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Capitals-Red Wings Summary

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Detroit              1 2 1--4         
Washington           0 1 0--1         
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FIRST PERIOD — Scoring: 1, Detroit, Brown 3 (power play) (Fedorov, Murphy), 10:30. Penalties: Eriksson, Det (interference), 7:17; Bondra, Was (Obstr interference), 9:12; C Johansson, Was (roughing), 11:01.

SECOND PERIOD —Scoring: 2, Detroit, M Lapointe 9 (Larionov, Rouse), 2:26. 3, Washington, Bellows 6 (Juneau, Oates), 7:49. 4, Detroit, Murphy 3 (power play) (Holmstrom, Fedorov), 11:46. Penalties: Maltby, Det (roughing), 9:13; Tinordi, Was (roughing), 9:13; Tikkanen, Was (goalie interference), 11:02; Larionov, Det (hooking), 12:41; Rouse, Det (high sticking), 16:07; Tinordi, Was (slashing), 19:53.

THIRD PERIOD — Scoring: 5, Detroit, Brown 4 (power play) (Kozlov, Eriksson), 1:32. Penalties: Fetisov, Det (interference), 13:08.

Shots on goal:
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Detroit             14 12 12--38
Washington           6 14 11--31
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Power-play Conversions: Det - 3 of 4, Was - 0 of 4. Goalies: Detroit, Osgood (31 shots, 30 saves; record: 16-6-0). Washington, Kolzig (38, 34; record: 12-8-0). A:00,000. Referee: B Mccreary. Linesmen: Broseker, Collins.
Thu Jun 11 11:51:54

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