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28/3/2012
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Washington Capitals 4 , Florida Panthers 9
Shots: 36 - 21
PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:75/93=80 %, Challenges:24/39=60 %
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:62/81=76 %, Challenges:25/38=64 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:06 0-1
Nick Bjugstad [1] (Quinton Howden, Garnet Exelby)
10:32 0-2
Mikko Koivu [33] (Sean Couturier)
14:08 1-2
Chris Stewart [26] (Nicklas Bäckström, Shea Weber)PP
15:14 2-2
Chris Stewart [27] (Dennis Wideman, John Carlson)
18:07 2-3
Nick Bjugstad [2] (Martin Bonk, Quinton Howden)
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26:04 3-3
Johan Franzén [24] (Guillaume Latendresse, John Carlson)
31:51 3-4
Steve Downie [27] (Mikko Koivu, Alex Petrovic)
32:15 3-5
Jim Vandermeer [4] (Erik Gudbranson, David Pacan)
33:44 3-6
Quinton Howden [4] (Nick Bjugstad, Garnet Exelby)
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48:35 3-7
Sean Couturier [24] (Mikko Koivu, Shawn Horcoff)
50:47 3-8
John McFarland [17] (David Pacan, Greg Nemisz)
56:28 3-9
Sean Couturier [25] (Mikko Koivu)
57:49 4-9
Guillaume Latendresse [43])
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Penalty summary:
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05:59
Chris Stewart (2 min for boarding)
07:34
Duncan Keith (2 min for roughing)
07:34
Steve Downie (2 min for roughing)
12:22
Marcus Johansson (2 min for roughing)
12:22
David Pacan (2 min for roughing)
12:48
Quinton Howden (2 min for cross-checking)
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33:55
Martin Bonk (2 min for hooking)
38:38
Duncan Keith (2 min for hooking)
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42:47
Steve Downie (2 min for hooking)
43:02
Anton Gustafsson (2 min for roughing)
43:02
Sean Couturier (2 min for roughing)
54:01
Dennis Wideman (2 min for holding the stick)
58:26
Steve Downie (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 6.50 5
R Stanislav Galiev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 10.30 4
R Johan Franzén 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 14.30 7
R Chris Stewart 2 0 5 1 3 0 2 -1 21.30 6
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 7.10 5
C Marcus Johansson 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -2 10.10 6
C Anton Gustafsson 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 -2 17.40 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 -1 21.20 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 6.50 5
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 -4 14.40 7
L Guillaume Latendresse 1 1 7 2 1 2 0 1 21.30 9
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 3 3 1 3 0 -2 20.40 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 10.10 5
D Dennis Wideman 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -1 19.20 7
D Duncan Keith 0 0 3 4 1 1 4 -3 29.10 7
D John Erskine 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -3 13.10 6
D John Carlson 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 -1 19.00 7
D Shea Weber 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 -2 29.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 4 0 10 0 0 32.00 4
G Braden Holtby 5 0 2 0 0 28.00 4
Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chad LaRose 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.10 6
C Nick Bjugstad 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 3 14.00 8
R Greg Nemisz 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 13.00 7
R Steve Downie 1 0 3 2 1 0 6 2 19.40 8
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 6
C Quinton Howden 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 3 14.40 9
C David Pacan 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 15.20 7
C Mikko Koivu 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 20.10 10
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 8.30 8
L Martin Bonk 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 13.10 6
L John McFarland 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 10.20 6
L Sean Couturier 2 1 4 2 2 0 2 2 19.40 9
D Yannick Weber 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 17.20 6
D Erik Gudbranson 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 20.30 7
D Alex Petrovic 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 29.20 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 15.50 8
D Jim Vandermeer 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 13.40 8
D Dmitry Kulikov 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 24.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Sam Brittain 4 0 32 0 0 60.00 5
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nick Bjugstad
2nd star: Mikko Koivu
3rd star: Sean Couturier
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-John Carlson notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Guillaume Latendresse has marked a new career high in goals with 43 tallies.
-Anton Gustafsson had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Quinton Howden notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mikko Koivu scored the 400th point of his career.
-Sean Couturier scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Nick Bjugstad finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Quinton Howden finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
-Mikko Koivu ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( 26) , Louisville Panthers 5( 26)
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0-1
Clay Wilson (Lauri Tukonen)
0-2
Nathan Paetsch (Byron Bitz)
0-3
Kenndal McArdle (Tim Kennedy)
0-4
Tim Kennedy (Bill Thomas, Alexander Sulzer)
1-4
Luciano Aquino
1-5
Joey Hishon (Lauri Tukonen)
Goalies: Kurt Mucha - Tyler Plante