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Colorado 4, Washington 1

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	1	2	3	T
COL(32-45-5)	1	1	2	4
WAS(50-24-8)	1	0	0	1

Final

7:00 PM ET, February 20, 2009

Verizon Center

Washington, DC

THREE STARS

A. Foote
Avalanche (D )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

R. Smyth
Avalanche (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 2

R. Salei
Avalanche (D )

Goals: 0
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: Verizon Center Location: Washington, DC	Referees: Kerry Fraser, Gord Dwyer Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Michel Cormier
Attendance: 18,277 (97.9% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Colorado

Washington

Total Shots
	25
	29

PIM
	6
	10

Hits
	16
	21

Giveaways
	9
	16

Takeaways
	11
	10

Faceoffs Won
	24
	36

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
10:27		Ryan Smyth (20) Assists: Adam Foote	Colorado 1-0
19:45		Nicklas Backstrom (15) Assists: Tomas Fleischmann, Eric Fehr	Game tied 1-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
15:07		Tom Poti: 2 Minutes for Interference of Ben Guite
16:12		Milan Jurcina: 2 Minutes for Tripping Chris Stewart
16:55		Ruslan Salei: 2 Minutes for Hooking Dave Steckel

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
7:46		Adam Foote (1) Assists: Milan Hejduk, Ryan Smyth	Colorado 2-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
16:32		Michael Nylander: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Marek Svatos

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
3:33		Tyler Arnason (5) Assists: Marek Svatos	Colorado 3-1
12:36		Wojtek Wolski (13) Assists: Ryan Smyth, Brett Clark	Colorado 4-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
6:19		Jeff Schultz: 2 Minutes for Hooking Marek Svatos
7:55		Brett Clark: 2 Minutes for Tripping Alexander Semin
19:06		Wojtek Wolski: 2 Minutes for Roughing Nicklas Backstrom
19:06		Nicklas Backstrom: 2 Minutes for Interference of Wojtek Wolski

Player Summary

Colorado Avalanche												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
T. Arnason C	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	20	12:14	1:38	0:00	10:36	4	9	30.8
B. Clark D	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1	2	2	0	3	29	23:45	1:47	0:43	21:15	0	0	00.0
A. Foote D	1	1	4	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	30	22:09	0:12	1:40	20:17	0	0	00.0
B. Guite RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	26	17:02	0:00	0:56	16:06	11	8	57.9
S. Hannan D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	22:37	0:55	0:40	21:02	0	0	00.0
M. Hejduk RW	0	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	20:09	3:58	1:19	14:52	0	2	00.0
I. Laperriere C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	27	15:25	0:00	0:43	14:42	2	1	66.7
J. Leopold D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	13:29	2:06	0:39	10:44	0	0	00.0
C. McCormick C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	14:53	0:00	0:00	14:53	0	0	00.0
C. McLeod LW	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	11:10	0:33	0:00	10:37	0	0	00.0
R. Salei D	0	0	3	1	2	4	1	2	2	0	1	32	25:19	3:28	0:56	20:55	0	0	00.0
R. Smyth LW	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	23	17:03	3:58	0:00	13:05	3	3	50.0
C. Stewart RW	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	19	13:51	1:16	0:00	12:35	0	0	00.0
M. Svatos RW	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	11:48	2:23	0:00	9:25	0	0	00.0
D. Tjarnqvist D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	15	10:08	0:00	0:00	10:08	0	0	00.0
D. Tucker RW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	18	12:27	1:26	0:00	11:01	0	0	00.0
B. Willsie RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	11:26	0:00	0:40	10:46	2	6	25.0
W. Wolski LW	1	0	3	3	1	0	1	2	0	2	2	23	20:11	4:08	1:00	14:38	2	7	22.2
Colorado Avalanche Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
D Campbell									Healthy
T Hensick									Healthy

Washington Capitals												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
N. Backstrom C	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	22	21:42	1:36	1:05	19:01	9	5	64.3
M. Bradley RW	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	9	7:55	0:00	0:00	7:55	0	0	00.0
D. Brashear LW	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	6:28	0:00	0:00	6:28	0	0	00.0
S. Fedorov C	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	16:17	1:31	0:00	14:46	7	6	53.8
E. Fehr RW	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	1	15	13:51	0:00	0:00	13:51	0	0	00.0
T. Fleischmann C	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	14:48	0:42	0:46	13:20	0	2	00.0
B. Gordon C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	13:31	0:00	3:00	10:31	6	2	75.0
M. Green D	0	0	-2	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	27	28:11	2:04	3:08	22:59	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	23	13:50	0:06	1:03	12:41	0	0	00.0
S. Kronwall D	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	18	13:50	0:00	0:00	13:50	0	0	00.0
B. Laich C	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	15	14:29	0:00	2:20	12:09	2	1	66.7
S. Morrisonn D	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	26	21:28	0:00	2:32	18:56	0	0	00.0
M. Nylander C	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	10	8:14	0:43	0:00	7:31	3	6	33.3
A. Ovechkin LW	0	0	-1	5	2	0	0	0	5	1	2	19	23:31	2:19	0:00	21:12	0	0	00.0
T. Poti D	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	28	20:41	0:15	2:17	18:09	0	0	00.0
J. Schultz D	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1	2	0	1	2	22	16:36	0:10	1:29	14:57	0	0	00.0
A. Semin LW	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	22:30	2:09	1:10	19:11	0	1	00.0
D. Steckel C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	13:14	0:00	2:39	10:35	9	1	90.0
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
J Erskine									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Colorado Avalanche Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
A. Raycroft	29	1	28	.966	60:00	0

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. Theodore	25	4	21	.84	60:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Colorado	12	8	5	25
Washington	8	8	13	29

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Colorado	0 of 0
Washington	0 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Friday, February 20th

Tampa Bay	1	Final
Carolina	4

Colorado	4	Final
Washington	1

Anaheim	2	Final
Detroit	5

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Colorado 4, Washington 1

Final

NHL Scores

Friday, February 20th