Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, March 1, 2009 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 6–2 on Sunday, March 1, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Panthers 34–33.
Goals came from Alexander Semin, Stephen Weiss, Bryan McCabe, Jay Bouwmeester, Richard Zednik, Jassen Cullimore, Michael Frolik and Alex Ovechkin.
Craig Anderson made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 13 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Semin (25)Brooks Laich (21)0–101:26 WSH · 
Stephen Weiss (11)Bryan McCabe (17), Michael Frolik (16)1–103:53 FLA · 
Bryan McCabe (12)Jay Bouwmeester (20)2–106:59 FLA · 
Jay Bouwmeester (13)Stephen Weiss (33), Bryan McCabe (18)3–114:19 FLA · 
Richard Zednik (13)Keith Ballard (21), Brett McLean (8)4–116:16 FLA
2nd period
Jassen Cullimore (2)Brett McLean (9), Stephen Weiss (34)5–110:24 FLA
3rd period
Michael Frolik (15)Bryan McCabe (19), Keith Ballard (22)6–107:20 FLA
Alex Ovechkin (46)Nicklas Backstrom (51), Milan Jurcina (10)6–219:38 WSH
Team stats
FLAWSH
3334
44%56%
3/61/2
917
1127
2715
1613
1212
Penalties
- 0:28 into the first period
Radek Dvorak · tripping2 min - 2:25 into the first period
Milan Jurcina · hooking2 min - 6:04 into the first periodTomas Fleischmann · hooking2 min
- 8:39 into the first periodJay Bouwmeester · hooking2 min
- 13:57 into the first periodNicklas Backstrom · holding2 min
- 3:38 into the second periodNick Tarnasky · fighting5 min
- 3:38 into the second periodMatt Bradley · fighting5 min
- 10:56 into the second periodJay Beagle · tripping2 min
- 16:29 into the second periodMike Green · high sticking2 min
- 8:29 into the third periodMike Green · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 24Bryan McCabeD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 7 | 23:18 |
| 9Stephen WeissC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 16:06 |
| 53Brett McLeanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:32 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 14:27 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 20:52 |
| 4Jay BouwmeesterD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 25:37 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 22Jassen CullimoreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:51 |
| 10David BoothL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:38 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:09 |
| 13Anthony StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:17 |
| 14Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:08 |
| 16Nathan HortonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 18Ville PeltonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 28Kamil KrepsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 74Nick TarnaskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:27 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 26:37 |
| 7Noah WelchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Craig AndersonG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20:38 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:52 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:43 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:08 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:34 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:37 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 09:12 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:29 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:29 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:37 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | 23:11 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 16 | 2 | .875 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |