Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, March 3, 2009 · Verizon Center

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5–2

Final

SOG 30–41

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 41-30.

Patrick Eaves scored twice. Eric Staal, Matt Cullen, Chad LaRose, Alexander Semin and Sergei Fedorov also scored.

Cam Ward made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 25 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CAR	1	4	0	5	30
WSH	0	1	1	2	41

Scoring

1st period

Eric Staal (28)Unassisted1–019:25 CAR

2nd period

Matt Cullen (20)Tim Gleason (11)2–003:52 CAR · SHG
Patrick Eaves (4)Matt Cullen (13), Chad LaRose (9)3–007:42 CAR · SHG
Chad LaRose (14)Ray Whitney (34), Matt Cullen (14)4–016:24 CAR
Patrick Eaves (5)Ray Whitney (35), Dennis Seidenberg (19)5–018:05 CAR · PPG
Alexander Semin (26)Alex Ovechkin (37), Sergei Fedorov (20)5–119:57 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Sergei Fedorov (7)Alexander Semin (35), Shaone Morrisonn (8)5–218:14 WSH

Team stats

CARWSH

30Shots on goal41

46%Faceoff %54%

1/5Power play1/4

10Penalty minutes10

28Hits25

19Blocked shots8

8Giveaways28

12Takeaways17

Penalties

1st 02:44Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 09:40Joe Corvo · interference2 min
2nd 03:37Joni Pitkanen · boarding2 min
2nd 07:10Rod Brind'Amour · tripping2 min
2nd 07:57Brooks Laich · holding the stick2 min
2nd 16:40John Erskine · roughing2 min
2nd 19:48Ray Whitney · holding2 min
3rd 04:25Brooks Laich · tripping2 min
3rd 18:40Mike Green · hooking2 min
3rd 19:55Rod Brind'Amour · hooking2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

8Matt CullenC	1	2	3	+2	1	0	0	0	41	18:25
13Ray WhitneyL	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	–	17:36
44Patrick EavesR	2	0	2	+1	3	3	1	0	–	16:11
59Chad LaRoseR	1	1	2	+1	3	2	3	0	33	18:19
12Eric StaalC	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	36	23:03
4Dennis SeidenbergD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	4	0	–	21:17
6Tim GleasonD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	18:20
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	19:11
15Tuomo RuutuL	0	0	0	0	5	7	2	0	100	21:10
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	61	17:25
20Michael RyanC	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	–	12:32
24Scott WalkerR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	02:53
63Dwight HelminenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	04:05
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	+1	0	5	2	0	–	16:08
25Joni PitkanenD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	–	17:44
33Anton BabchukD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	23:58
38Tim ConboyD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	03:17
77Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	–	22:12

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cam WardG	W	41	39	2	.951	60:00
49Michael LeightonG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

28Alexander SeminR	1	1	2	-1	6	0	0	0	–	22:46
91Sergei FedorovC	1	1	2	-2	1	2	0	0	47	17:14
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	-2	6	2	0	0	–	24:10
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	–	19:16
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:23
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	17:40
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	60	12:27
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	12:24
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	65	19:26
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	4	20	14:39
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	15:13
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	67	13:01
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	04:12
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	–	13:57
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	15:09
44Staffan KronwallD	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	13:29
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	-3	8	2	1	2	–	27:53
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	21:07

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG	L	30	25	5	.833	59:49
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–