08.01.12

Washington Capitals 1 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 19 - 20
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:77/95=81 %, Challenges:24/51=46 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:68/88=77 %, Challenges:23/50=45 %
Attendance: 7520 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 373744 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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28:31 1-0 Marcus Johansson [11] (Alexander Ovechkin)
32:52 1-1 James Neal [17] (Chris Kunitz, Jordan Staal)
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51:25 1-2 Jeff Carter [14] (Jordan Staal, Mike Richards)
55:54 1-3 Mike Richards [9] (Jeff Carter, Jordan Staal)
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Penalty summary:
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27:02 Brooks Orpik (2 min for roughing)
27:02 Jeff Halpern (2 min for roughing)
27:32 Chris Kunitz (2 min for roughing)
27:32 Dion Phaneuf (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Matt Hendricks 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 6
R David Jones 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.10 6
R Nathan Horton 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -2 19.00 5
R Tyler Seguin 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 7.30 6
C Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 6
C Ryan Strome 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 19.00 6
C Marcus Johansson 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 9
R Joel Ward 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 7.40 5
L Troy Brouwer 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 14.10 4
L Jason Chimera 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 19.00 5
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 19.10 6
D John Erskine 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 15.20 5
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 21.00 5
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 7 3 7 2 -1 23.40 8
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15.20 4
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -2 19.00 5
D John Carlson 0 0 0 5 3 5 0 0 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Braden Holtby 3 0 17 0 0 60.00 5
G Tomas Vokoun 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 6.00 6
R Oscar Möller 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 17.00 4
L James Neal 1 0 2 4 3 4 0 0 16.30 7
R Jeff Carter 1 1 4 2 4 1 0 2 20.30 7
C Dustin Jeffrey 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.00 6
C Mark Letestu 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 17.00 7
C Jason Williams 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
L Mike Richards 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 20.30 9
C Craig Adams 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 6.00 7
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 17.00 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 17.20 6
L Jordan Staal 0 3 3 4 3 4 0 1 19.40 9
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 17.50 7
D David Rundblad 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 2 24.40 7
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 15.00 7
D Joe Morrow 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 27.10 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jeff Carter
2nd star: Mike Richards
3rd star: Jordan Staal

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Marcus Johansson has marked a new career high in points with 28 points.
-Ryan Strome had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Mike Richards ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 13) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 12)
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1-0 POR Steve Regier (Jay Beagle, Sean Collins)
2-0 POR Patrick McNeill (D.J. King, Ryan Potulny)
2-1 WIL Joe Vitale (Spencer Bennett, Boris Valabik)
3-1 POR Anton Gustafsson (Danny Richmond)

Goalies: Philipp Grubauer - Brad Thiessen

New York Rangers 3 , Phoenix Coyotes 1
Shots: 24 - 18
PP: 2 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:67/81=82 %, Challenges:30/55=53 %
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:61/74=82 %, Challenges:26/57=44 %
Attendance: 8522 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 399681 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:39 1-0 Joe Thornton [18] (Marian Gaborik, Jamie Benn)PP
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32:35 2-0 Ryan Callahan [10] (Jonathan Huberdeau, Jamie Benn)PP
37:36 2-1 Logan Couture [12] (Radim Vrbata)PP
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47:05 3-1 Jonathan Huberdeau [7] (Ryan McDonagh)
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Penalty summary:
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13:07 Jordan Eberle (2 min for tripping)
15:04 Shane Doan (2 min for high-sticking)
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24:07 Lars Eller (2 min for roughing)
32:03 Lars Eller (2 min for boarding)
36:47 Artem Anisimov (2 min for slashing)
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42:21 Casey Wellman (2 min for tripping)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Prust 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 7.40 6
C Artem Anisimov 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 13.50 6
R Ryan Callahan 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 19.10 8
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 5 1 3 0 0 0 19.40 7
C Casey Wellman 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 7.20 5
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 13.50 7
C Jonathan Huberdeau 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 14.20 8
C Joe Thornton 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 19.40 7
R Jordan Eberle 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 10.10 6
L Carl Hagelin 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 13.30 5
R Jamie Benn 0 2 2 4 1 4 0 1 16.50 8
L Evander Kane 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 19.10 7
D Anton Strålman 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 15.30 5
D Ryan McDonagh 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 17.10 7
D Michael Del Zotto 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 27.50 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 14.30 5
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 16.20 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 2 9 1 9 0 0 28.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Raffi Torres 0 0 2 5 1 5 0 -1 8.40 7
R Radim Vrbata 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 16.10 5
R Mikkel Boedker 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 12.30 6
R Shane Doan 0 0 3 4 5 4 2 0 22.10 7
C Lars Eller 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 -1 8.10 5
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 15.20 6
C Martin Hanzal 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 17.50 6
C Logan Couture 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19.50 6
C Andrei Loktionov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.40 5
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 0 8 2 8 0 0 15.50 8
L Ray Whitney 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
L Simon Gagné 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
D Kurt Sauer 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 17.50 5
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13.30 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 -1 28.00 7
D Nathan Oystrick 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.20 5
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 5
D Keith Yandle 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 -1 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Jason LaBarbera 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jonathan Huberdeau
2nd star: Ryan Callahan
3rd star: Joe Thornton

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Ryan Callahan scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jamie Benn notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Logan Couture ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Ray Whitney had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 0( 13) , Springfield Falcons 3( 20)
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0-1 SPR Marc Pouliot (Connor Murphy, Viktor Tikhonov)
0-2 SPR Vladimir Karpov (Kyle Chipchura)
0-3 SPR Marc Pouliot (Viktor Tikhonov, Tyler Eckford)

Goalies: Cam Talbot - Curtis McElhinney

Chicago Blackhawks 3 , New Jersey Devils 1
Shots: 27 - 16
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:80/92=86 %, Challenges:38/63=59 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:57/83=68 %, Challenges:18/35=50 %
Attendance: 9063 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 412366 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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29:58 1-0 Andrew Brunette [13] (Duncan Keith)
38:45 1-1 Cory Stillman [1] (Zach Parisé, Ilya Kovalchuk)
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54:23 2-1 Andrew Brunette [14] (Patrick Sharp, Patrick Kane)PP
59:53 3-1 Michael Frolík [7] (Duncan Keith, Steven Kampfer) EN
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Penalty summary:
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09:57 Alex Kovalev (2 min for high-sticking)
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51:25 Duncan Keith (2 min for elbowing)
53:44 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for hooking)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Daniel Carcillo 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 8.40 6
R Dave Bolland 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 13.20 6
R Michael Frolík 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 15.20 7
R Patrick Kane 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 20.50 8
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 8.30 5
C Sam Gagner 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13.20 6
C Patrick Sharp 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.10 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 21.00 8
L Bryan Bickell 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10.30 6
L Brendan Morrison 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 5
L Rostislav Olesz 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 16.10 4
L Andrew Brunette 2 0 6 0 2 0 0 1 20.00 7
D Ivan Vishnevskiy 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 1 29.40 8
D Steven Kampfer 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 14.40 7
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 6
D Duncan Keith 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Corey Crawford 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G Alexander Salak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nick Palmieri 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.50 5
L Dainius Zubrus 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 15.30 5
L Cory Stillman 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 6
L Zach Parisé 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 -1 19.10 7
C Mikael Backlund 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6.50 4
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 5 3 6 0 0 15.30 6
C Paul Stastny 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 18.10 6
C Travis Zajac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 4
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 6.00 5
R David Clarkson 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 17.00 6
R Vladimir Zharkov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 6
R Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 -1 18.30 5
D Alexander Urbom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 5
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 16.30 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 -1 22.40 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 19.00 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 20.30 8
D Adam Larsson 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 24.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Semyon Varlamov 3 0 24 0 0 59.30 7
G Martin Brodeur 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrew Brunette
2nd star: Duncan Keith
3rd star: Michael Frolík

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Patrick Sharp notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Cory Stillman finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Cory Stillman finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Paul Stastny had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Ilya Kovalchuk had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 3( 20) , Albany River Rats 2( 25)
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0-1 ALB Mike Hoeffel (Andy Greene, Tim Sestito)
1-1 NOR Rob Klinkhammer (Marcus Kruger)
1-2 ALB Cam Janssen (Eric Boulton, Petr Vrana)
2-2 NOR Igor Makarov (Jeremy Morin, Marcus Kruger)
3-2 NOR Igor Makarov (Brandon Pirri)

Goalies: Alec Richards - Johan Hedberg

Calgary Flames 2 , Nashville Predators 1 (SO)
Shots: 21 - 23
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:69/88=78 %, Challenges:27/43=61 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:89/105=84 %, Challenges:34/51=65 %
Attendance: 8848 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 422050 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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17:23 0-1 Andrei Kostitsyn [15] (Martin Erat, Ryan Suter)
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27:38 1-1 Jarome Iginla [18] (T.J. Galiardi, Mike Ribeiro)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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37:31 Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for elbowing)
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Shootout
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Calgary Flames win 2-1
Calgary Flames - Jarome Iginla, goal; Mike Ribeiro, miss; Lee Stempniak, goal;
Nashville Predators - Shea Weber, goal; Marek Zidlicky, miss; Andrei Kostitsyn, miss;

Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Moss 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 17.00 7
R Mattias Tedenby 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 20.00 7
R Jarome Iginla 1 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 22.20 8
C Matt Stajan 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5.50 4
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 18.50 7
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 18.10 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 22.20 7
L Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 4
L Jirí Tlustý 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 17.00 7
L Curtis Glencross 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
L T.J. Galiardi 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 22.20 6
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 20.40 6
D Bryan Allen 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 20.00 7
D Chris Butler 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 26.30 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18.20 4
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 19.20 6
D Cory Sarich 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 25.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 1 0 22 0 0 65.00 9
G Leland Irving 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Niclas Bergfors 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
R Austin Watson 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 15.10 7
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 4 4 2 1 0 0 18.40 7
R Martin Erat 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 21.10 7
C David Legwand 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.40 7
C Adam Henrique 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 15.30 4
C Colin Wilson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.40 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
L Nick Spaling 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 5
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 15.40 6
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 18.40 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 21.10 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Kevin Klein 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22.20 5
D Ryan Suter 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 26.10 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 17.50 6
D Nicklas Grossmann 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 23.00 6
D Shea Weber 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pekka Rinne 1 0 20 0 0 65.00 9
G Anders Lindback 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pekka Rinne
2nd star: Miikka Kiprusoff
3rd star: Jarome Iginla

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-T.J. Galiardi notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Andrei Kostitsyn scored his 15th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 0( 18) , Milwaukee Admirals 2( 21)
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0-1 MIL Chris Mueller (Juuso Puustinen, Ryan Thang)
0-2 MIL Matt Halischuk (Brodie Dupont)

Goalies: Henrik Karlsson - Chet Pickard