Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 2009 · Wachovia Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 8–2 on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Wachovia Center. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 36–30.
Tomas Fleischmann scored twice and Mike Green scored twice. Mika Pyorala, Brooks Laich, Chris Clark, Nicklas Backstrom, Scott Hartnell and David Steckel also scored.
Jose Theodore made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Ray Emery stopped 12 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Fleischmann (1)Brendan Morrison (1), Eric Fehr (1)1–000:57 WSH
Mika Pyorala (1)Oskars Bartulis (1), Daniel Carcillo (1)1–112:06 PHI- Tomas Fleischmann (2)Eric Fehr (2), Tom Poti (1)2–116:40 WSH ·
Mike Green (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alexander Semin (1)3–117:00 WSH ·
2nd period
Brooks Laich (1)Mike Green (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)4–100:36 WSH · 
Chris Clark (1)Karl Alzner (1)5–111:14 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Milan Jurcina (1), Tom Poti (2)6–112:02 WSH- Mike Green (2)Nicklas Backstrom (3), Alexander Semin (2)7–115:23 WSH
3rd period
Scott Hartnell (1)Jon Kalinski (1), Andreas Nodl (1)7–206:09 PHI
David Steckel (1)Mike Green (2), Nicklas Backstrom (4)8–210:57 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHPHI
3036
52%48%
4/60/1
433
1819
1916
811
98
Penalties
- 14:33 into the first period
Daniel Carcillo · fighting5 min - 14:33 into the first periodDaniel Carcillo · instigator2 min
- 14:33 into the first periodDaniel Carcillo · cross checking2 min
- 14:33 into the first periodDaniel Carcillo · misconduct10 min
- 14:33 into the first periodDaniel Carcillo · game misconduct10 min
- 3:07 into the second period
Tyler Sloan · roughing2 min - 3:07 into the second periodScott Hartnell · interference2 min
- 9:09 into the second periodKarl Alzner · hooking2 min
- 10:41 into the third periodScott Hartnell · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 2 | 19:50 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 2 | 21:13 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 16:12 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:20 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:28 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:53 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:36 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 39David SteckelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:58 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:57 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:20 |
| 33Alexandre GirouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 15:33 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:56 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:35 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 13Daniel CarcilloL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 03:54 |
| 15Andreas NodlR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:56 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:00 |
| 27Mika PyoralaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:05 |
| 37Jon KalinskiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 07:00 |
| 3Oskars BartulisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:40 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:13 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:38 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 16:30 |
| 21James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:02 |
| 20Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 23:14 |
| 77Ryan ParentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Ray EmeryG | L | 17 | 5 | .706 |
| 33Brian BoucherG | 13 | 3 | .769 |