Nashville Predators vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, October 17, 2009 · Verizon Center

NashvillePredatorsAway

2–3

24–35

WashingtonCapitalsHome

CSN-DC (HD)

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators 3–2 in a shootout on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Predators 35–24.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Shea Weber and J-P Dumont also scored.

Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Dan Ellis stopped 33 of 35.

Goals
NSH	0	2	0	0	0	2	24
WSH	2	0	0	0	0	3	35

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (1)Mike Green (1), Mike Knuble (1)0–105:27 WSH ·
Alex Ovechkin (2)Brendan Morrison (1), Mike Knuble (2)0–218:15 WSH

2nd period

Shea Weber (1)Patric Hornqvist (1), Marcel Goc (1)1–214:29 NSH
J-P Dumont (1)Unassisted2–216:04 NSH

Shootout

Alex OvechkinUnassisted2–400:00 WSH

Team stats

NSHWSH

2435

54%46%

0/41/3

1614

2215

118

311

Penalties

3:08 into the first periodWade Belak · roughing2 min
5:12 into the first periodJerred Smithson · cross checking2 min
11:09 into the first periodBrooks Laich · tripping2 min
4:37 into the second periodJason Arnott · slashing2 min
9:13 into the second periodBrian Pothier · roughing2 min
17:12 into the second periodMike Green · hooking2 min
10:15 into the third periodNicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

9Marcel GocC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	50	0	1	27	16:15
27Patric HornqvistR	0	1	1	+2	3	1	0	0	–	0	0	20	15:30
71J-P DumontR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	18	15:01
6Shea WeberD	1	0	1	+1	3	3	2	0	–	0	1	40	29:14
3Wade BelakR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	0	0	3	02:34
10Martin EratR	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	–	0	0	26	19:23
11David LegwandC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	53	0	0	27	20:21
16Cal O'ReillyC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	33	1	0	16	14:11
19Jason ArnottC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	60	1	0	25	21:00
25Jerred SmithsonR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	60	0	0	16	10:43
26Steve SullivanL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	2	0	24	20:44
29Joel WardR	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	–	0	0	26	21:21
33Colin WilsonC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	75	0	0	11	09:51
4Teemu LaaksoD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	7	05:56
8Kevin KleinD	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	2	0	35	23:53
20Ryan SuterD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	1	1	35	32:14
32Cody FransonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	15	12:54
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	7	0	–	2	0	38	25:49

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
35Pekka RinneG		0	0	0	–	00:00
39Dan EllisG	O	35	33	2	.943	64:57

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	0	2	0	6	2	1	0	–	1	1	23	22:43
22Mike KnubleR	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	0	–	1	2	18	17:14
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	50	1	0	20	17:44
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	2	–	0	1	27	27:00
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	18	14:02
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	8	06:07
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	11	08:18
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	2	33	2	3	24	21:02
20Keith AucoinC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	1	8	05:51
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	−1	5	1	0	2	33	0	0	24	19:38
28Alexander SeminL	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	0	0	23	19:11
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	56	1	2	20	17:02
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	0	1	21	17:21
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	2	–	0	0	22	16:06
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	27	23:25
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	–	1	0	27	21:47
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	1	0	23	20:45
89Tyler SloanD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	3	0	–	0	0	21	16:50

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
40Semyon VarlamovG	W	24	22	2	.917	64:54
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00