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26/3/2010
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Washington Capitals 4 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 30 - 21

PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:58/79=73 %, Challenges:44/55=78 %

PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:67/89=75 %, Challenges:29/34=82 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 975156 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:57 0-1

Drew Stafford [13] (Andrew Brunette, Chris Butler)PP
15:06 1-1

Chris Chelios [4] (Michael Nylander)
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21:57 2-1

Chris Clark [21] (Tom Poti, Michael Nylander)
28:41 3-1

Mike Knuble [33] (Alexander Semin, Alexander Ovechkin)
39:17 3-2

Andrew Brunette [28] (Jason Pominville, Tim Connolly)
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42:45 3-3

Matt Ellis [5] (Drew Stafford, Adam Mair)
45:36 4-3

Tomas Fleischmann [13] (Chris Chelios, Shaone Morrisonn)
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Penalty summary:
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08:04

Karl Alzner (2 min for boarding)
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35:44

Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for holding the stick)
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56:31

Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
56:31

Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
59:15

Chris Chelios (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 6
R Chris Clark 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 1 19.00 7
R Mike Knuble 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 16.40 8
R Alexander Semin 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 -1 15.20 7
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 8.30 6
C Michael Nylander 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 17.10 7
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.50 7
L Tomas Fleischmann 1 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 7.20 7
L Matt Bradley 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 17.10 8
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.40 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.50 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 18.40 8
D Chris Chelios 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 2 20.30 9
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 21.00 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 6
D Mike Green 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 22.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 10.40 8
R Adam Mair 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 -1 11.10 6
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 17.20 6
R Jason Pominville 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 20.50 8
C Matt Ellis 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9.00 8
C Daniel Paillé 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 12.10 6
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 17.50 6
C Tim Connolly 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 21.00 8
L Philippe Gogulla 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 9.00 7
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -1 14.40 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 19.10 6
L Andrew Brunette 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 17.10 8
D Joe DiPenta 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 -1 13.40 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 22.10 4
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 24.10 8
D Chris Butler 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 -1 14.10 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -3 22.30 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 4 0 26 0 0 58.00 6
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Chelios
2nd star: Drew Stafford
3rd star: Chris Clark
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Michael Nylander notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Michael Nylander notched the 500th assist of his career.
-Alexander Semin has marked a new career high in points with 80 points.
-Nicklas Bäckström had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Brooks Laich had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Alexander Ovechkin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Shaone Morrisonn ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Andrew Brunette has marked a new career high in goals with 28 tallies.
-Petr Cajanek had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Chris Clark beat Adam Mair in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 20) , Rochester Americans 2( 17)
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0-1 ROC Alex Foster (Mike Weber)
1-1 POR Oskar Osala (Chris Bourque, Josh Godfrey)
2-1 POR François Bouchard (Zach Miskovic)
3-1 POR Chris Bourque (Jeff Schultz, David Steckel)
3-2 ROC Tim Kennedy (Nathan Gerbe)
Goalies: Michal Neuvirth - Kurt Mucha