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22/10/2007
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Carolina Hurricanes 3 , Washington Capitals 4
Shots: 28 - 28
PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:57/74=77 %, Challenges:33/43=75 %
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:65/83=78 %, Challenges:32/47=66 %
Attendance: 15907 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 731722 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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13:49 0-1
Tom Poti [2] (Milan Jurcina, Michael Nylander)
14:48 1-1
Tim Gleason [2] (David Tanabe, Rod Brind'Amour)
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29:44 1-2
Alexander Ovechkin [5] (Mike Green, Chris Higgins)SH
34:54 2-2
Tuomo Ruutu [5] (Patrick Eaves, Justin Williams)
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46:22 2-3
Nicklas Bäckström [3] (Chris Higgins, Alexander Ovechkin)
48:48 2-4
Anton Gustafsson [1] (Dmitri Kugryshev, Chris Bourque)
50:19 3-4
Matt Cullen [2] (Ryan Bayda, Patrick Eaves)
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Penalty summary:
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16:29
Alexandre Giroux (2 min for boarding)
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22:05
Milan Jurcina (2 min for elbowing)
25:44
Bobby Hughes (2 min for elbowing)
27:52
Dmitri Kugryshev (2 min for high-sticking)
30:28
Dmitri Kugryshev (2 min for boarding)
32:25
Milan Jurcina (2 min for roughing)
32:25
Patrick Eaves (2 min for roughing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bobby Hughes 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.50 6
R Ryan Bayda 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 7
R Patrick Eaves 0 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 16.50 7
R Justin Williams 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -3 16.40 7
C Chad LaRose 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
C Matt Cullen 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 16.50 6
C Eric Staal 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 16.40 5
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 4
L Scott Walker 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.40 7
L Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 12.30 8
L Ray Whitney 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 16.40 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 15.40 7
D David Tanabe 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Joe Corvo 0 0 3 4 1 1 0 -2 24.10 7
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 19.40 6
D Tim Gleason 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 18.50 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 27.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 4 0 24 0 0 59.00 6
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 8.10 6
R Chris Bourque 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.20 5
R Chris Clark 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 17.50 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 -2 18.50 7
C Alexandre Giroux 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 8.10 6
C Michael Nylander 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 12.20 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 16.30 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 20.10 6
L Anton Gustafsson 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 8.10 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 12.20 7
L Chris Higgins 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 16.00 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 7 4 2 3 0 -1 21.00 9
D John Erskine 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 13.40 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 18.10 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 24.50 5
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 16.50 6
D Tom Poti 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.30 7
D Mike Green 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 28.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Daren Machesney 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Nicklas Bäckström
3rd star: Anton Gustafsson
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Ray Whitney had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Dmitri Kugryshev ended his 6 game point drought.
-Chris Bourque ended his 6 game point drought.
-Nicklas Bäckström ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Alexander Ovechkin ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Milan Jurcina ended his 5 game point drought.
-Tom Poti ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 16) , Portland Pirates 4( 23)
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0-1 POR Grant Potulny (Stephen Werner, David Steckel)
0-2 POR Travis Morin (Grant Potulny, Stephen Werner)
0-3 POR Boyd Gordon (Josef Boumedienne, David Steckel)
0-4 POR Donald Brashear (Jason Morgan)
1-4 LOW Ernie Hartlieb (David Gove)
2-4 LOW Tim Conboy (Jakub Petruzalek)
Goalies: Kevin Nastiuk - Brent Johnson