7/2/08

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7/2/2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Capitals 3 , Thrashers 2
Shots: 29 - 18
WSH PP: 1 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:73/85=85 %, Challenges:24/39=60 %
ATL PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:50/76=65 %, Challenges:29/48=59 %
Attendance: 6785 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 314824 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
------------------------------------------------------------
19:41 1-0 WSH Nathan Horton [12] (Tom Poti)
------------------------------------------------------------
26:34 1-1 ATL Todd White [14] (Darren Haydar, Alexei Zhitnik)PP
30:08 1-2 ATL Darren Haydar [27] (Brad Larsen, Vyacheslav Kozlov)
------------------------------------------------------------
46:31 2-2 WSH Aaron Miller [2] (Steve Eminger, Jarret Stoll)
50:24 3-2 WSH Viktor Kozlov [14] (Aaron Miller, Nathan Horton)PP
------------------------------------------------------------
Penalty summary:
-----------------
10:12 ATL Garnet Exelby (2 min for cross-checking)
------------------------------------------------------------
25:48 WSH Sidney Crosby (2 min for hooking)
31:01 ATL Jesse Schultz (2 min for tripping)
37:01 ATL Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for holding the stick)
------------------------------------------------------------
46:08 ATL Bobby Holik (2 min for roughing)
46:08 WSH Sergei Fedorov (2 min for roughing)
48:43 ATL Brad Larsen (2 min for high-sticking)
55:53 ATL Sheldon Souray (2 min for elbowing)
------------------------------------------------------------

Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 7.30 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.30 6
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
R Jarret Stoll 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 20.40 8
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 7.30 5
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 14.20 7
C Nathan Horton 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20.40 7
L Brett Bruneteau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 5
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 14.00 4
L Matt Cooke 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 17.50 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 20.40 6
D Josef Boumedienne 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 13.50 5
D Tom Poti 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 0 21.40 7
D Aaron Miller 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 24.30 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 14.50 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Steve Eminger 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 1 25.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Cristobal Huet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 7.30 5
R Darren Haydar 1 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 14.00 7
R Drew Stafford 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 12.50 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 20.30 7
C Éric Perrin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 5
C Todd White 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.00 7
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 17.40 6
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.50 6
L Joe Motzko 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 7.30 5
L Brad Larsen 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 12.40 7
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.00 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -1 20.40 7
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 19.10 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.10 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 28.50 5
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.30 4
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 -1 21.10 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 25.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 26 0 0 59.30 7
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nathan Horton
2nd star: Aaron Miller
3rd star: Darren Haydar

Notes for Capitals:
-Aaron Miller ended his 5 game point drought.
-Steve Eminger finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Notes for Thrashers:
-Todd White ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Brad Larsen ended his 5 game point drought.
-Alexei Zhitnik ended his 9 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 26) , Wolves 1( 10)
------------------------------------------------------------
1-0 POR Petr Taticek (Sean Collins)
2-0 POR Eric Fehr (Petr Taticek)
2-1 CHW Derek MacKenzie (Jordan LaVallee, Jean-Michel Rizk)
3-1 POR Eric Fehr (Jeff Schultz)

Goalies: Daren Machesney - Danny Turple

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7/2/2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wild 4 , New York 0
Shots: 32 - 15
MIN PP: 2 of 5 (13 shots), Passing:82/97=84 %, Challenges:32/40=78 %
NYR PP: 0 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:62/75=82 %, Challenges:27/43=61 %
Attendance: 16216 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 784855 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
------------------------------------------------------------
13:59 1-0 MIN Kim Johnsson [10] (Brian Rolston, Pavol Demitra)PP
15:26 2-0 MIN Marian Gaborik [17] (Andrew Ladd, Martin Skoula)PP
------------------------------------------------------------
31:02 3-0 MIN Paul Martin [3] (Andrew Ladd, Pavol Demitra)
------------------------------------------------------------
44:26 4-0 MIN Stephen Weiss [8] (Nick Schultz, Martin Skoula)
------------------------------------------------------------
Penalty summary:
-----------------
06:17 NYR Sean Avery (2 min for tripping)
09:42 MIN Kim Johnsson (2 min for hooking)
12:57 NYR Sean Avery (2 min for tripping)
14:18 NYR Martin Rucinsky (2 min for slashing)
------------------------------------------------------------
21:15 MIN Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for high-sticking)
------------------------------------------------------------
45:06 NYR Sean Avery (2 min for cross-checking)
50:56 MIN Brian Rolston (2 min for elbowing)
55:08 NYR Fedor Tyutin (2 min for hooking)
------------------------------------------------------------

Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 8.40 5
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 12.30 6
R Pavol Demitra 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 15.10 7
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 20.40 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.40 6
C Stephen Weiss 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 15.20 7
C Brian Rolston 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 16.30 8
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 15.10 6
L Andrew Ladd 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 13.20 5
D Paul Martin 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.50 7
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23.20 5
D Nick Schultz 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 16.20 7
D Martin Skoula 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 21.30 8
D Kim Johnsson 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 0 0 15 0 0 60.00 9
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colton Orr 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 6.30 5
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.50 6
R Andy McDonald 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14.30 5
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 20.00 7
C Jason Krog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
C Blair Betts 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 15.30 6
C Petr Prucha 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 21.20 7
L Josh Gratton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.30 6
L Martin Rucinsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12.50 5
L Sean Avery 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 0 18.10 6
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 20.50 6
D Thomas Pöck 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.30 5
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20.00 4
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 28.50 7
D Marek Malik 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 13.20 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 16.40 7
D Paul Mara 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 4 0 28 0 0 60.00 6
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Josh Harding
2nd star: Martin Skoula
3rd star: Pavol Demitra

Notes for Wild:
-Kim Johnsson scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Martin Skoula notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Paul Martin finally ended his 24 game goal drought.

Notes for New York :

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 5( 20) , Hartford Wolfpack 1( 18)
------------------------------------------------------------
0-1 HFD Michael Sauer (Andrew Hutchinson, Hugh Jessiman)
1-1 HOU Petr Kalus (Joel Ward)
2-1 HOU Chris Simon (Petr Kalus)
3-1 HOU Keith Carney (Bryan Lundbohm)
4-1 HOU Joel Ward (Petr Kalus, Chris Simon)
5-1 HOU Benoit Pouliot (Keith Carney, Matt Foy)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Chris Holt