3/4/2010 (WSH/CBS/PHI)

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Washington Capitals 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 26 - 15
WSH PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:70/77=90 %, Challenges:38/73=51 %
PIT PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:61/88=69 %, Challenges:18/39=45 %
Attendance: 12324 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 571834 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:34 0-1 PIT Ruslan Fedotenko [22] (Chris Kunitz, Matt Cooke)
17:18 0-2 PIT Pascal Dupuis [18])
19:03 1-2 WSH Sidney Crosby [31] (Zach Parisé)PP
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30:41 2-2 WSH Jarome Iginla [28] (Zach Parisé, Sidney Crosby)
35:08 3-2 WSH Chris Pronger [6] (Brian Rafalski, Pavel Datsyuk)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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10:07 PIT Jonathan Matsumoto (2 min for roughing)
17:44 PIT Kris Beech (2 min for slashing)
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21:24 PIT Jonathan Matsumoto (2 min for hooking)
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47:04 WSH Jarome Iginla (5 min for fighting)
47:04 PIT Eric Godard (5 min for fighting)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 -1 8.20 5
R Pavol Demitra 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 -1 13.00 6
R Jeff Carter 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 17.20 5
R Jarome Iginla 1 0 5 2 4 3 5 2 19.00 8
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 8.20 5
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 -1 13.00 6
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 17.30 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 21.10 9
L Jordan Staal 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 9.10 4
L Chris Drury 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 16.40 7
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
L Zach Parisé 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 21.10 8
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 16.00 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 14.20 6
D Brian Rafalski 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 28.10 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 -1 13.30 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Chris Pronger 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 28.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 2 0 13 0 0 60.00 6
G Miikka Kiprusoff 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jonathan Matsumoto 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 9.00 5
R Eric Godard 0 0 1 1 4 6 5 0 13.30 6
R Ruslan Fedotenko 1 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 18.00 9
R Bill Guérin 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 18.10 7
C Michael Nylander 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 14.30 4
C Kris Beech 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 17.50 5
C Matt Cooke 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 16.40 7
L Robbie Earl 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 9.00 5
L Michael Gergen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 6
L Pascal Dupuis 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 17.50 6
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 16.40 8
D Chris Peluso 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18.30 5
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 16.00 5
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 23.30 7
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 18.20 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 19.50 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 4 3 3 0 -1 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Chad Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sidney Crosby
2nd star: Jarome Iginla
3rd star: Zach Parisé

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Zach Parisé notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Chris Pronger finally ended his 26 game goal drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Ruslan Fedotenko has marked a new career high in points with 42 points.

Other notes:
-Eric Godard beat Jarome Iginla in a fight.

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 13) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 5( 20)
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0-1 WIL Frans Nielsen (Jeremy Williams, Matt Lashoff)
1-1 POR François Bouchard (Josh Godfrey)
1-2 WIL Brian Ihnacak
1-3 WIL Matt Lashoff (Jeremy Williams)
1-4 WIL Stefan Legein (Dustin Jeffrey)
2-4 POR Eric Fehr (Mathieu Perreault)
2-5 WIL Johannes Salmonsson (Brian Ihnacak)

Goalies: Rick DiPietro - Dave Brown

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Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Chicago Blackhawks 2
Shots: 28 - 15
CBS PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:76/84=90 %, Challenges:21/54=38 %
CHI PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:62/83=74 %, Challenges:25/46=53 %
Attendance: 10056 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 471627 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:13 0-1 CHI Devin Setoguchi [23] (Matt Carle)
09:27 1-1 CBS Evgeny Malkin [35] (Wade Redden, Lubomir Visnovsky)
12:07 2-1 CBS Scott Gomez [29] (Thomas Vanek, Lubomir Visnovsky)
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no scoring
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47:11 2-2 CHI Dustin Byfuglien [12])
56:03 3-2 CBS Mattias Öhlund [2] (Peter Forsberg, Vaclav Prospal)
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Penalty summary:
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02:36 CBS Ed Jovanovski (5 min for fighting)
02:36 CHI Scott McCulloch (5 min for fighting)
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21:18 CHI Scott McCulloch (5 min for fighting)
21:18 CBS Dion Phaneuf (5 min for fighting)
31:15 CBS Scott Gomez (2 min for holding the stick)
36:24 CHI Ben Eager (2 min for tripping)
38:34 CBS Ed Jovanovski (2 min for holding the stick)
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40:32 CHI Dustin Byfuglien (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Corey Perry 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 6.20 5
R Petr Sykora 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.50 5
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 13.50 5
R Martin Havlat 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 21.00 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 6.20 6
C Peter Forsberg 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10.50 6
C Scott Gomez 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 18.00 6
C Jason Spezza 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 20.50 7
L Mike Cammalleri 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 9.40 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 17.50 6
R Thomas Vanek 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 20.30 7
L Evgeny Malkin 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 20.50 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 14.00 4
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 17.40 8
D Wade Redden 0 1 2 4 4 2 0 1 27.00 8
D Mattias Öhlund 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 13.00 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 17.40 6
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 3 6 3 6 5 1 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 13 0 0 60.00 6
G Evgeny Nabokov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Burish 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 6.50 6
R Ben Eager 0 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 18.00 7
R Devin Setoguchi 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 18.00 5
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 16.10 6
C Tomas Kopecky 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 5.50 6
C Jack Skille 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 15.50 7
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 -1 17.30 6
C John Madden 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 20.10 7
L Scott McCulloch 0 0 1 1 1 1 10 -1 5.30 6
L Jason Jaffray 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13.30 5
L Dustin Byfuglien 1 0 2 5 1 5 2 0 21.10 10
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 3 2 3 4 0 0 19.10 7
D Anton Strålman 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.40 4
D Brent Sopel 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 23.00 7
D Tim Erixon 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 12.30 6
D Matt Carle 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 21.20 8
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 25.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 25 0 0 59.30 7
G Corey Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Gomez
2nd star: Dustin Byfuglien
3rd star: Evgeny Malkin

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Evgeny Malkin scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Thomas Vanek notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Lubomir Visnovsky notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Mattias Öhlund finally ended his 39 game goal drought.

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Devin Setoguchi finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Cam Barker had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Scott McCulloch beat Ed Jovanovski in a fight.
-Scott McCulloch beat Dion Phaneuf in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 4( 24) , Norfolk Admirals 2( 36)
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1-0 SYR Robert Nyholm (Trevor Hendrikx)
2-0 SYR Robert Nyholm (Darcy Tucker, Rob Page)
2-1 NOR Troy Brouwer (David Bolland)
3-1 SYR Trent Vogelhuber (Jason Chimera)
3-2 NOR Joey Lavin (David Bolland)
4-2 SYR Raffaele Sannitz (Trent Vogelhuber)

Goalies: Jean-Sébastien Giguère - Joe Palmer

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Philadelphia Flyers 4 , Florida Panthers 2
Shots: 25 - 25
PHI PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:71/75=94 %, Challenges:30/61=48 %
FLA PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:70/82=85 %, Challenges:16/41=38 %
Attendance: 19519 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 880307 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:19 1-0 PHI Marian Hossa [25] (Patrice Bergeron, Ilya Kovalchuk)
14:53 2-0 PHI Alex Kovalev [20] (Joni Pitkänen)
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35:21 2-1 FLA Gregory Campbell [17] (Stephen Weiss, Keith Ballard)
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54:42 2-2 FLA David Booth [26])
57:13 3-2 PHI Mikko Koivu [16] (Daniel Alfredsson, Paul Kariya)
59:06 4-2 PHI Alex Kovalev [21] (Joni Pitkänen, Shea Weber) EN
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Penalty summary:
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30:37 FLA Cory Stillman (2 min for hooking)
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50:57 PHI Saku Koivu (2 min for slashing)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 9.00 6
R Paul Kariya 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 16.50 6
R Alex Kovalev 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 16.20 8
R Marian Hossa 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
C Saku Koivu 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.40 6
C Mikko Koivu 1 0 2 3 5 3 0 1 17.30 8
C Joe Thornton 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 16.20 7
C Patrice Bergeron 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 18.30 6
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 7
L Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.50 6
L Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 16.20 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 17.10 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 18.50 6
D Shea Weber 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 20.50 9
D Victor Hedman 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 20.30 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 1 18.10 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 18.10 7
D Mike Green 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 0 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Frolík 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 6.00 6
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 -2 13.30 4
R Cory Stillman 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 -1 18.00 7
R Steven Reinprecht 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 20.20 5
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.00 5
C Nick Tarnasky 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -2 13.40 6
C Stephen Weiss 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 20.20 8
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 -1 20.10 7
L Ryan Watson 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 4.20 5
L Kenndal McArdle 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -3 14.50 4
L Gregory Campbell 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 20.20 8
L David Booth 1 0 4 3 1 3 0 1 20.20 8
D Clay Wilson 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 -2 13.50 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 20.30 5
D Tom Poti 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 23.40 7
D Dmitry Kulikov 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 -2 16.50 5
D Bryan Allen 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 -2 20.30 7
D Keith Ballard 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 4 0 21 0 0 59.20 5
G Scott Clemmensen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Marian Hossa
3rd star: Mikko Koivu

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Marian Hossa scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Alex Kovalev scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Alex Kovalev finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Mikko Koivu finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Stephen Weiss notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Gregory Campbell ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 5( 25) , Louisville Panthers 3( 14)
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1-0 PHL Daniel Ryder (Stefan Ruzicka, Andreas Nödl)
1-1 LOU Shawn Matthias (Brady Calla, Matt Duffy)
2-1 PHL Mike Rathje (Andreas Nödl)
3-1 PHL Kevin Croxton (Chris Collins)
3-2 LOU Lauris Darzins (Blair Yaworski)
4-2 PHL Josh Beaulieu (Oskars Bartulis, Gabe Gauthier)
5-2 PHL T.J. Trevelyan (Patrik Hersley)
5-3 LOU Lauris Darzins (Peter Aston, Dan Collins)

Goalies: Mike Smith - Tyler Plante