Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Monday, December 28, 2009 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Monday, December 28, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 31–26.
Eric Staal scored twice. Tuomo Ruutu, Jussi Jokinen, Mike Green, Brandon Sutter, Eric Fehr, Brooks Laich and Sergei Samsonov also scored.
Cam Ward made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Tuomo Ruutu (1)Eric Staal (1), Ray Whitney (1)1–007:44 CAR · 
Eric Staal (1)Matt Cullen (1), Jussi Jokinen (1)2–010:14 CAR
Jussi Jokinen (1)Matt Cullen (2), Eric Staal (2)3–014:30 CAR
2nd period
Mike Green (1)Tomas Fleischmann (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)3–101:14 WSH · 
Brandon Sutter (1)Tuomo Ruutu (1)4–103:32 CAR
Eric Fehr (1)Brooks Laich (1)4–212:56 WSH
3rd period
Brooks Laich (1)Alex Ovechkin (2), Mike Green (1)4–301:22 WSH · 
Sergei Samsonov (1)Eric Staal (3), Jussi Jokinen (2)5–310:00 CAR- Eric Staal (2)Unassisted6–318:28 CAR ·
Team stats
CARWSH
2631
56%44%
1/42/5
1210
1815
2414
511
137
Penalties
- 4:47 into the first period
Nicklas Backstrom · high sticking2 min - 4:47 into the first periodNicklas Backstrom · high sticking2 min
- 5:48 into the first periodMike Green · hooking2 min
- 19:27 into the first period
Eric Staal · hooking2 min - 6:27 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:42 into the second periodEric Staal · high sticking2 min
- 19:18 into the second periodAaron Ward · holding the stick2 min
- 0:31 into the third periodTim Gleason · roughing2 min
- 7:53 into the third periodBrendan Morrison · slashing2 min
- 11:56 into the third periodBrooks Laich · diving2 min
- 11:56 into the third periodBrett Carson · holding2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 4 | 18:20 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 3 | 18:31 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 21:27 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 18:04 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 09:28 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:30 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:19 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:45 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:51 |
| 29Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:14 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 20:58 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:39 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 29:09 |
| 27Brett CarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:57 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 34Manny LegaceG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 7 | 24:56 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 30:23 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:51 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:21 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:43 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 20:50 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:17 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:41 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:37 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |