Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Wednesday, November 12, 2008 · RBC Center

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5–1

Final

SOG 37–27

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at RBC Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 37-27.

Alexander Semin scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Scott Walker, Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	3	1	1	5	37
CAR	1	0	0	1	27

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (4)Alexander Semin (12)1–005:11 WSH
Alexander Semin (12)Mike Green (6), Nicklas Backstrom (7)2–010:32 WSH
Scott Walker (2)Joni Pitkanen (4), Rod Brind'Amour (6)2–111:51 CAR · PPG
Mike Green (6)Alexander Semin (13), Nicklas Backstrom (8)3–114:25 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Alexander Semin (13)Alex Ovechkin (8), Nicklas Backstrom (9)4–110:04 WSH

3rd period

Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (9), Alexander Semin (14)5–108:36 WSH

Team stats

WSHCAR

37Shots on goal27

54%Faceoff %46%

1/5Power play1/7

14Penalty minutes10

18Hits27

18Blocked shots16

2Giveaways4

9Takeaways20

Penalties

1st 07:00Milan Jurcina · holding2 min
1st 11:46Milan Jurcina · delaying game puck over glass2 min
1st 13:01Ryan Bayda · hooking2 min
1st 16:02Boyd Gordon · slashing2 min
1st 16:44Alexander Semin · hooking2 min
2nd 01:56Scott Walker · holding2 min
2nd 07:38Alexander Semin · hooking2 min
2nd 11:41Milan Jurcina · roughing2 min
2nd 16:36Niclas Wallin · hooking2 min
3rd 02:11John Erskine · tripping2 min
3rd 02:36Joe Corvo · hooking2 min
3rd 11:20Niclas Wallin · hooking2 min

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