Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, January 18, 2007 · RBC Center
CSN-DC · FS-CR
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5–2 on Thursday, January 18, 2007 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 36–30.
Chris Clark scored twice and Alexander Semin scored twice. Erik Cole, Eric Staal and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; John Grahame stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Clark (18)Unassisted1–013:00 WSH
2nd period
Alexander Semin (26)Dainius Zubrus (24)2–011:28 WSH ·
3rd period
Erik Cole (21)Mike Commodore (14), Eric Belanger (12)2–102:00 CAR- Alexander Semin (27)Donald Brashear (5), Jamie Heward (6)3–109:33 WSH
Eric Staal (20)Ray Whitney (34), Glen Wesley (7)3–212:07 CAR- Chris Clark (19)Matt Pettinger (12), Boyd Gordon (11)4–219:00 WSH ·
Alex Ovechkin (29)Shaone Morrisonn (6)5–219:20 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHCAR
3036
43%57%
1/30/3
66
3334
1512
1115
47
Penalties
- 9:26 into the first period
Justin Williams · diving2 min - 15:40 into the first period
Steve Eminger · slashing2 min - 9:13 into the second periodGlen Wesley · interference2 min
- 11:24 into the second periodAnton Babchuk · hooking2 min
- 14:13 into the second periodBrian Sutherby · hooking2 min
- 17:09 into the second periodLawrence Nycholat · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Chris ClarkR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 21:24 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17:17 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 20:40 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:06 |
| 18Matt PettingerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:11 |
| 6Jamie HewardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 24:29 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:26 |
| 16Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:42 |
| 24Kris BeechC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:36 |
| 27Ben ClymerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 13:28 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 3Lawrence NycholatD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 25:00 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 20:02 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:38 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:32 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:49 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:22 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 17:54 |
| 19Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:00 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:18 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:35 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 26:39 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:43 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 23:09 |
| 48Anton BabchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 47John GrahameG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |