Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, March 22, 2007 · RBC Center
CSN-DC · FS-CR
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 39–10.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Mike Commodore, Chris Clark, Erik Cole, Eric Staal and Andrew Ladd also scored.
Cam Ward made 4 saves on 4 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (42)Alexander Semin (31), Jiri Novotny (11)1–011:16 WSH
2nd period
Mike Commodore (6)Josef Vasicek (15), Justin Williams (31)1–104:01 CAR · 
Chris Clark (28)Alexander Semin (32), Brian Pothier (23)2–104:59 WSH · 
Erik Cole (26)Justin Williams (32), Scott Walker (26)2–212:38 CAR · - Alex Ovechkin (43)Alexandre Giroux (2), Jiri Novotny (12)3–217:54 WSH
3rd period
Eric Staal (27)Erik Cole (29), Cory Stillman (17)3–300:22 CAR
Andrew Ladd (9)Craig Adams (7), David Tanabe (11)3–401:52 CAR
Team stats
WSHCAR
1039
50%50%
1/11/5
124
3524
2012
810
77
Penalties
- 7:47 into the first period
Brian Pothier · hooking2 min - 14:10 into the first periodMilan Jurcina · hooking2 min
- 3:48 into the second period
Rod Brind'Amour · hooking2 min - 8:25 into the second periodAlexandre Giroux · high sticking2 min
- 10:42 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:10 into the third periodShaone Morrisonn · holding the stick2 min
- 14:17 into the third periodTim Gleason · roughing2 min
- 14:17 into the third periodChris Clark · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:18 |
| 13Jiri NovotnyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 15:50 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:52 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 39Alexandre GirouxL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 07:15 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 25:17 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:04 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:05 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 |
| 24Kris BeechC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 27Ben ClymerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:49 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:02 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:52 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:10 |
| 47Bryan MuirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:52 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:18 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | L | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 23:30 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 19:42 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 19:26 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 11:35 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 15:54 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:48 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:56 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:26 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:59 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:09 |
| 77Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:17 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:27 |
| 8Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 47John GrahameG | 6 | 3 | .500 |