NHL Toronto @ Washington (Dec 9, 2011) - sportsnet.ca

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Final	1	2	3	T
Toronto Maple Leafs	0	1	1	2
Washington Capitals	1	2	1	4

- Location:
  
  Verizon Center
  Washington, District of Columbia
- Attendance:
  
  18,506
- Referees:
  
  Mike Hasenfratz, Francois St. Laurent
- Linesmen:
  
  Pierre Racicot, Dan Schachte

Three Stars

Dennis Wideman D, Washington Goals: 3 Assists: 1
Nicklas Backstrom C, Washington Goals: 1 Assists: 2
Alex Ovechkin LW, Washington Goals: 0 Assists: 1

1st Period

Time	Team	Scoring	Score
12:33		Dennis Wideman (power-play) Assists: Knuble, Backstrom	1-0 Washington

Time	Team	Penalty
04:35		Joel Ward: 2 minutes for Closing Hand on Puck
12:00		Jake Gardiner: 2 minutes for Slashing
17:22		Jason Chimera: 2 minutes for Roughing
17:22		Luke Schenn: 2 minutes for Roughing

2nd Period

Time	Team	Scoring	Score
01:49		Dennis Wideman (power-play) Assists: Laich, Ovechkin	2-0 Washington
12:52		Phil Kessel Assists: Lupul, Bozak	2-1 Washington
18:50		Nicklas Backstrom (power-play) Assists: Semin, Wideman	3-1 Washington

Time	Team	Penalty
01:38		2 minutes for Too many men
10:30		Alexander Semin: 2 minutes for Hooking
16:51		Colby Armstrong: 2 minutes for High-sticking
18:12		Joey Crabb: 2 minutes for Boarding

3rd Period

Time	Team	Scoring	Score
13:16		Cody Franson Unassisted	3-2 Washington
18:41		Dennis Wideman (power-play) Assists: Backstrom, Carlson	4-2 Washington

Time	Team	Penalty
10:13		John-Michael Liles: 2 minutes for Interference
17:46		Joey Crabb: 2 minutes for High-sticking
19:45		Dion Phaneuf: 2 minutes for Roughing
19:45		John Carlson: 2 minutes for Roughing

Toronto skaters

Player	POS	G	A	PTS	+/-	SH	PIM	SHF	MINS	FOW	FOL
Phil Kessel	RW	1	0	1	+1	4	0	21	19:18	0	0
Cody Franson	D	1	0	1	+1	2	0	24	17:16	0	0
Tyler Bozak	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	20	19:01	7	8
Joffrey Lupul	LW	0	1	1	+2	2	0	20	17:34	0	0
Joey Crabb	RW	0	0	0	0	1	4	12	7:48	0	0
Nikolai Kulemin	LW	0	0	0	+1	1	0	18	15:22	0	0
James Reimer	G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59:04	0	0
Luke Schenn	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	27	18:41	0	0
Jake Gardiner	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	32	22:59	0	0
Carl Gunnarsson	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	25	18:03	0	0
Tim Connolly	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	15:05	7	6
Mikhail Grabovski	C	0	0	0	+1	3	0	19	18:10	8	6
Clarke MacArthur	LW	0	0	0	0	3	0	17	15:50	0	0
Philippe Dupuis	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	9:29	1	0
John-Michael Liles	D	0	0	0	+1	1	2	26	18:58	0	0
Dion Phaneuf	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	30	24:19	0	0
Dave Steckel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	9:53	6	7
Colby Armstrong	RW	0	0	0	0	1	2	16	12:20	0	0
Matt Frattin	RW	0	0	0	0	2	0	14	10:57	0	0

Washington skaters

Player	POS	G	A	PTS	+/-	SH	PIM	SHF	MINS	FOW	FOL
Dennis Wideman	D	3	1	4	-1	4	0	30	25:47	0	0
Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	2	3	0	4	0	26	20:54	12	10
Brooks Laich	C	0	1	1	-1	1	0	28	21:17	5	3
Alexander Semin	RW	0	1	1	-1	0	2	20	15:42	0	0
John Carlson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	26	25:28	0	0
Mike Knuble	RW	0	1	1	-1	2	0	16	11:12	0	0
Alex Ovechkin	LW	0	1	1	-1	8	0	22	20:42	0	0
Mathieu Perreault	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	6:23	2	2
Marcus Johansson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	19	15:50	4	6
Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	5:50	0	0
Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	26	22:31	0	0
Joel Ward	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2	20	12:57	0	0
Troy Brouwer	RW	0	0	0	-1	1	0	25	17:39	0	0
Roman Hamrlik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15:05	0	0
Jason Chimera	LW	0	0	0	0	2	2	23	15:54	0	0
John Erskine	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	10:09	0	0
Jeff Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	14:38	4	8
Tomas Vokoun	G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0	0
Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	19	15:47	0	0

Toronto goalies

Player	SHA	GA	SV	SV%	MINS
Jonas Gustavsson	0	0	0	.000	0:00
James Reimer	25	4	21	.840	59:04

Washington goalies

Player	SHA	GA	SV	SV%	MINS
Michal Neuvirth	0	0	0	.000	0:00
Tomas Vokoun	28	2	26	.929	60:00

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