Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Monday, November 30, 2009 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Monday, November 30, 2009 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 40–33.
Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Joe Corvo, Eric Fehr and Matt Cullen also scored.
Jose Theodore made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Michael Leighton stopped 30 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Joe Corvo (1)Tuomo Ruutu (1), Eric Staal (1)0–104:35 CAR · 
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Alexandre Giroux (1)1–106:11 WSH
Eric Fehr (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–117:20 WSH
2nd period
- Nicklas Backstrom (2)Eric Fehr (1)3–114:53 WSH
3rd period
Matt Cullen (1)Jussi Jokinen (1), Eric Staal (2)3–219:44 CAR
Team stats
WSHCAR
3340
51%49%
0/51/7
2922
2145
2316
411
813
Penalties
- 2:59 into the first period
Mathieu Perreault · hooking2 min - 12:05 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · kneeing5 min
- 12:05 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · game misconduct10 min
- 4:06 into the second periodBrooks Laich · high sticking2 min
- 5:50 into the second periodTomas Fleischmann · interference2 min
- 7:56 into the second period
Sergei Samsonov · hooking2 min - 18:45 into the second periodTom Kostopoulos · hooking2 min
- 19:51 into the second periodAndrew Alberts · tripping2 min
- 0:22 into the third periodNicklas Backstrom · interference2 min
- 6:36 into the third periodTim Gleason · boarding2 min
- 6:57 into the third periodEric Fehr · high sticking2 min
- 11:58 into the third periodAndrew Alberts · boarding2 min
- 14:25 into the third periodTyler Sloan · roughing2 min
- 14:25 into the third periodEric Staal · roughing2 min
- 14:25 into the third periodTim Gleason · misconduct10 min
- 17:21 into the third periodEric Fehr · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 22:05 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 03:08 |
| 33Alexandre GirouxL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 09:53 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:45 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:06 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:13 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:48 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:42 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:41 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 19:13 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 17:45 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 24:41 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 40 | 2 | .950 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 21:47 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:36 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 02:42 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:34 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:18 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:19 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 07:13 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 06:31 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 29Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:08 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:52 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:15 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 18:01 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 33:28 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Manny LegaceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 49Michael LeightonG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |