Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 6, 2007 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2–0 on Saturday, October 6, 2007 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 33–23.
Goals came from Alex Ovechkin and Milan Jurcina.
Olie Kolzig made 23 saves on 23 shots for the win; John Grahame stopped 31 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Viktor Kozlov (1), John Erskine (1)0–114:24 WSH
2nd period
Milan Jurcina (1)Alexander Semin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)0–205:00 WSH ·
Team stats
CARWSH
2333
50%50%
0/41/4
88
2226
1116
1418
615
Penalties
- 3:34 into the first period
Justin Williams · boarding2 min - 10:21 into the first period
Brooks Laich · hooking2 min - 14:59 into the first periodNiclas Wallin · high sticking double minor4 min
- 4:12 into the second periodJustin Williams · hooking2 min
- 10:21 into the second periodChris Clark · tripping2 min
- 19:30 into the second periodJohn Erskine · tripping2 min
- 8:35 into the third periodMike Green · hooking2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:10 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:40 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:41 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:53 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:43 |
| 19Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:18 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:01 |
| 51Jeff HamiltonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 13:53 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:01 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:10 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:48 |
| 42Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 47John GrahameG | L | 33 | 2 | .939 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 19:04 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:34 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:27 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:43 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 18Matt PettingerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:51 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:27 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:14 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:24 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:00 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:26 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:05 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 23 | 0 | 1.000 |