Washington Capitals vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Tuesday, December 15, 2009 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche 6–1 on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Capitals 28–25.
Tomas Fleischmann scored twice. Mike Knuble, David Steckel, Matt Bradley, TJ Galiardi and Nicklas Backstrom also scored.
Jose Theodore made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 16 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Fleischmann (1)Eric Fehr (1), Kyle Wilson (1)1–001:56 WSH
Mike Knuble (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–017:03 WSH
2nd period
David Steckel (1)Matt Bradley (1), Chris Clark (1)3–004:02 WSH- Tomas Fleischmann (2)Kyle Wilson (2)4–010:33 WSH
Matt Bradley (1)John Erskine (1), Chris Clark (2)5–013:22 WSH
3rd period
TJ Galiardi (1)Matt Duchene (1), Kyle Quincey (1)5–111:21 COL · 
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Eric Fehr (2), Tom Poti (1)6–117:24 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHCOL
2528
40%60%
1/21/5
2722
1025
117
19
813
Penalties
- 14:45 into the first period
Brooks Laich · boarding2 min - 18:23 into the first periodEric Fehr · holding2 min
- 15:28 into the second period
David Koci · boarding5 min - 15:28 into the second periodDavid Koci · fighting5 min
- 15:28 into the second periodDavid Koci · game misconduct10 min
- 15:28 into the second periodJohn Erskine · instigator2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodJohn Erskine · fighting5 min
- 15:28 into the second periodJohn Erskine · misconduct10 min
- 5:53 into the third periodTom Poti · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 10:22 into the third periodAlexander Semin · holding2 min
- 11:21 into the third periodJeff Schultz · cross checking2 min
- 16:53 into the third periodAdam Foote · interference2 min
Washington Capitals
| 10Matt BradleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:28 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:36 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:42 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:14 |
| 57Kyle WilsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 12:05 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 39David SteckelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 25:59 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 17:11 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:35 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:12 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:35 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:35 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 9Matt DucheneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 39TJ GaliardiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 19:04 |
| 27Kyle QuinceyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:58 |
| 8Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 15Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 16Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 25Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:03 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 28David KociL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:52 |
| 29Ryan StoaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 13:03 |
| 37Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:39 |
| 43Justin MercierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:16 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:54 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 11:56 |
| 5Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:28 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:24 |
| 44Ryan WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 24:53 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Peter BudajG | 4 | 1 | .750 | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | L | 21 | 5 | .762 |