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3/12/2011
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Washington Capitals 6 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 25 - 35
PP: 0 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:62/67=92 %, Challenges:19/39=47 %
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:72/90=80 %, Challenges:47/55=83 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 910194 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:21 0-1
Rich Peverley [11] (Kirill Lyamin, Nigel Williams)
12:38 0-2
Kristian Huselius [10] (Chris Drury, Ron Hainsey)PP
17:04 1-2
Sami Salo [3] (Milan Jurcina)
19:44 2-2
Thomas Vanek [11] (Joe Thornton, Christian Ehrhoff)
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29:53 3-2
Thomas Vanek [12] (Joe Thornton)
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47:15 4-2
Marco Sturm [14] (Christian Ehrhoff)
48:57 4-3
Colton Gillies [3] (Matt Pettinger)
49:56 5-3
Joe Thornton [14] (Thomas Vanek, Christian Ehrhoff)
52:19 6-3
Brian Boyle [2] (Tomas Fleischmann, Tyler Seguin)
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Penalty summary:
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02:35
Nigel Williams (5 min for fighting)
02:35
Brian Boyle (5 min for fighting)
09:36
Thomas Vanek (5 min for fighting)
09:36
Kirill Lyamin (5 min for fighting)
11:48
Brendan Morrison (2 min for boarding)
18:18
Dennis Wideman (5 min for fighting)
18:18
Brian Boyle (5 min for fighting)
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29:47
Milan Jurcina (5 min for fighting)
29:47
Jamie Benn (5 min for fighting)
33:48
Kristian Huselius (2 min for tripping)
38:11
Jamie Benn (5 min for fighting)
38:11
Tomas Fleischmann (5 min for fighting)
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44:51
Byron Bitz (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.30 5
R Tomas Fleischmann 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 11.50 7
R Tyler Seguin 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 18.30 6
R Alexander Frolov 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 18.20 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 4
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13.00 5
C Marek Svatos 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 1 18.10 6
C Joe Thornton 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 19.10 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11.20 5
L Brian Boyle 1 0 2 2 0 1 10 1 13.00 7
L Marco Sturm 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 18.00 7
L Thomas Vanek 2 1 6 1 3 1 5 2 18.40 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 1 1 4 2 1 5 1 13.50 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 3 24.30 9
D Sami Salo 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 3 2 2 2 2 0 3 24.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 3 0 32 0 0 60.00 9
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Byron Bitz 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 10.10 6
R Mark Parrish 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
R Milan Lucic 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 -3 18.00 6
R Nathan Horton 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 -1 16.20 7
C Colton Gillies 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 8.10 7
C Steve Ott 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 14.50 7
C Benoit Pouliot 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 -1 18.10 8
C Chris Drury 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
L Jamie Benn 0 0 2 3 0 3 10 -2 15.20 8
R Kristian Huselius 1 0 4 1 2 0 2 -2 18.00 7
L Rich Peverley 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 -1 17.20 9
D Nigel Williams 0 1 0 2 1 2 5 -1 14.50 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 -3 20.10 5
D Kirill Lyamin 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 -1 25.50 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -3 21.40 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 3 1 0 1 5 0 21.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 6 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Kevin Lalande 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Christian Ehrhoff
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Christian Ehrhoff notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Kristian Huselius scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Colton Gillies ended his 7 game point drought.
-Nigel Williams ended his 6 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Nigel Williams fought Brian Boyle in a fight.
-Thomas Vanek beat Kirill Lyamin in a fight.
-Brian Boyle beat Dennis Wideman in a fight.
-Jamie Benn beat Milan Jurcina in a fight.
-Jamie Benn fought Tomas Fleischmann in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 4( 22) , Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 12)
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1-0 HER Anton Gustafsson
2-0 HER Matt Lashoff (Boyd Gordon)
2-1 HAM Carl Söderberg (Vit Auskar, Andre Benoit)
2-2 HAM Vit Auskar (Maxime Sauve)
3-2 HER Boyd Gordon (Tanner Glass)
3-3 HAM Vit Auskar (Maxime Sauve)
4-3 HER Tanner Glass (Anton Gustafsson)
Goalies: Ryan Simpson - Robert Mayer