Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Tuesday, October 6, 2009 · Wachovia Center
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Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 6–5 in overtime on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at Wachovia Center. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 41–36.
Mike Richards scored a hat trick, Alex Ovechkin scored twice and Alexander Semin scored twice. Kimmo Timonen, Brendan Morrison, Scott Hartnell and Daniel Brière also scored.
Ray Emery made 31 saves on 36 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 14 of 16.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Mike Richards (1)Matt Carle (1), Chris Pronger (1)0–101:37 PHI · 
Alex Ovechkin (1)Matt Bradley (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)1–102:44 WSH
Kimmo Timonen (1)Matt Carle (2), Simon Gagne (1)1–204:33 PHI- Alex Ovechkin (2)Nicklas Backstrom (2)2–207:33 WSH
Alexander Semin (1)Mike Green (1), Shaone Morrisonn (1)3–212:26 WSH- Mike Richards (2)Matt Carle (3)3–313:49 PHI ·
- Mike Richards (3)Matt Carle (4)3–414:07 PHI
3rd period
- Alexander Semin (2)Nicklas Backstrom (3), Alex Ovechkin (1)4–408:18 WSH ·
Brendan Morrison (1)Matt Bradley (2), Brooks Laich (1)5–409:32 WSH
Scott Hartnell (1)Braydon Coburn (1), Kimmo Timonen (1)5–515:45 PHI ·
Overtime
Daniel Brière (1)Kimmo Timonen (2), Jeff Carter (1)5–603:52 PHI
Team stats
WSHPHI
3641
52%48%
1/53/9
2317
1121
1412
1317
713
Penalties
- 3:46 into the first period
Darroll Powe · tripping2 min - 7:43 into the first periodIan Laperriere · fighting5 min
- 7:43 into the first period
Matt Bradley · fighting5 min - 10:34 into the first periodDarroll Powe · interference2 min
- 13:45 into the first periodChris Clark · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 18:06 into the first periodDaniel Brière · high sticking2 min
- 0:46 into the second periodMike Green · cross checking2 min
- 2:53 into the second periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
- 3:17 into the second periodChris Pronger · hooking2 min
- 4:33 into the second periodJohn Erskine · high sticking2 min
- 9:20 into the second periodMilan Jurcina · holding2 min
- 13:38 into the second periodBrooks Laich · interference2 min
- 16:44 into the second periodJohn Erskine · holding2 min
- 3:28 into the third periodBoyd Kane · hooking2 min
- 6:58 into the third periodJeff Carter · hooking2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodBoyd Gordon · holding2 min
- 19:06 into the third periodKimmo Timonen · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 22:54 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 20:54 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 10:38 |
| 28Alexander SeminL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21:09 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:19 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:25 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:43 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 28:23 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:49 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 11:19 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 16:45 |
| 34Boyd KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:53 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:56 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:35 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 23:26 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:38 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:04 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | 25 | 4 | .840 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | O | 16 | 2 | .875 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 3 | 20:09 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 22:27 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 25:34 |
| 12Simon GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:52 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:02 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 18:49 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 27:26 |
| 20Chris ProngerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:44 |
| 11Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:18 |
| 13Daniel CarcilloL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:44 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 21James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 06:26 |
| 27Mika PyoralaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:12 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 36Darroll PoweC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 08:44 |
| 26Danny SyvretD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:09 |
| 77Ryan ParentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Ray EmeryG | W | 36 | 5 | .861 |
| 33Brian BoucherG | 0 | 0 | – |