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24/9/2008
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Washington Capitals 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 29 - 28
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:63/71=88 %, Challenges:32/37=84 %
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:68/79=86 %, Challenges:58/63=90 %
Attendance: 11844 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 549562 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:13 1-0
Boyd Gordon [4] (Nicklas Bäckström, Alexander Semin)
08:28 1-1
Christian Bäckman [1] (Michael Peca)
16:46 1-2
R.J. Umberger [2] (Rick Nash, Scott Gomez)PP
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23:34 1-3
Antoine Vermette [2] (Michael Blunden, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
27:05 2-3
Milan Jurcina [1] (Nicklas Bäckström, Alexander Semin)
30:06 3-3
Sergei Fedorov [2] (Tomas Fleischmann, Brian Pothier)
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42:58 4-3
Jaromir Jagr [3] (Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Bäckström)PP
50:36 5-3
Michael Nylander [2] (Karl Alzner, Shaone Morrisonn)
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Penalty summary:
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08:18
Tom Poti (2 min for roughing)
08:18
R.J. Umberger (2 min for roughing)
09:13
Michael Peca (2 min for slashing)
11:08
Rick Nash (2 min for holding the stick)
14:07
Boyd Gordon (2 min for slashing)
16:23
Chris Bourque (2 min for tripping)
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41:03
Antoine Vermette (2 min for hooking)
42:37
Michael Peca (2 min for high-sticking)
44:47
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (5 min for fighting)
44:47
Donald Brashear (5 min for fighting)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 6
R Chris Bourque 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 11.30 7
R Boyd Gordon 1 0 3 1 4 0 2 0 19.10 6
R Jaromir Jagr 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 17.50 7
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 7
C Michael Nylander 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.30 8
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 19.50 8
C Sergei Fedorov 1 0 5 7 0 0 0 1 16.40 10
L Donald Brashear 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 10.30 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
L Alexander Semin 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 18.20 7
D Karl Alzner 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
D Milan Jurcina 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 16.50 8
D Brian Pothier 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 25.40 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 18.10 8
D Tom Poti 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 23.00 7
D Mike Green 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 21.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steven Goertzen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 6.10 6
R Michael Blunden 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 15.30 7
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 13.30 6
R R.J. Umberger 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 -1 19.40 9
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 6.10 6
C Antoine Vermette 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 17.10 9
C Michael Peca 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 -1 13.30 7
C Scott Gomez 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 9
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 11.00 5
L Raffi Torres 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 11.30 6
L Rick Nash 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 -1 20.00 8
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 1 18.40 7
D Christian Bäckman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 7
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 23.10 6
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21.20 6
D Paul Mara 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 -1 16.20 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 28.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Wade Dubielewicz 5 0 24 0 0 60.00 5
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nicklas Bäckström
2nd star: Sergei Fedorov
3rd star: Jaromir Jagr
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Karl Alzner ended his 6 game point drought.
-Milan Jurcina ended his 6 game goal drought.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Christian Bäckman ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Donald Brashear beat Ole-Kristian Tollefsen in a fight.