Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, February 23, 2008 · RBC Center
XM 205 · CSN-DC+ · FS-CR
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 42–34.
Matt Cullen scored twice. Mike Green, Alexander Semin, Erik Cole, Brooks Laich, Eric Staal, Andrew Ladd and Joe Corvo also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Green (16)Alex Ovechkin (31)1–006:06 WSH
Matt Cullen (10)Ray Whitney (33), Joe Corvo (24)1–113:24 CAR · 
Alexander Semin (18)Alex Ovechkin (32), Tomas Fleischmann (17)2–116:13 WSH ·
2nd period
- Matt Cullen (11)Erik Cole (23), Joe Corvo (25)2–203:43 CAR ·
Erik Cole (15)Eric Staal (27), Ray Whitney (34)2–305:56 CAR · 
Brooks Laich (11)Alex Ovechkin (33), Mike Green (24)3–308:47 WSH · 
Eric Staal (30)Sergei Samsonov (12), Tim Conboy (3)3–416:39 CAR
3rd period
Andrew Ladd (9)Tim Conboy (4), Sergei Samsonov (13)3–503:50 CAR
Joe Corvo (7)Eric Staal (28), Matt Cullen (32)3–607:44 CAR ·
Team stats
WSHCAR
3442
50%50%
2/44/7
1913
2024
1418
24
613
Penalties
- 11:47 into the first period
Wade Brookbank · fighting5 min - 11:47 into the first period
Donald Brashear · fighting5 min - 12:01 into the first periodMike Green · roughing2 min
- 15:26 into the first periodAndrew Ladd · slashing2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodSami Lepisto · hooking2 min
- 19:16 into the first periodShaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
- 1:46 into the second periodTomas Fleischmann · hooking2 min
- 5:21 into the second periodTom Poti · cross checking2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodTim Gleason · interference2 min
- 12:31 into the second periodAndrew Ladd · tripping2 min
- 1:16 into the third periodErik Cole · high sticking2 min
- 6:34 into the third periodViktor Kozlov · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.