Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, April 1, 2008 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 39–22.
Goals came from Matt Cooke, Brooks Laich, Scott Walker, Alexander Semin and Alex Ovechkin.
Cristobal Huet made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Matt Cooke (10)Mike Green (34), Sergei Fedorov (27)0–115:00 WSH
Brooks Laich (21)Tomas Fleischmann (20), Viktor Kozlov (36)0–219:01 WSH ·
2nd period
Scott Walker (13)Bret Hedican (14), Ryan Bayda (3)1–202:38 CAR
Alexander Semin (25)Mike Green (35), Sergei Fedorov (28)1–314:28 WSH ·
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (63)Nicklas Backstrom (53), Jeff Schultz (13)1–416:24 WSH
Team stats
CARWSH
2239
45%55%
0/42/9
2414
2129
1616
1117
810
Penalties
- 17:03 into the first period
Ray Whitney · hooking2 min - 3:33 into the second periodTuomo Ruutu · slashing2 min
- 9:15 into the second period
Milan Jurcina · interference2 min - 10:17 into the second periodJohn Erskine · high sticking2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodScott Walker · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 12:31 into the second periodTrevor Letowski · high sticking double minor4 min
- 13:03 into the second periodNiclas Wallin · roughing2 min
- 13:03 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · roughing2 min
- 19:25 into the second periodBret Hedican · roughing2 min
- 3:45 into the third periodMatt Cooke · holding2 min
- 12:26 into the third periodRyan Bayda · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 15:12 into the third periodRay Whitney · hooking2 min
- 15:29 into the third periodBench · abusive language2 min
- 15:29 into the third periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
- 15:48 into the third periodViktor Kozlov · holding2 min
- 19:39 into the third periodJeff Hamilton · high sticking double minor4 min
- 19:39 into the third periodBoyd Gordon · tripping2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 18Ryan BaydaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:27 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:59 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 03:48 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:47 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:21 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:53 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 19Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:03 |
| 37Keith AucoinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 51Jeff HamiltonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:06 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:07 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:21 |
| 42Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 17:24 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 8 | 27:05 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 24:01 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:13 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 14:02 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:26 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:30 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 08:27 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:15 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:02 |
| 14Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:58 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:34 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:08 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 27:13 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 05:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 38Cristobal HuetG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |