Toronto Maple Leafs vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 3, 2009 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–4 on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Maple Leafs outshot the Capitals 31–27.
Alexander Semin scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Mike Knuble, Brooks Laich, Lee Stempniak, Brendan Morrison, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Mikhail Grabovski and Niklas Hagman also scored.
Semyon Varlamov made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jonas Gustavsson stopped 16 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alexander Semin (1)0–101:17 WSH
Mike Knuble (1)Chris Clark (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)0–209:12 WSH · 
Brooks Laich (1)Milan Jurcina (1), Brendan Morrison (1)0–313:53 WSH
2nd period
Lee Stempniak (1)Ian White (1), John Mitchell (1)1–304:23 TOR
Alexander Semin (1)John Erskine (1)1–405:27 WSH
Brendan Morrison (1)Mike Green (1), Brooks Laich (1)1–510:42 WSH- Alexander Semin (2)Alex Ovechkin (2), Nicklas Backstrom (2)1–616:02 WSH
3rd period
Alexei Ponikarovsky (1)Jeff Finger (1)2–602:04 TOR
Mikhail Grabovski (1)Luke Schenn (1), Alexei Ponikarovsky (1)3–605:18 TOR
Niklas Hagman (1)Mikhail Grabovski (1), Tomas Kaberle (1)4–617:57 TOR
Team stats
TORWSH
3127
45%55%
0/31/3
66
2224
1515
2013
713
Penalties
- 7:27 into the first period
Mike Komisarek · tripping2 min - 17:57 into the first period
Boyd Gordon · holding2 min - 11:23 into the second periodJamal Mayers · roughing2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodMike Green · interference2 min
- 10:12 into the third periodAlex Ovechkin · hooking2 min
- 15:01 into the third periodAlexei Ponikarovsky · hooking2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 15:46 |
| 9Niklas HagmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:09 |
| 12Lee StempniakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:20 |
| 39John MitchellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 17:59 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:31 |
| 4Jeff FingerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 7Ian WhiteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 20:52 |
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 21:40 |
| 14Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 18Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:47 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:31 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:47 |
| 45Viktor StalbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:45 |
| 51Rickard WallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:01 |
| 22Francois BeaucheminD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Vesa ToskalaG | 8 | 3 | .625 | |
| 50Jonas GustavssonG | L | 19 | 3 | .842 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 22:12 |
| 28Alexander SeminL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 19:50 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:27 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:20 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:44 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:23 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 24:18 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:30 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:19 |
| 34Boyd KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:33 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:54 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:07 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |