor Pyatt, Nick Boynton)
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50:12 3-3
Michael Nylander [5] (Alexander Ovechkin, Donald Brashear)
50:46 4-3
Michael Nylander [6] (Alexander Ovechkin, Bill Guerin)
59:57 5-3
Chris Higgins [6] (Peter Bondra, Bill Guerin) EN
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Penalty summary:
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44:37 FLA Garth Murray (2 min for roughing)
46:54 FLA Jozef Stumpel (2 min for elbowing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -1 9.20 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 12.10 6
R Peter Bondra 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 17.20 8
R Bill Guerin 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 21.10 9
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -1 9.20 6
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 13.10 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 17.40 7
C Michael Nylander 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.50 9
L Donald Brashear 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 -1 9.20 8
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 12.10 5
L Chris Higgins 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 17.40 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 20.50 10
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 -2 13.30 7
D Mike Green 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 23.10 8
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 22.20 8
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 8
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15.50 6
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 29.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 6
R Cory Stillman 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 18.40 5
C Garth Murray 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 7.10 5
C Joe Nieuwendyk 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 12.20 7
C Rostislav Olesz 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 8
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 18.40 7
L Jozef Stumpel 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7.10 5
L Chad Kilger 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 1 16.10 8
L Taylor Pyatt 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 18.00 8
R Nathan Horton 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 -3 18.40 7
D Martin Tuma 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 5
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 21.40 7
D Keith Ballard 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 -3 24.30 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 15.20 8
D Nick Boynton 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 20.50 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 -3 23.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 5 0 24 0 0 58.00 5
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Nylander
2nd star: Bill Guerin
3rd star: Alexander Ovechkin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Chris Higgins notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Bill Guerin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Patrice Brisebois had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Jiri Fischer had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Rostislav Olesz has marked a new career high in goals with 9 tallies.
-Cory Stillman had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Cory Stillman had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Joe Nieuwendyk finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 6( 17) , Florida Everblades 0( 12)
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1-0 HER Rico Fata (David Steckel, Viktor Kozlov)
2-0 HER Joe Motzko (Keith Aucoin)
3-0 HER Viktor Kozlov (David Steckel, Rico Fata)
4-0 HER Tom Poti (David Steckel, Rico Fata)
5-0 HER Tom Poti (Shaone Morrisonn, Viktor Kozlov)
6-0 HER Keith Aucoin (Joe Motzko, Matt Bradley)
Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Jean-Marc Pelletier