Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Saturday, March 21, 2009 · RBC Center

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1–4

32–30

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Saturday, March 21, 2009 at RBC Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 32–30.

Goals came from Rod Brind'Amour, Mike Green, Joni Pitkanen, Anton Babchuk and Joe Corvo.

Cam Ward made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 26 of 29.

Goals
WSH	0	1	0	1	32
CAR	0	1	3	4	30

Scoring

2nd period

Rod Brind'Amour (13)Jussi Jokinen (16), Sergei Samsonov (30)0–103:53 CAR
Mike Green (28)Nicklas Backstrom (57), Alex Ovechkin (44)1–119:26 WSH

3rd period

Joni Pitkanen (7)Eric Staal (31), Chad LaRose (12)1–204:42 CAR
Anton Babchuk (12)Dennis Seidenberg (22), Ray Whitney (44)1–313:43 CAR
Joe Corvo (14)Unassisted1–419:01 CAR · ·

Team stats

WSHCAR

3230

50%50%

0/30/4

1412

2624

1310

34

89

Penalties

3:04 into the first periodMatt Bradley · interference2 min
12:41 into the first periodNicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
19:22 into the first periodJoni Pitkanen · cross checking2 min
9:45 into the second periodShaone Morrisonn · interference2 min
2:28 into the third periodRod Brind'Amour · hooking2 min
5:31 into the third periodMike Green · high sticking2 min
9:44 into the third periodJussi Jokinen · hooking2 min
9:44 into the third periodTomas Fleischmann · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
12:09 into the third periodTim Gleason · roughing2 min
12:09 into the third periodAlexander Semin · roughing2 min
17:08 into the third periodJoni Pitkanen · high sticking2 min
17:08 into the third periodMike Green · roughing2 min
18:13 into the third periodRod Brind'Amour · boarding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	−1	7	4	0	0	75	23:56
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	2	46	21:27
52Mike GreenD	1	0	1	−1	2	0	2	4	–	23:02
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	–	08:42
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	2	100	12:49
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	10:52
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	67	19:05
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	13:58
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	−1	4	0	1	2	–	18:38
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	38	11:33
56Chris BourqueL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	05:04
91Sergei FedorovC	0	0	0	−2	1	1	1	0	41	16:07
92Michael NylanderC	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	67	10:09
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	−1	0	3	0	0	–	16:30
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0	–	22:04
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	−2	4	3	1	0	–	16:28
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	2	2	–	16:34
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	19:57

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
40Semyon VarlamovG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	L	29	26	3	.897	59:05

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

12Eric StaalC	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	52	24:31
13Ray WhitneyL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	16:31
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	100	14:06
17Rod Brind'AmourC	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	4	50	17:49
36Jussi JokinenL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	–	13:54
59Chad LaRoseR	0	1	1	+1	3	3	0	0	–	16:50
4Dennis SeidenbergD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	19:29
25Joni PitkanenD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	4	–	24:31
33Anton BabchukD	1	0	1	+3	4	0	1	0	–	19:57
77Joe CorvoD	1	0	1	0	5	3	0	0	–	23:57
8Matt CullenC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	44	08:14
15Tuomo RuutuL	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	–	18:23
26Erik ColeL	0	0	0	−1	2	2	1	0	–	23:26
44Patrick EavesR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	06:29
63Dwight HelminenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	04:11
6Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	+1	1	4	1	2	–	18:10
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	14:08
38Tim ConboyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:37

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
30Cam WardG	W	32	31	1	.969	60:00
49Michael LeightonG		0	0	0	–	–