Philadelphia Flyers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, February 24, 2009 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 37-35.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin, Claude Giroux, Scott Hartnell, Jeff Carter and Arron Asham.
Antero Niittymaki made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 33 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (16)Alex Ovechkin (35), Sergei Fedorov (18)0–101:48 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (44)Unassisted0–204:19 WSH
Claude Giroux (4)Mike Richards (38), Braydon Coburn (16)1–209:22 PHI · PPG
3rd period
Scott Hartnell (22)Joffrey Lupul (18), Jeff Carter (27)2–209:11 PHI
Jeff Carter (35)Joffrey Lupul (19), Scott Hartnell (23)3–210:36 PHI
Arron Asham (5)Glen Metropolit (10), Riley Cote (3)4–212:30 PHI
Team stats
PHIWSH
37Shots on goal35
43%Faceoff %57%
1/8Power play1/7
16Penalty minutes18
26Hits22
12Blocked shots15
19Giveaways17
5Takeaways20
Penalties
- 1st 01:44
Scottie Upshall · interference2 min - 1st 09:32
David Steckel · holding2 min - 1st 11:04Scott Hartnell · interference2 min
- 1st 12:17Simon Gagne · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 15:50John Erskine · slashing2 min
- 1st 18:20Michael Nylander · slashing2 min
- 2nd 00:19Scott Hartnell · slashing2 min
- 2nd 07:28Milan Jurcina · slashing2 min
- 2nd 09:13Alexander Semin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 11:32Matt Carle · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:21Scott Hartnell · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:21Donald Brashear · tripping2 min
- 2nd 17:12Jose Theodore · roughing2 min
- 3rd 01:45Simon Gagne · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:23Mike Knuble · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:01Eric Fehr · slashing2 min
- 3rd 18:43Alexander Semin · cross checking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 15Joffrey LupulL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 15:09 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:34 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 18:39 |
| 13Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:35 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 26:26 |
| 28Claude GirouxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:03 |
| 32Riley CoteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 02:42 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:07 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:53 |
| 9Scottie UpshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 12Simon GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:42 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 36Darroll PoweC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 |
| 6Randy JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:29 |
| 23Ossi VaananenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 09:20 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:59 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:31 |
| 77Ryan ParentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 60:00 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 25:12 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:34 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 14:27 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:09 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:45 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:18 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:17 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:28 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:17 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:02 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:54 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:32 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 30:55 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 37 | 33 | 4 | .892 | 60:00 |