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Washington 2, Nashville 1

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	OT	T
WAS(50-24-8)	0	1	0	1	2
NSH(40-34-8)	1	0	0	0	1

Final

OT

8:00 PM ET, March 10, 2009

Sommet Center

Nashville, Tennessee

THREE STARS

D. Ellis
Predators (G )

Saves: 42
Save Pct.: .955

S. Fedorov
Capitals (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

N. Backstrom
Capitals (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: Sommet Center Location: Nashville, Tennessee	Referees: Bill McCreary, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 16,064 (93.9% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Washington

Nashville

Total Shots
	44
	28

PIM
	19
	21

Hits
	22
	26

Giveaways
	7
	11

Takeaways
	8
	15

Faceoffs Won
	39
	30

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
0:50		Ryan Suter (6) Assists: Shea Weber, Martin Erat	Nashville 1-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
12:27		Wade Belak: 5 Minutes for Fighting Donald Brashear
12:27		Donald Brashear: 5 Minutes for Fighting Wade Belak
12:30		Jordin Tootoo: 5 Minutes for Fighting Matt Bradley
12:30		Matt Bradley: 5 Minutes for Fighting Jordin Tootoo

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
18:39		Nicklas Backstrom (18) Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Viktor Kozlov	Game tied 1-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:18		Wade Belak: 5 Minutes for Fighting John Erskine
4:18		John Erskine: 5 Minutes for Fighting Wade Belak
9:26		Alex Ovechkin: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Martin Erat

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:41		Greg de Vries: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Boyd Gordon
9:22		Sergei Fedorov: 2 Minutes for Hooking Antti Pihlstrom
10:09		Dan Hamhuis: 2 Minutes for Hooking Brooks Laich
13:42		Jerred Smithson: 2 Minutes for Hooking Viktor Kozlov

OT Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:20		Sergei Fedorov (8) Assists: Viktor Kozlov, Alexander Semin	Washington 2-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
No penalties this period

Player Summary

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	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	23	23:57	3:20	0:00	20:37	9	15	37.5
M. Bradley RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	7	4:48	0:00	0:00	4:48	0	0	00.0
D. Brashear LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	3	2:04	0:00	0:00	2:04	0	0	00.0
J. Erskine D	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	5	3	0	0	23	16:39	0:00	0:46	15:53	0	0	00.0
S. Fedorov C	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	24	17:50	1:43	0:00	16:07	16	7	69.6
E. Fehr RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	12:21	0:00	0:00	12:19	0	0	00.0
T. Fleischmann C	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	24	18:06	1:24	0:32	16:10	0	0	00.0
B. Gordon C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	9:45	0:00	1:37	8:06	4	3	57.1
M. Green D	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	30	28:50	4:47	1:05	22:58	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	15:07	0:00	0:00	15:07	0	0	00.0
V. Kozlov RW	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	23	19:49	1:30	0:00	18:19	0	0	00.0
B. Laich C	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	24	17:22	2:14	1:14	13:54	4	0	100.0
S. Morrisonn D	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	27	16:54	0:00	1:05	15:49	0	0	00.0
A. Ovechkin LW	0	1	0	5	4	0	1	2	2	0	2	25	25:58	4:44	0:00	21:14	0	0	00.0
T. Poti D	0	0	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	28	22:04	0:00	1:42	20:22	0	0	00.0
J. Schultz D	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	26	19:44	0:03	0:56	18:45	0	0	00.0
A. Semin LW	0	1	1	8	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	26	21:32	4:10	0:56	16:26	0	0	00.0
D. Steckel C	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	16	12:30	0:00	1:15	11:13	6	5	54.5
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Nylander									Upper Body

Nashville Predators												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
J. Arnott C	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	16	11:15	0:54	0:00	10:21	5	9	35.7
W. Belak RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	6	2:08	0:00	0:00	2:08	0	0	00.0
G. de Vries D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	20	13:28	0:00	0:39	12:49	0	0	00.0
J. Dumont RW	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	27	18:39	0:54	0:00	17:45	0	0	00.0
M. Erat RW	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	28	20:26	1:41	0:37	18:08	1	0	100.0
V. Fiddler LW	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	26	14:34	0:12	2:07	12:15	6	7	46.2
D. Hamhuis D	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	3	2	30	25:08	1:41	3:05	20:22	0	0	00.0
K. Klein D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	19	12:44	0:00	0:00	12:44	0	0	00.0
D. Legwand C	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	32	26:27	1:41	2:22	22:13	11	11	50.0
S. Nichol C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	11	5:14	0:00	0:55	4:19	2	5	28.6
A. Pihlstrom LW	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	21	13:57	0:12	0:00	13:45	0	0	00.0
J. Smithson RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	29	12:54	0:12	1:05	11:37	5	7	41.7
S. Sullivan LW	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	19:06	0:54	0:17	17:55	0	0	00.0
R. Suter D	1	0	-1	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	26	23:56	1:06	1:03	21:47	0	0	00.0
J. Tootoo RW	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	5	4	0	0	20	13:27	0:54	0:00	12:33	0	0	00.0
J. Ward RW	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	29	21:14	1:41	2:11	17:22	0	0	00.0
S. Weber D	0	1	-1	2	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	30	24:40	1:49	0:55	21:56	0	0	00.0
G. Zanon D	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	30	24:03	0:04	3:52	20:07	0	0	00.0
Nashville Predators Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
P Rinne									Flu
V Koistinen									Healthy
R Bonk									Upper Body
R Jones									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. Theodore	28	1	27	.964	62:20	0

Nashville Predators Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
D. Ellis	44	2	42	.955	62:20	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
Washington	13	10	17	4	44
Nashville	10	9	8	1	28

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

Tuesday, March 10th

Calgary	2	Final
New Jersey	3

Buffalo	2	Final
Philadelphia	5

Boston	0	Final
Columbus	2

Phoenix	2	Final
Detroit	3	OT

Edmonton	3	Final
Montreal	4	OT

Florida	3	Final
Pittsburgh	4	SO

NY Islanders	2	Final
Toronto	3	OT

Washington	2	Final
Nashville	1	OT

San Jose	5	Final
Minnesota	4	OT

Dallas	2	Final
St. Louis	5

Atlanta	3	Final
Colorado	0

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Washington 2, Nashville 1

Final

OT

NHL Scores

Tuesday, March 10th