Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 11, 2009 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in overtime on Friday, December 11, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 40-19.
Alexander Semin scored twice. Jiri Tlusty, Eric Staal, Tomas Fleischmann, Tim Gleason and Mike Green also scored.
Jose Theodore made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 36 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jiri Tlusty (1)Brandon Sutter (1), Tom Kostopoulos (1)1–002:01 CAR
Eric Staal (1)Tom Kostopoulos (2), Aaron Ward (1)2–013:56 CAR
2nd period
Alexander Semin (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Jeff Schultz (1)2–113:07 WSH- Alexander Semin (2)Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–219:59 WSH
3rd period
Tomas Fleischmann (1)Mathieu Perreault (1), John Erskine (1)2–302:52 WSH
Tim Gleason (1)Unassisted3–313:30 CAR · SHG
OT period
Mike Green (1)Nicklas Backstrom (2), Alex Ovechkin (2)3–401:16 WSH
Team stats
CARWSH
19Shots on goal40
50%Faceoff %50%
0/2Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes4
19Hits11
28Blocked shots13
13Giveaways10
7Takeaways15
Penalties
- 2nd 08:14
Ray Whitney · hooking2 min - 2nd 16:59
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 3rd 03:30Andrew Alberts · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 08:40Brooks Laich · hooking2 min
- 3rd 12:02Joni Pitkanen · interference2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 29Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 14:29 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:22 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 10:27 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:00 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:42 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:22 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:37 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:28 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:26 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:41 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 29:52 |
| 27Brett CarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:45 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 21:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | O | 40 | 36 | 4 | .900 | 61:16 |
| 34Manny LegaceG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 23:36 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 22:55 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 20:31 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 14:32 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 10:20 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 29:01 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:10 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:21 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:42 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:56 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:06 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:51 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:35 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:54 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:37 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 19 | 16 | 3 | .842 | 61:03 |