Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 7, 2006 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC (HD) · FS-CR
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5–2 on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 35–27.
Alexander Semin scored a hat trick and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Andrew Ladd and Niclas Wallin also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Semin (2)Chris Clark (2)0–112:38 WSH
2nd period
Andrew Ladd (1)Tim Gleason (1), Justin Williams (2)1–101:40 CAR · 
Niclas Wallin (1)Scott Walker (1), Eric Belanger (1)2–105:21 CAR- Alexander Semin (3)Brian Pothier (2), Rico Fata (1)2–209:11 WSH
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Chris Clark (3)2–308:03 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (2)Brian Pothier (3), Chris Clark (4)2–413:03 WSH ·
- Alexander Semin (4)Kris Beech (2), Brian Pothier (4)2–517:13 WSH ·
Team stats
CARWSH
2735
55%45%
1/52/8
2014
1929
2112
1215
78
Penalties
- 1:18 into the first period
Brian Pothier · holding2 min - 7:22 into the first period
Mike Commodore · high sticking2 min - 8:04 into the first periodDainius Zubrus · hooking2 min
- 14:01 into the first periodRay Whitney · hooking2 min
- 18:23 into the first periodChris Clark · hooking2 min
- 1:04 into the second periodDainius Zubrus · tripping2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodNiclas Wallin · hooking2 min
- 8:17 into the third periodErik Cole · slashing2 min
- 12:03 into the third periodJustin Williams · interference2 min
- 14:40 into the third periodTim Gleason · kneeing2 min
- 14:40 into the third periodTim Gleason · roughing2 min
- 14:40 into the third periodChris Clark · roughing2 min
- 15:24 into the third periodErik Cole · slashing2 min
- 15:24 into the third periodEric Staal · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:17 into the third periodScott Walker · roughing2 min
- 19:17 into the third periodDonald Brashear · holding2 min
- 19:17 into the third periodDonald Brashear · roughing2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:54 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:48 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 15:25 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 13:45 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 23:08 |
| 8Tim GleasonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 21:38 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:24 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:28 |
| 19Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:03 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:10 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:14 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:11 |
| 48Anton BabchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 21:14 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 13:35 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 26:29 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 15 | 21:41 |
| 22Rico FataL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:52 |
| 24Kris BeechC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:01 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:57 |
| 16Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:07 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:11 |
| 27Ben ClymerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:18 |
| 38Jakub KlepisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:16 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 09:22 |
| 6Jamie HewardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:21 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:29 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:30 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |