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3/6/2012
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Nashville Predators 4 , Washington Capitals 3
Shots: 25 - 29
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:70/84=83 %, Challenges:22/26=81 %
PP: 1 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:85/93=91 %, Challenges:35/43=79 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 503372 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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04:54 1-0 Scottie Upshall [4] (Cody Franson, Ryan Ellis)
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21:27 1-1 Mike Green [6] (Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin)PP
27:28 2-1 Ryan Ellis [3] (Sergei Gonchar, Sergei Kostitsyn)
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41:19 2-2 Marcus Johansson [8] (Nino Niederreiter, Jason Arnott)
46:03 2-3 Evgeni Malkin [12] (Alexander Ovechkin, Mike Green)
50:58 3-3 Ryan Suter [3] (Shane McColgan, Colin Wilson)PP
54:12 4-3 Sergei Gonchar [2] (Colin Wilson, Shane McColgan)
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Penalty summary:
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01:21 Ryan Ellis (2 min for cross-checking)
05:48 Shane McColgan (2 min for hooking)
08:54 Mikkel Boedker (5 min for high-sticking)
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21:05 Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for hooking)
23:29 Patric Hörnqvist (2 min for tripping)
39:07 Scottie Upshall (2 min for hooking)
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49:04 Dennis Wideman (2 min for hooking)
51:31 Chris Bourque (2 min for slashing)
56:39 Tom Poti (2 min for high-sticking)
59:26 Dennis Wideman (2 min for roughing)
59:26 Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for roughing)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jared Boll 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16.10 6
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 13.30 7
R Patric Hörnqvist 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 9.20 7
R Shane McColgan 0 2 2 3 0 0 2 -1 21.00 8
R Scottie Upshall 1 0 3 3 1 1 2 1 7.00 8
C Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 14.00 7
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.20 6
C Colin Wilson 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 8
L Joel Ward 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.20 7
L Mikkel Boedker 0 0 1 4 1 0 5 0 13.00 7
L Martin Erat 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 10.20 7
L Steve Sullivan 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Jonathon Blum 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 14.50 6
D Ryan Ellis 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 18.10 8
D Ryan Suter 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 28.10 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 25.50 7
D Sergei Gonchar 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 15.50 8
D Cody Franson 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 17.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pekka Rinne 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Mark Dekanich 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Bourque 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 8.20 5
R Matt Bradley 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 13.10 6
R Nino Niederreiter 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 18.00 6
C Matt Duchene 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 21.20 6
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 8.20 4
L Victor Ohman 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.30 7
C Jason Arnott 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
C Evgeni Malkin 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 21.30 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 8.20 5
L Evgeny Kuznetsov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
C Marcus Johansson 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 25.40 8
D John Erskine 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.30 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19.50 8
D Mike Green 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 -2 29.00 8
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 10.10 6
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 22.30 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Semyon Varlamov 4 0 21 0 0 59.20 5
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Ellis
2nd star: Sergei Gonchar
3rd star: Shane McColgan

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Sergei Kostitsyn notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Martin Erat had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Ryan Ellis finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Sergei Gonchar finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
Other notes: