3. Washington vs 6. Pittsburgh

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11/4/2005
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Washington Capitals 4 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 28 - 27
PP: 1 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:83/99=83 %, Challenges:25/46=53 %
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:59/84=70 %, Challenges:21/37=55 %
Attendance: 16241 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 792561 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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04:45 1-0 Valeri Bure [1] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Sami Salo)
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32:45 1-1 Mike York [1] (Chris Drury, Tim Taylor)
33:42 1-2 Jason Blake [1] (Slava Kozlov, Mike York)
39:44 2-2 Marian Gaborik [1] (Jason Spezza, Thomas Vanek)PP
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42:05 3-2 Jason Spezza [1] (Thomas Vanek)
45:55 3-3 Rod Brind'Amour [1] (Slava Kozlov, Jason Blake)PP
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62:05 4-3 Marian Gaborik [2] (Chris Simon, Brian Sutherby)
Penalty summary:
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09:13 Rod Brind'Amour (2 min for slashing)
18:21 Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for hooking)
19:44 Chris Drury (2 min for hooking)
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38:12 Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for hooking)
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45:24 Jason Spezza (2 min for high-sticking)
46:31 Kimmo Timonen (2 min for boarding)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Simon 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.50 7
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13.10 6
R Valeri Bure 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
R Marian Gaborik 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 22.10 8
C Brian Sutherby 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 11.50 6
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 13.10 7
C Doug Weight 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
C Jason Spezza 1 1 3 1 3 0 2 1 21.40 8
L Raffi Torres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 5
L PA Parenteau 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.40 6
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 15.50 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 21.20 8
D Jon Klemm 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
D Sami Salo 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 5 0 3 0 1 30.10 8
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 14.10 5
D Douglas Murray 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 17.00 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 31.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kolzig 3 0 24 0 0 62.00 7
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 7.00 6
R Kyle Wellwood 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
R Slava Kozlov 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
R Mike York 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 15.20 8
C Tim Taylor 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.50 6
C Trent Whitfield 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.40 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 -1 22.10 7
C Chris Drury 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 0 19.30 7
L Colby Armstrong 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 7.00 5
L Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 3 0 2 4 0 12.20 8
L Jason Blake 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 22.50 9
L Scott Walker 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 20.00 8
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 13.00 7
D Robert Svehla 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 19.20 6
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 20.30 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.40 4
D Tom Poti 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 30.20 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 -1 29.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 4 0 24 0 0 62.00 6
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Gaborik
2nd star: Jason Spezza
3rd star: Valeri Bure

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Chris Simon finally ended his 20 game point drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Mike York ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

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13/4/2005
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Washington Capitals 5 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 26 - 23
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:76/92=82 %, Challenges:23/42=53 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:84/100=84 %, Challenges:17/32=51 %
Attendance: 16241 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 792561 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:11 1-0 PA Parenteau [1] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Sami Salo)
09:07 1-1 Scott Walker [1] (Mike York, Taylor Pyatt)
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20:21 2-1 Jason Spezza [2] (Marian Gaborik, Olaf Kolzig)
29:53 2-2 Jason Blake [2] (Tom Poti, Rod Brind'Amour)
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46:44 3-2 Pierre-Marc Bouchard [1] (Doug Weight, Jason Spezza)
52:06 4-2 Thomas Vanek [1] (Jason Spezza, Jaroslav Spacek)
54:12 4-3 Robert Svehla [1] (Rod Brind'Amour, Slava Kozlov)
58:02 5-3 Jaroslav Spacek [1] (Marian Gaborik, Jason Spezza)
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Penalty summary:
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06:07 Tom Poti (2 min for roughing)
06:07 Marian Gaborik (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Simon 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.30 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 13.30 6
R Valeri Bure 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 19.00 7
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.30 7
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 13.30 6
C Doug Weight 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 15.20 6
C Jason Spezza 1 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 19.40 9
L Raffi Torres 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.30 6
L PA Parenteau 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 13.30 7
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.20 6
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 19.40 7
D Jon Klemm 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 1 17.50 8
D Sami Salo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 26.30 8
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 6
D Douglas Murray 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 17.30 5
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kolzig 3 1 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Taylor Pyatt 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 6.10 8
R Kyle Wellwood 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.00 5
R Slava Kozlov 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 18.40 6
R Mike York 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -1 18.10 6
C Tim Taylor 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.10 5
C Trent Whitfield 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 17.00 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 18.50 8
C Chris Drury 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 -1 18.00 6
L Colby Armstrong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -2 17.00 6
L Jason Blake 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 18.50 7
L Scott Walker 1 0 3 4 3 5 0 -1 18.00 8
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -2 18.10 7
D Robert Svehla 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 19.20 8
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 22.30 5
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 18.30 4
D Tom Poti 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 19.40 8
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 -2 21.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 5 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Spezza
2nd star: Jaroslav Spacek
3rd star: Marian Gaborik

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Jaroslav Spacek finally ended his 15 game goal drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Other notes:

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15/4/2005
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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Washington Capitals 2
Shots: 27 - 20
PP: 1 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:68/88=77 %, Challenges:22/34=62 %
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:64/79=81 %, Challenges:22/46=46 %
Attendance: 14317 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 691511 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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28:25 1-0 Jason Blake [3] (Mike York, Rod Brind'Amour)
34:33 1-1 Doug Weight [1] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Douglas Murray)
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45:58 2-1 Mike York [2])
47:27 2-2 Sergei Gonchar [1] (Thomas Vanek, Marian Gaborik)PP
48:16 3-2 Robert Svehla [2] (Chris Drury, Kyle Wellwood)PP
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Penalty summary:
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02:44 Raffi Torres (2 min for cross-checking)
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24:43 Douglas Murray (2 min for hooking)
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46:38 Rod Brind'Amour (2 min for holding the stick)
48:01 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
59:03 Bryan Allen (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 11.00 5
R Mike York 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 15.00 8
R Kyle Wellwood 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -1 13.10 7
R Slava Kozlov 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 19.20 7
C Tim Taylor 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 12.10 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 18.50 7
C Trent Whitfield 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 10.10 7
C Chris Drury 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 18.50 6
L Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.00 7
L Jason Blake 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 20.00 8
L Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
L Scott Walker 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 18.50 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 17.20 7
D Robert Svehla 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 11.00 8
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 1 5 1 5 0 -1 24.50 8
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 18.10 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 21.50 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 5 3 3 4 0 -1 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Simon 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 11.30 7
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 -1 17.40 8
R Valeri Bure 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 12.00 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 -1 18.50 6
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 11.30 7
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 17.00 6
C Doug Weight 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 12.00 7
C Jason Spezza 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 19.30 7
L Raffi Torres 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 11.20 5
L PA Parenteau 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 -1 14.00 6
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12.00 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 -1 18.20 7
D Jon Klemm 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 19.40 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 15.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 27.20 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.10 5
D Douglas Murray 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 15.30 8
D Sergei Gonchar 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kolzig 3 0 24 0 0 59.20 7
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike York
2nd star: Jason Blake
3rd star: Robert Svehla

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Slava Kozlov had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Jason Spezza had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Sergei Gonchar finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Other notes:

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17/4/2005
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Washington Capitals 2
Shots: 27 - 22
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:56/87=64 %, Challenges:31/46=66 %
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:73/87=83 %, Challenges:15/44=33 %
Attendance: 14317 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 691511 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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04:19 1-0 Colby Armstrong [1] (Kimmo Timonen, Vitaly Vishnevski)
07:17 1-1 Jaroslav Spacek [2] (Sergei Gonchar, Jason Spezza)
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no scoring
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45:52 2-1 Rod Brind'Amour [2] (Jason Blake)
50:27 3-1 Jason Blake [4] (Rod Brind'Amour, Vitaly Vishnevski)
55:13 3-2 Jaroslav Spacek [3] (Jason Spezza, Thomas Vanek)
59:28 4-2 Scott Walker [2] (Chris Drury, Rod Brind'Amour) EN
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Penalty summary:
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32:46 Robert Svehla (2 min for tripping)
37:16 Marian Gaborik (2 min for high-sticking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 8.00 7
R Mike York 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.30 7
R Kyle Wellwood 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11.40 6
R Slava Kozlov 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 19.20 7
C Tim Taylor 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.40 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 2 5 2 2 0 0 1 20.40 8
C Trent Whitfield 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 11.40 6
C Chris Drury 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 18.00 7
L Colby Armstrong 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 7
L Jason Blake 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
L Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.20 7
L Scott Walker 1 0 4 4 1 4 0 1 18.00 10
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 19.10 8
D Robert Svehla 0 0 0 4 3 4 2 0 12.20 7
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 1 23.50 8
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 18.30 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 20.10 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Simon 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 9.00 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 1 2 4 3 0 0 14.20 6
R Valeri Bure 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 5
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 -2 21.30 7
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 6
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 14.20 6
C Doug Weight 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15.30 5
C Jason Spezza 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 -2 21.10 7
L Raffi Torres 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
L PA Parenteau 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 12.10 5
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 15.30 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -2 21.10 7
D Jon Klemm 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15.00 6
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 16.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 28.40 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 12.40 5
D Douglas Murray 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 20.00 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 27.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kolzig 4 0 23 0 0 58.30 5
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rod Brind'Amour
2nd star: Jason Blake
3rd star: Scott Walker

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Mike York had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Colby Armstrong finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Vitaly Vishnevski ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

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19/4/2005
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Washington Capitals 2 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 18 - 30
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:65/81=80 %, Challenges:21/41=50 %
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:63/86=73 %, Challenges:31/39=77 %
Attendance: 16241 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 792561 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:09 0-1 Mike York [3] (Rod Brind'Amour, Trent Whitfield )
17:08 0-2 Jason Blake [5] (Mike York, Rod Brind'Amour)
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26:53 1-2 Sergei Gonchar [2] (Jason Spezza)
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47:54 2-2 Marian Gaborik [3] (Jason Spezza, Brian Sutherby)
49:34 2-3 Mike York [4] (Jason Blake, Rod Brind'Amour)
59:05 2-4 Tom Kostopoulos [1] (Tom Poti, Trent Whitfield ) EN
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Penalty summary:
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11:35 Doug Weight (2 min for tripping)
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24:56 Rod Brind'Amour (2 min for hooking)
30:56 Thomas Vanek (2 min for tripping)
37:05 Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for cross-checking)
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40:54 Raffi Torres (2 min for cross-checking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Simon 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9.10 4
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 16.30 6
R Valeri Bure 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 16.30 6
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
C Brian Sutherby 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.10 6
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 16.30 5
C Doug Weight 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 -1 15.50 7
C Jason Spezza 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 8
L Raffi Torres 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.40 4
L PA Parenteau 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 16.20 7
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 9.20 5
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 19.30 6
D Jon Klemm 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 -1 17.00 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 26.00 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -1 15.50 6
D Douglas Murray 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 18.10 6
D Sergei Gonchar 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kolzig 4 0 26 0 0 59.30 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
R Mike York 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 3 14.40 9
R Kyle Wellwood 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
R Slava Kozlov 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 21.00 7
C Tim Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.00 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 3 1 3 0 1 2 3 18.50 9
C Trent Whitfield 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 7
C Chris Drury 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 -2 18.00 6
L Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 6
L Jason Blake 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 18.50 8
L Tom Kostopoulos 1 0 2 2 1 3 2 1 15.00 8
L Scott Walker 0 0 3 2 2 4 0 -2 19.50 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 16.20 8
D Robert Svehla 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 18.50 7
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 21.30 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 3 13.20 8
D Tom Poti 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 28.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike York
2nd star: Rod Brind'Amour
3rd star: Jason Blake

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Thomas Vanek had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Trent Whitfield finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Tom Kostopoulos ended his 8 game point drought.

Other notes:

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21/4/2005
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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Washington Capitals 2
Shots: 36 - 21
PP: 1 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:63/87=72 %, Challenges:36/45=78 %
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:69/85=81 %, Challenges:21/47=43 %
Attendance: 14317 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 691511 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:41 1-0 Mike York [5] (Rod Brind'Amour, Trent Whitfield )
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30:58 1-1 Thomas Vanek [2] (Jason Spezza, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
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40:43 1-2 Jason Spezza [3] (Thomas Vanek, Jaroslav Spacek)
46:57 2-2 Jason Blake [6] (Mike York, Slava Kozlov)
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64:32 3-2 Tom Poti [1] (Jason Blake, Rod Brind'Amour)PP
Penalty summary:
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03:03 Rod Brind'Amour (2 min for tripping)
16:37 Raffi Torres (2 min for high-sticking)
19:41 Glen Metropolit (2 min for tripping)
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22:14 Jason Blake (2 min for tripping)
24:19 Jason Spezza (2 min for roughing)
30:09 Vitaly Vishnevski (2 min for holding the stick)
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44:28 Valeri Bure (2 min for hooking)
47:17 Bryan Allen (2 min for tripping)
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62:51 Glen Metropolit (2 min for hooking)

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
R Mike York 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 18.10 7
R Kyle Wellwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 6
R Slava Kozlov 0 1 4 1 0 2 0 0 24.20 9
C Tim Taylor 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 5.30 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 23.30 8
C Trent Whitfield 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 13.50 7
C Chris Drury 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 21.50 9
L Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 8.30 6
L Jason Blake 1 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 23.30 8
L Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 6
L Scott Walker 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 21.50 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 16.30 6
D Robert Svehla 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.50 5
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 20.40 8
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 16.10 6
D Tom Poti 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 28.30 8
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 31.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 2 0 19 0 0 64.40 8
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Simon 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 8.30 5
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 22.20 6
R Valeri Bure 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 15.10 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 18.40 6
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 12.10 5
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 1 0 4 1 4 -1 18.40 5
C Doug Weight 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 15.10 6
C Jason Spezza 1 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 18.40 7
L Raffi Torres 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 6.10 5
L PA Parenteau 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 14.00 6
L Matt Stajan 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 15.10 5
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.40 8
D Jon Klemm 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 24.00 6
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 1 25.20 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 6
D Douglas Murray 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 24.50 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kolzig 3 0 33 0 0 64.40 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike York
2nd star: Jason Blake
3rd star: Slava Kozlov

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Rod Brind'Amour notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.

Notes for Washington Capitals:

Other notes: