8 Avril

8/4/2007
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Washington Capitals 3 , Nashville Predators 2
Shots: 22 - 31
WSH PP: 1 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:61/79=77 %, Challenges:28/37=73 %
NAS PP: 2 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:71/87=81 %, Challenges:37/47=77 %
Attendance: 8698 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 439249 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:25 0-1 NAS Ryan Suter [6] (Kimmo Timonen, Jason Arnott)PP
19:43 0-2 NAS Scott Hartnell [21] (Shea Weber, Jason Arnott)PP
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35:55 1-2 WSH Chris Clark [12] (Matt Pettinger, Steve Eminger)PP
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49:19 2-2 WSH Jakub Klepis [3] (Boyd Gordon, Brian Pothier)
49:51 3-2 WSH Thomas Vanek [35] (Alexander Semin, Brian Pothier)
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Penalty summary:
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01:33 NAS Dan Boyle (2 min for tripping)
03:55 WSH Brian Sutherby (2 min for tripping)
07:49 NAS Jordin Tootoo (2 min for holding the stick)
12:01 WSH Marc Savard (2 min for hooking)
13:56 WSH Jakub Klepis (2 min for high-sticking)
19:28 WSH Jakub Klepis (2 min for hooking)
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24:51 NAS Scott Hartnell (2 min for tripping)
34:12 NAS Alexander Radulov (2 min for hooking)
36:59 WSH Boyd Gordon (2 min for hooking)
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54:49 NAS Scott Hartnell (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 7.40 5
R Matt Bradley 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14.00 7
R Chris Clark 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 17.50 8
R Thomas Vanek 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 18.50 8
C Jakub Klepis 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 9.30 6
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 20.10 7
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
C Marc Savard 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 19.00 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 7.40 6
L Donald Brashear 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
L Alexander Semin 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 7
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 22.10 7
D Bryan Muir 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
D Steve Eminger 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 2 21.40 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 20.30 8
D Ben Clymer 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17.50 6
D Brian Pothier 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 25.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 2 0 29 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 12.10 5
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 3 4 2 2 2 0 12.00 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 11.20 5
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.50 7
C Jerred Smithson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 7
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 12.00 7
C David Legwand 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 19.00 6
C Jason Arnott 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 21.20 7
L Ramzi Abid 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.00 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 12.00 6
L Scott Hartnell 1 0 2 4 0 1 4 -2 12.00 8
L Paul Kariya 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 8
D Shea Weber 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 10.40 6
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 27.30 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15.20 7
D Ryan Suter 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 -2 20.20 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 19 0 0 58.30 6
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Clark
2nd star: Thomas Vanek
3rd star: Jakub Klepis

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Brian Pothier has marked a new career high in points with 36 points.
-Brian Pothier notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Brian Pothier has marked a new career high in assists with 31 assists.
-Thomas Vanek scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Marc Savard had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Shea Weber notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jean-Pierre Dumont had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Ryan Suter ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 4( 27) , Milwaukee Admirals 0( 9)
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1-0 POR Eric Fehr (Chad Wiseman, Kris Beech)
2-0 POR Quintin Laing (Alexandre Giroux)
3-0 POR Jeff Schultz (Alexandre Giroux, Maxime Daigneault)
4-0 POR Travis Fuller (Chris Bourque)

Goalies: Maxime Daigneault - Pekka Rinne