Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 2009 · Rexall Place

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4–2

42–28

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–2 on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at Rexall Place. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 42–28.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Shawn Horcoff, Andrew Cogliano, Tomas Fleischmann and Nicklas Backstrom also scored.

Michal Neuvirth made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jeff Deslauriers stopped 38 of 42.

Goals
WSH	0	0	4	4	42
EDM	0	2	0	2	28

Scoring

2nd period

Shawn Horcoff (1)Patrick O'Sullivan (1)0–101:05 EDM
Andrew Cogliano (1)Ryan Potulny (1), Sheldon Souray (1)0–216:42 EDM

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (1)Mike Green (1), Jeff Schultz (1)1–200:32 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (2)Karl Alzner (1)2–206:37 WSH
Tomas Fleischmann (1)Mike Knuble (1), Jeff Schultz (2)3–213:13 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Tyler Sloan (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)4–216:19 WSH

Team stats

WSHEDM

4228

58%42%

0/40/2

913

1420

823

1821

49

Penalties

17:13 into the first periodDustin Penner · holding2 min
0:54 into the second periodSteve Staios · fighting5 min
0:54 into the second periodChris Clark · fighting5 min
5:06 into the second periodSam Gagner · hooking2 min
4:06 into the third periodTom Poti · hooking2 min
8:27 into the third periodSam Gagner · tripping2 min
8:36 into the third periodTom Gilbert · delaying game puck over glass2 min
13:23 into the third periodTomas Fleischmann · hooking2 min

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	1	3	+1	9	3	0	0	–	23:38
55Jeff SchultzD	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	–	18:59
14Tomas FleischmannL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	14:45
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	57	21:30
22Mike KnubleR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	15:08
27Karl AlznerD	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	–	19:10
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	+1	4	1	1	0	–	24:39
89Tyler SloanD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	14:39
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	67	16:04
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	11:27
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	10:47
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	100	10:35
21Brooks LaichL	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	47	16:40
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	19:49
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	59	11:43
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	09:59
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	19:39
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	–	16:49

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Michal NeuvirthG	W	28	26	2	.929	60:00
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

10Shawn HorcoffC	1	0	1	−2	5	1	1	0	67	20:02
13Andrew CoglianoC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	12:49
16Ryan PotulnyC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	41	16:32
19Patrick O'SullivanC	0	1	1	−1	4	0	1	0	33	15:39
44Sheldon SourayD	0	1	1	+1	6	2	1	0	–	21:55
12Robert NilssonC	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	–	12:47
18Ethan MoreauL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	100	14:25
27Dustin PennerR	0	0	0	−1	3	3	0	2	30	18:58
32Ryan StoneC	0	0	0	−1	1	5	0	0	–	14:05
46Zack StortiniR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	08:18
67Gilbert BruleC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	15:17
89Sam GagnerC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	4	50	17:23
5Ladislav SmidD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	5	0	–	21:29
24Steve StaiosD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	3	5	–	15:30
37Denis GrebeshkovD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	1	0	–	16:05
43Jason StrudwickD	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	–	10:09
71Lubomir VisnovskyD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	20:26
77Tom GilbertD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	–	21:40

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie
38Jeff DeslauriersG	L	42	38	4	.905	58:31
40Devan DubnykG		0	0	0	–	00:00