Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, November 28, 2009 · Centre Bell

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4–3

23–24

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–3 in a shootout on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 24–23.

Eric Fehr scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Jaroslav Spacek, Tomas Plekanec and Travis Moen also scored.

Semyon Varlamov made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 20 of 23.

Goals
WSH	2	0	1	0	0	4	23
MTL	0	2	1	0	0	3	24

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Eric Fehr (1)Karl Alzner (1), Brooks Laich (1)1–008:47 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alexandre Giroux (1)2–009:59 WSH

2nd period

Jaroslav Spacek (1)Roman Hamrlik (1), Max Pacioretty (1)2–105:40 MTL ·
Tomas Plekanec (1)Roman Hamrlik (2), Jaroslav Spacek (1)2–213:50 MTL

3rd period

Travis Moen (1)Marc-Andre Bergeron (1), Michael Cammalleri (1)2–305:34 MTL ·
Eric Fehr (2)Alex Ovechkin (1), Tomas Fleischmann (1)3–319:48 WSH ·

Shootout

Nicklas BackstromUnassisted5–300:00 WSH

Team stats

WSHMTL

2324

56%44%

1/32/4

1316

1423

1320

Penalties

1:07 into the first periodMax Pacioretty · holding2 min
11:51 into the first periodAlexandre Giroux · interference2 min
3:44 into the second periodJay Beagle · tripping2 min
3:17 into the third periodAlexandre Giroux · tripping2 min
4:01 into the third periodBrooks Laich · holding2 min
9:33 into the third periodMax Pacioretty · tripping2 min
19:44 into the third periodPaul Mara · high sticking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+1	8	0	1	0	100	25:32
16Eric FehrR	2	0	2	+1	4	0	0	0	–	17:13
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	100	16:02
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0	47	24:22
21Brooks LaichL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	2	100	20:39
33Alexandre GirouxL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	4	–	14:36
27Karl AlznerD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	20:05
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	2	0	60	18:40
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	09:37
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	12:26
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	57	11:25
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	2	–	06:36
85Mathieu PerreaultC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	54	12:51
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	20:38
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:42
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	3	0	–	17:41
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	27:47
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	19:52

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
40Semyon VarlamovG	W	24	21	3	.875	63:47
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

6Jaroslav SpacekD	1	1	2	0	2	0	6	0	–	21:39
44Roman HamrlikD	0	2	2	+1	0	0	5	0	–	25:07
13Michael CammalleriL	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	–	26:17
14Tomas PlekanecC	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	33	25:56
32Travis MoenL	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	–	19:14
67Max PaciorettyL	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	4	–	20:08
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	0	1	1	−1	3	0	2	0	–	19:55
15Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	53	20:43
28Kyle ChipchuraC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	05:09
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	60	14:42
48JT WymanR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	02:50
53Ryan WhiteC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	3	0	–	17:02
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	18:05
94Tom PyattC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	33	16:12
3Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	16:12
20Jay LeachD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:11
22Paul MaraD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	2	–	23:08
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	22:26

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Carey PriceG	O	23	20	3	.870	65:00
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	00:00